Ezekiel 15:8

Ezekiel 15:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord God.
• New International Version (NIV)I will make the land desolate because they have been unfaithful, declares the Sovereign Lord.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And I will make the land desolate, because they have acted faithlessly, declares the Lord God."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have persisted in unfaithfulness,’ says the Lord God.”

Context of Ezekiel 15:8

6Therefore thus says Adonai Elohim: Like the vine’s wood among the trees of the forest that I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will give up the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 7I will set My face against them. Even if they come out of the fire, the fire will yet devour them. So you will know that I am Adonai, when I set My face against them. I will make the land desolate, because they have acted so faithlessly.” It is a declaration of Adonai.

Ezekiel 15:8 word by word

וְנָתַתִּ֥י אֶת־הָאָ֖רֶץ שְׁמָמָ֑ה יַ֚עַן מָ֣עֲלוּ מַ֔עַל נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And I will makeנָתַןnâthan · to give: makeH5414
• the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• desolateשְׁמָמָהshemâmâh shimâmâh · devastationH8077
• because they have committedמָעַלmâ‛al · be unfaithfulH4603
• a trespassמַ֫עַלma‛al · unfaithfulnessH4604
• saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• Godיְהֹוִהyehôvih · YHWH/GodH3069

Cross-references for Ezekiel 15:8

• Ezekiel 6:14I will stretch out My hand over them and make the land desolate and waste, more than the wilderness of Diblah, wherever they live. Then they will know that I am Adonai.”
• Ezekiel 14:13“Son of man, suppose a land sins against Me by trespassing grievously and I stretch out My hand over it, break off its staff of bread, send famine upon it and cut it off from man and beast.
• Ezekiel 33:29They will know that I am Adonai, when I have made the land a desolate waste, because of all their abominations that they have committed.”
• Isaiah 6:11Then I said, “Adonai, how long?” He answered, “Until cities are laid waste and without inhabitant, houses are without people, and the land is utterly desolate.
• Isaiah 24:3The land will be utterly emptied, and totally plundered. For Adonai has spoken this word.
• Jeremiah 25:10“Moreover, I will silence among them the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones and the light of the lamp.
• Zephaniah 1:18Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to rescue them on the day of Adonai’s wrath. With the fire of His passion the entire earth will be consumed. For He will make a total, dreadful annihilation of all the inhabitants of the earth.
• 2 Chronicles 36:14Furthermore, all the leading kohanim and the people became very unfaithful, following all the abominations of the nations. They defiled the House of Adonai, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 15:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8They have committed a trespass - They have prevaricated; they are the worst of sinners, and shall have the heaviest of punishments. Can men suppose that it is possible to hide even their dark hearts from God?Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8unfaithfully: See Ezekiel 6:9; 16:17; Hosea 2. Jerusalem had turned away from the Lord and followed idols instead of serving the true God. This was spiritual unfaithfulness. The prophets often describe this sin as breaking faith in a marriage relationship. By worshiping idols, the people broke the covenant (the binding promises between God and his people). Because they broke this covenant, judgment would follow. As a result, the land would become desolate…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. trespass--rather, "they have perversely fallen into perverse rebellion." The Jews were not merely sinners as the other nations, but revolters and apostates. It is one thing to neglect what we know not, but quite another thing to despise what we profess to worship [Jerome], as the Jews did towards God and the law.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Ezekiel 15

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings