New King James Version
Ezekiel 6:7
7The slain shall fall in your midst, and you shall know that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 6:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
- New International Version (NIV)Your people will fall slain among you, and you will know that I am the Lord.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And the slain shall fall in your midst, and you shall know that I am the Lord.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The place will be littered with corpses, and you will know that I alone am the Lord.
Context of Ezekiel 6:7
5And I will lay the corpses of the children of Israel before their idols, and I will scatter your bones all around your altars. 6In all your dwelling places the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate, so that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, your idols may be broken and made to cease, your incense altars may be cut down, and your works may be abolished. The slain shall fall in your midst, and you shall know that I am the Lord. 8“Yet I will leave a remnant, so that you may have some who escape the sword among the nations, when you are scattered through the countries. 9Then those of you who escape will remember Me among the nations where they are carried captive, because I was crushed by their adulterous heart which has departed from Me, and by their eyes which play the harlot after their idols; they will loathe themselves for the evils which they committed in all their abominations.
Read all of Ezekiel 6Ezekiel 6:7 word by word
וְנָפַ֥ל חָלָ֖ל בְּתֽוֹכְכֶ֑ם וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ם כִּֽי־אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 6:7
- Ezekiel 9:7Then He said to them, “Defile the temple, and fill the courts with the slain. Go out!” And they went out and killed in the city.
- Jeremiah 14:18If I go out to the field, Then behold, those slain with the sword! And if I enter the city, Then behold, those sick from famine! Yes, both prophet and priest go about in a land they do not know.’ ”
- Jeremiah 18:21Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, And pour out their blood By the force of the sword; Let their wives become widows And bereaved of their children. Let their men be put to death, Their young men be slain By the sword in battle.
- Jeremiah 25:33And at that day the slain of the Lord shall be from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth. They shall not be lamented, or gathered, or buried; they shall become refuse on the ground.
- Lamentations 2:20“See, O Lord, and consider! To whom have You done this? Should the women eat their offspring, The children they have cuddled? Should the priest and prophet be slain In the sanctuary of the Lord?
- Lamentations 4:9Those slain by the sword are better off Than those who die of hunger; For these pine away, Stricken for lack of the fruits of the field.
- Ezekiel 6:13Then you shall know that I am the Lord, when their slain are among their idols all around their altars, on every high hill, on all the mountaintops, under every green tree, and under every thick oak, wherever they offered sweet incense to all their idols.
- Ezekiel 7:4My eye will not spare you, Nor will I have pity; But I will repay your ways, And your abominations will be in your midst; Then you shall know that I am the Lord!’
- Ezekiel 11:10You shall fall by the sword. I will judge you at the border of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the Lord.
- Ezekiel 12:15“Then they shall know that I am the Lord, when I scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries.
- Ezekiel 13:9“My hand will be against the prophets who envision futility and who divine lies; they shall not be in the assembly of My people, nor be written in the record of the house of Israel, nor shall they enter into the land of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the Lord God.
- Ezekiel 14:8I will set My face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of My people. Then you shall know that I am the Lord.
- Ezekiel 15:7and I will set My face against them. They will go out from one fire, but another fire shall devour them. Then you shall know that I am the Lord, when I set My face against them.
- Ezekiel 20:38I will purge the rebels from among you, and those who transgress against Me; I will bring them out of the country where they dwell, but they shall not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
- Ezekiel 23:49They shall repay you for your lewdness, and you shall pay for your idolatrous sins. Then you shall know that I am the Lord God.’ ”
- Ezekiel 24:24Thus Ezekiel is a sign to you; according to all that he has done you shall do; and when this comes, you shall know that I am the Lord God.’ ”
Commentaries on Ezekiel 6:7
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7The force of the words is, “When the slain shall fall in the midst of you, then at last ye shall know that I am the Lord.” So in Ezekiel 6:10 where the knowledge implies a recognition of the merciful intent of Yahweh‘s dispensations, and therefore, a hope of restoration.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-7The corpses and bones of dead worshipers around an altar would make the altar ceremonially unclean and unfit for use. idols: The Hebrew word translated idols literally means “round things.” It may also sound like a word for dung (human or animal waste). When the prophets used this word, they were mocking the idols. It was a strong expression of disgust and rejection.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. ye shall know that I am the Lord--and not your idols, lords. Ye shall know Me as the all-powerful Punisher of sin.Read the comment
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Ezekiel 6
- 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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