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Ezekiel 12:16 KJV
Ezekiel · chapter 12 · verse 16
But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the LORD.Ezekiel 12:16 · King James Version
Ezekiel 12:16 in context
14And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.
15And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries.
16But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
17Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
18Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- abominationstôwʻêbahproperly, something disgustingH8441 →
- pestilencedebera pestilenceH1698 →
- declareçâpharproperly, to score with a mark as a tally or recordH5608 →
- heathengôwya foreign nationH1471 →
- faminerâʻâbhungerH7458 →
- leaveyâtharto jut over or exceedH3498 →
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Perhaps Ezekiel reflected with so much pleasure upon the vision he had had of the glory of God that often, since it went up from him, he was wishing it might come down to him again, and, having seen it once and a second time, he was willing to hope he might be a third time so favoured;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-16