God’s Word Translation
Ezekiel 11:8
8You are afraid of swords, so I will bring swords to attack you, declares the Almighty Lord.
Ezekiel 11:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord God.
- New International Version (NIV)You fear the sword, and the sword is what I will bring against you, declares the Sovereign Lord.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You have feared the sword, and I will bring the sword upon you, declares the Lord God.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you,” says the Lord God.
Context of Ezekiel 11:8
6You have killed many people in this city and have filled its streets with corpses. 7“So this is what the Almighty Lord says: The corpses that you put in the middle of the city are the meat, and the city is the cooking pot. I will force you out of the city. You are afraid of swords, so I will bring swords to attack you, declares the Almighty Lord. 9I will force you out of the city. I will hand you over to foreigners, and I will punish you. 10You will die in battle. I will judge you at Israel’s borders. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
Read all of Ezekiel 11Ezekiel 11:8 word by word
חֶ֖רֶב יְרֵאתֶ֑ם וְחֶ֙רֶב֙ אָבִ֣יא עֲלֵיכֶ֔ם נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 11:8
- Job 3:25What I fear most overtakes me. What I dread happens to me.
- Job 20:24If that person flees from an iron weapon, a bronze bow will pierce him.
- Proverbs 10:24That which wicked people dread happens to them, but ⌞the Lord⌟ grants the desire of righteous people.
- Isaiah 24:17Disasters, pits, and traps are in store for those who live on earth.
- Isaiah 30:16You’ve said, “No, we’ll flee on horses.” So you flee. You’ve added, “We’ll ride on fast horses.” So those who chase you will also be fast.
- Isaiah 66:4So I will choose harsh treatment for them and bring on them what they fear. I called, but no one answered. I spoke, but they didn’t listen. They did what I consider evil. They chose what I don’t like.
- Jeremiah 38:19King Zedekiah answered Jeremiah, “I’m afraid of the Jews who have deserted to the Babylonians. The Babylonians may hand me over to them, and they will torture me.”
- Jeremiah 42:14Then you say, ‘We’ll go to Egypt, where we won’t have to see war, hear the sound of a ram’s horn, or be hungry. We’ll stay there.’
- Jeremiah 44:12I will take away from Judah those who are left, those who were determined to go to live in Egypt. They will die in Egypt. All of them, from the least important to the most important, will die in wars or be brought to an end by famines. They will become something cursed, ridiculed, and disgraced.
- Amos 9:1I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and he said: Strike the tops of the pillars so that the foundations shake. Cut off everyone’s head. I will kill with a sword all who are left. None of them will be able to get away. None of them will be able to escape.
- John 11:48If we let him continue what he’s doing, everyone will believe in him. Then the Romans will take away our position and our nation.”
- 1 Thessalonians 2:15who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets and who have persecuted us severely. They are displeasing to God. They are enemies of the whole human race
Commentaries on Ezekiel 11:8
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-10God once saved his people from foreigners in Egypt, but now he would give them over to foreigners for judgment.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. The Chaldean sword, to escape which ye abandoned your God, shall be brought on you by God because of that very abandonment of Him.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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