Ezekiel 14:17 - Revised Version 1885 Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off from it man and beast; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Or if I bring a sword upon that land and say, Sword, go through the land, so that I cut off man and beast from it, American Standard Version (1901) Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off from it man and beast; Common English Bible Or suppose I bring a sword against that land and command the sword to pass through and eliminate both humans and animals. Catholic Public Domain Version Or if I lead in the sword upon that land, and if I say to the sword, 'Pass through the land,' and so I destroy from it both man and beast, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Or, if I bring the sword upon that land and say to the sword: Pass through the land: and I destroy man and beast out of it: |
behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and I will send unto Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about; and I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts: Yet again shall there be in this place, which is waste, without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.
O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard; rest, and be still.
How canst thou be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given thee a charge? against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore, there hath he appointed it.
Son of man, when a land sinneth against me by committing a trespass, and I stretch out mine hand upon it, and break the staff of the bread thereof, and send famine upon it, and cut off from it man and beast;
though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves.
therefore thus saith the Lord GOD I will stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it: and I will make it desolate from Teman; even unto Dedan shall they fall by the sword.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and will cut off from thee man and beast.
Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man from among them, and set him for their watchman:
A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee; and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and a third part I will scatter unto all the winds, and will draw out a sword after them.
and I will send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee: I the LORD have spoken it.
Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field and the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall execute the vengeance of the covenant; and ye shall be gathered together within your cities: and I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the face of the ground, saith the LORD.