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Ezekiel 11:8 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord GOD. "
Ezekiel 11:8
Verse in Context
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Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the midst
Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord GOD.
And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments
Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
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Ezekiel 11:1
"Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the LORD'S house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people."
Ezekiel 11:2
"Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:"
Ezekiel 11:3
"Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh."
Ezekiel 11:4
"Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man."
Ezekiel 11:5
"And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind,"
Ezekiel 11:6
"Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain."
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