Ezekiel 6:7
What does Ezekiel 6:7 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 6:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And the dead will be falling down among you, and you will be certain that I am the Lord.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And fallen hath the wounded in your midst, And ye have known that I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And the slain shall fall in the midst of you: and you shall know that I am the Lord.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I [am] Jehovah.
Context
v.6In all your dwelling-places the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your sun-images may be hewn down, and your works may be abolished.
v.7This passage
v.8Yet will I leave a remnant, in that ye shall have some that escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 13:9
And my hand shall be against the prophets that see false visions, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the council of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord Jehovah.
- Psalms 83:17
Let them be put to shame and dismayed for ever; Yea, let them be confounded and perish;
- Ezekiel 25:17
And I will execute great vengeance upon them with wrathful rebukes; and they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.
- Lamentations 2:20
See, O Jehovah, and behold to whom thou hast done thus! Shall the women eat their fruit, the children that are dandled in the hands? Shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
- Ezekiel 35:15
As thou didst rejoice over the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Edom, even all of it; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
- Ezekiel 30:26
And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them through the countries; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
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