Ezekiel 9:7

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Then he said to them, 'Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain. Go out!' So they went out and struck down people in the city.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And he said to them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go forth. And they went forth, and killed in the city.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he said{H559} unto them, Defile{H2930} the house,{H1004} and fill{H4390} the courts{H2691} with the slain:{H2491} go ye forth.{H3318} And they went forth,{H3318} and smote{H5221} in the city.{H5892}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, Defile{H2930}{(H8761)} the house{H1004}, and fill{H4390}{(H8761)} the courts{H2691} with the slain{H2491}: go ye forth{H3318}{(H8798)}. And they went forth{H3318}{(H8804)}, and slew{H5221}{(H8689)} in the city{H5892}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    for he had sayde vnto them: When ye haue defyled the Temple, and fylled the courte with the slayne, then go youre waye forth. So they wete out and slewe downe thorow ye cite.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And he sayde vnto them, Defile the house, and fill the courtes with the slaine, then goe foorth: and they went out, and slewe them in the citie.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And he sayde vnto them, Defyle ye the temple, fyll the courtes with the slayne, then go your way foorth. So they went out, and slue downe through the citie.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    He said to them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go you forth. They went forth, and struck in the city.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And they begin among the aged men who `are' before the house, and He saith unto them, `Defile the house, and fill the courts with the wounded, go forth.' And they have gone forth and have smitten in the city.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and smote in the city.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and smote in the city.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And he said to them, Make the house unclean, make the open places full of dead: go forward and send destruction on the town.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    He said to them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain. Go forth! They went forth, and struck in the city.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    He said to them,“Defile the temple and fill the courtyards with corpses. Go!” So they went out and struck people down throughout the city.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 36:17 : 17 So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in their sanctuary and showed no mercy to young men, young women, the elderly, or the infirm; God delivered them all into his hand.
  • Ezek 7:20-22 : 20 They took pride in the beauty of their jewelry and made it into images of their detestable idols. Therefore, I will make it a thing of uncleanness for them. 21 I will give it into the hands of foreigners as plunder and to the wicked of the earth as spoil, and they will defile it. 22 I will turn my face away from them, and they will desecrate my treasured place. Violent men will enter it and desecrate it.
  • Luke 13:1 : 1 At that time, some people were present who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.
  • Ps 79:1-3 : 1 A psalm of Asaph. O God, nations have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and made Jerusalem a heap of ruins. 2 They have given the dead bodies of Your servants as food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of Your faithful ones to the wild animals of the earth. 3 They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury them.
  • Lam 2:4-7 : 4 He bent his bow like an enemy, his right hand poised like an adversary. He has killed all that was precious to the eye and poured out his fury like fire on the tent of the daughter of Zion. 5 The Lord appeared like an enemy; he has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed all her palaces, destroyed her strongholds, and filled the daughter of Judah with mourning and lamentation. 6 He has violently done away with his dwelling, as if it were a garden, destroying his appointed meeting place. The LORD has caused Zion to forget its appointed times and Sabbaths. In his fierce anger, he has despised king and priest alike. 7 The Lord has rejected his altar and disowned his sanctuary. He has delivered into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces. They raised their voices in the house of the LORD as on a day of appointed festival.

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    4 The LORD said to him, 'Pass through the city, through Jerusalem, and mark a sign on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the detestable things being done within it.'

    5 To the others, he said in my hearing, 'Pass through the city after him and strike down. Do not let your eye spare, and do not show pity.'

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  • Ezek 9:8-9
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    79%

    8 As they were striking, I was left alone. I fell face down and cried out, 'Ah, Sovereign LORD! Are you going to destroy the entire remnant of Israel in your outpouring of wrath on Jerusalem?'

    9 He said to me, 'The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is extremely great. The land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of injustice. They say, "The LORD has abandoned the land, and the LORD does not see."'

  • Ezek 11:6-7
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    6 You have multiplied your slain in this city and filled its streets with the dead.

    7 Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: The slain you have put within it—they are the meat, and this city is the pot. But I will bring you out of it.

  • Ezek 9:1-2
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    1 Then he called out in a loud voice for me to hear, saying, 'Bring near those appointed to punish the city, each carrying his weapon of destruction in his hand.'

    2 And behold, six men came from the direction of the upper gate, which faces north, each carrying his weapon for shattering in his hand. One man among them was dressed in linen and had a writing case at his waist. They entered and stood beside the bronze altar.

  • Amos 9:1
    77%

    1 I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and He said, 'Strike the capitals so that the thresholds shake, and shatter them on the heads of all the people. Those who survive I will kill with the sword; not one of them will flee, not a single one will escape.'

  • Ezek 8:9
    76%

    9 And He said to me, 'Go in and see the wicked abominations they are doing here.'

  • Amos 6:9
    75%

    9 If ten men are left in one house, they too will die.

  • Jer 18:21
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    21 So give their children over to famine; hand them over to the power of the sword. Let their wives become childless and widowed, and let their men die by deadly disease; let their young men be struck down in battle.

  • Ezek 6:7
    74%

    7 The slain will fall among you, and you will know that I am the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 36:17
    74%

    17 So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in their sanctuary and showed no mercy to young men, young women, the elderly, or the infirm; God delivered them all into his hand.

  • Jer 19:7-8
    2 verses
    74%

    7 In this place, I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies and at the hands of those who seek their lives. I will give their dead bodies as food to the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the earth.

    8 I will make this city desolate and an object of scorn. Everyone who passes by will be appalled and will scoff because of all its wounds.

  • Jer 44:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6 So my fury and my anger poured out and burned in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem, making them a desolate ruin, as they are today.

    7 Now therefore, thus says the LORD, the God of Hosts, the God of Israel: Why are you doing such great harm to yourselves, cutting off from Judah man, woman, child, and infant, leaving yourselves without any remnant?

  • Lam 2:21
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    21 Young and old lie together in the dust of the streets; my young women and young men have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of your anger; you have slaughtered them without pity.

  • 2 Kgs 10:25
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    25 When Jehu finished offering the burnt offering, he said to the guards and officers, "Go in and kill them; let no one escape." The guards and officers struck them down with the sword, threw the bodies out, and went into the inner sanctuary of the temple of Baal.

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    74%

    30 For the people of Judah have done evil in my sight, declares the LORD. They have set up their detestable idols in the house that bears my name to defile it.

  • Deut 13:15
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    15 then you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. If the report is true and confirmed that such a detestable act has been done among you,

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    5 They are coming to fight the Chaldeans, but only to fill these places with the corpses of those I have slain in my anger and my wrath, for I have hidden my face from this city because of all their evil.

  • 2 Kgs 25:9
    74%

    9 He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem. Every large house was burned down.

  • Ezek 23:39
    74%

    39 When they slaughtered their children as sacrifices to their idols, they came to my sanctuary on the same day to desecrate it. See, this is what they have done in my house.

  • 2 Chr 36:19
    74%

    19 They burned the house of God, tore down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all its palaces with fire, destroying all its valuable articles.

  • Ezek 23:46-47
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    73%

    46 For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: ‘Bring a great assembly against them and hand them over to terror and plunder.'

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  • Jer 9:11
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    11 Who is the wise person who may understand this? And to whom has the mouth of the Lord spoken, that he may declare it? Why has the land perished, been scorched like a desert with no one passing through?

  • Jer 34:22
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    22 Behold, I am giving a command, declares the Lord, and I will bring them back to this city. They will fight against it, capture it, and burn it with fire. And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without any inhabitants.

  • Jer 50:26
    73%

    26 Come against her from the farthest borders; open her granaries. Heap her up like piles of grain and destroy her completely. Let nothing be left of her.

  • Amos 9:4
    73%

    4 'If they go into captivity before their enemies, from there I will command the sword to kill them. I will set My eyes on them for harm and not for good.'

  • Jer 15:2
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    2 And if they ask you, 'Where should we go?' tell them, 'This is what the LORD says: Those destined for death, to death; those for the sword, to the sword; those for famine, to famine; and those for captivity, to captivity.'

  • Ezek 5:11
    73%

    11 Therefore, as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable things and abominations, I Myself will withdraw. My eye will not spare, and I will show no pity.

  • Jer 9:16
    73%

    16 This is what the Lord of Hosts says: 'Consider and call for the mourning women to come; send for the skilled wailing women to arrive.'

  • Jer 9:21
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    21 Speak, this is what the Lord declares: The dead bodies of people will fall like dung on the open field, like bundles left behind by the reaper, with no one to gather them.

  • Jer 6:5-6
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    5 Arise, let us attack by night and destroy her fortresses!

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    10 Go up among her rows and destroy them, but do not completely finish them off. Remove her branches, for they do not belong to the Lord.

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    24 I will bring the most evil of nations to take possession of their houses. I will put an end to the pride of the mighty, and their sanctuaries will be desecrated.

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    7 The Lord has rejected his altar and disowned his sanctuary. He has delivered into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces. They raised their voices in the house of the LORD as on a day of appointed festival.

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    18 So I poured out my wrath on them because of the blood they had shed on the land and because they had defiled it with their idols.

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    13 He set fire to the house of the LORD, the royal palace, all the houses of Jerusalem, and every significant building in the city.

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    3 You will go out through breaches in the wall, each woman straight ahead, and you will be cast out toward Harmon,' declares the LORD.

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    8 The men of Judah fought against Jerusalem, captured it, struck it down with the sword, and set the city on fire.

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    6 I will strike the inhabitants of this city—both man and beast—with a great plague, and they will die.

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    7 then I will cut off Israel from the land I have given them, and I will reject this temple I have consecrated for My name. Israel will then become a proverb and an object of ridicule among all peoples.