Ezekiel 17:21

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

All the choice men among his troops will die by the sword and the survivors will be scattered to every wind. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken!

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 25:5 : 5 But the Babylonian army chased after the king. They caught up with him in the rift valley plains of Jericho, and his entire army deserted him.
  • 2 Kgs 25:11 : 11 Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, deported the rest of the people who were left in the city, those who had deserted to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the craftsmen.
  • Ezek 12:14 : 14 All his retinue– his attendants and his troops– I will scatter to every wind; I will unleash a sword behind them.
  • Ezek 5:12 : 12 A third of your people will die of plague or be overcome by the famine within you. A third of your people will fall by the sword surrounding you, and a third I will scatter to the winds. I will unleash a sword behind them.
  • Ezek 6:7 : 7 The slain will fall among you and then you will know that I am the LORD.
  • Ezek 6:10 : 10 They will know that I am the LORD; my threats to bring this catastrophe on them were not empty.’
  • Ezek 13:14 : 14 I will break down the wall you coated with whitewash and knock it to the ground so that its foundation is exposed. When it falls you will be destroyed beneath it, and you will know that I am the LORD.
  • Ezek 13:23 : 23 Therefore you will no longer see false visions and practice divination. I will rescue my people from your power, and you will know that I am the LORD.’”
  • Ezek 15:7 : 7 I will set my face against them– although they have escaped from the fire, the fire will still consume them! Then you will know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.
  • Amos 9:1 : 1 I saw the Lord standing by the altar and he said,“Strike the tops of the support pillars, so the thresholds shake! Knock them down on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the survivors with the sword. No one will be able to run away; no one will be able to escape.
  • Amos 9:9-9 : 9 “For look, I am giving a command and I will shake the family of Israel together with all the nations. It will resemble a sieve being shaken, when not even a pebble falls to the ground. 10 All the sinners among my people will die by the sword– the ones who say,‘Disaster will not come near, it will not confront us.’
  • Isa 26:11 : 11 O LORD, you are ready to act, but they don’t even notice. They will see and be put to shame by your angry judgment against humankind, yes, fire will consume your enemies.
  • Jer 48:44 : 44 Anyone who flees at the sound of terror will fall into a pit. Anyone who climbs out of the pit will be caught in a trap. For the time is coming when I will punish the people of Moab. I, the LORD, affirm it!
  • Jer 52:8 : 8 But the Babylonian army chased after the king. They caught up with Zedekiah in the rift valley plains of Jericho, and his entire army deserted him.
  • Ezek 5:10 : 10 Therefore fathers will eat their sons within you, Jerusalem, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments on you, and I will scatter any survivors to the winds.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ezek 12:14-16
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    85%

    14All his retinue– his attendants and his troops– I will scatter to every wind; I will unleash a sword behind them.

    15“Then they will know that I am the LORD when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them among foreign countries.

    16But I will let a small number of them survive the sword, famine, and pestilence, so that they can confess all their abominable practices to the nations where they go. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

  • Ezek 17:20
    79%

    20I will throw my net over him and he will be caught in my snare; I will bring him to Babylon and judge him there because of the unfaithfulness he committed against me.

  • Ezek 11:9-10
    2 verses
    77%

    9‘But I will take you out of the city. And I will hand you over to foreigners. I will execute judgments on you.

    10You will die by the sword; I will judge you at the border of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

  • Ezek 5:12-13
    2 verses
    76%

    12A third of your people will die of plague or be overcome by the famine within you. A third of your people will fall by the sword surrounding you, and a third I will scatter to the winds. I will unleash a sword behind them.

    13Then my anger will be fully vented; I will exhaust my rage on them, and I will be appeased. Then they will know that I, the LORD, have spoken in my jealousy when I have fully vented my rage against them.

  • Ezek 6:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

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

    8“‘But I will spare some of you. Some will escape the sword when you are scattered in foreign lands.

  • Ezek 39:4-5
    2 verses
    76%

    4You will fall dead on the mountains of Israel, you and all your troops and the people who are with you. I give you as food to every kind of bird and every wild beast.

    5You will fall dead in the open field; for I have spoken, declares the Sovereign LORD.

  • Ezek 6:12
    75%

    12The one far away will die by pestilence, the one close by will fall by the sword, and whoever is left and has escaped these will die by famine. I will fully vent my rage against them.

  • Lev 26:33
    75%

    33I will scatter you among the nations and unsheathe the sword after you, so your land will become desolate and your cities will become a waste.

  • Ezek 21:3-5
    3 verses
    74%

    3and say to them,‘This is what the LORD says: Look, I am against you. I will draw my sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.

    4Because I will cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked, my sword will go out from its sheath against everyone from the south to the north.

    5Then everyone will know that I am the LORD, who drew my sword from its sheath– it will not be sheathed again!’

  • Ezek 17:24
    74%

    24All the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I make the high tree low; I raise up the low tree. I make the green tree wither, and I make the dry tree sprout. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it!’”

  • Ezek 25:7
    74%

    7take note, I have stretched out my hand against you, and I will hand you over as plunder to the nations. I will cut you off from the peoples and make you perish from the lands. I will destroy you; then you will know that I am the LORD.’”

  • Jer 18:17
    74%

    17I will scatter them before their enemies like dust blowing in front of a burning east wind. I will turn my back on them and not look favorably on them when disaster strikes them.”

  • Ezek 26:6
    74%

    6and her daughters who are in the field will be slaughtered by the sword. Then they will know that I am the LORD.

  • Ezek 7:27
    74%

    27The king will mourn and the prince will be clothed with shuddering; the hands of the people of the land will tremble. Based on their behavior I will deal with them, and by their standard of justice I will judge them. Then they will know that I am the LORD!”

  • Ezek 17:11
    73%

    11Then LORD’s message came to me:

  • Ezek 6:14
    73%

    14I will stretch out my hand against them and make the land a desolate waste from the wilderness to Riblah, in all the places where they live. Then they will know that I am the LORD.

  • Ezek 5:10
    73%

    10Therefore fathers will eat their sons within you, Jerusalem, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments on you, and I will scatter any survivors to the winds.

  • Ezek 31:11
    73%

    11I gave it over to the leader of the nations. He has judged it thoroughly, as its sinfulness deserves. I have thrown it out.

  • Ezek 28:23
    73%

    23I will send a plague into the city and bloodshed into its streets; the slain will fall within it, by the sword that attacks it from every side. Then they will know that I am the LORD.

  • Ezek 32:11
    73%

    11“‘For this is what the Sovereign LORD says:“‘The sword of the king of Babylon will attack you.

  • Ezek 13:21
    73%

    21I will tear off your headbands and rescue my people from your power; they will no longer be prey in your hands. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

  • Ezek 33:29
    73%

    29Then they will know that I am the LORD when I turn the land into a desolate ruin because of all the abominable deeds they have committed.’

  • Ezek 17:22
    73%

    22“‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says:“‘I will take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and plant it. I will pluck from the top one of its tender twigs; I myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.

  • Jer 9:16
    73%

    16I will scatter them among nations that neither they nor their ancestors have known anything about. I will send people chasing after them with swords until I have destroyed them.’”

  • Ezek 21:31
    73%

    31I will pour out my anger on you; the fire of my fury I will blow on you. I will hand you over to brutal men, who are skilled in destruction.

  • Ezek 6:10
    73%

    10They will know that I am the LORD; my threats to bring this catastrophe on them were not empty.’

  • Ezek 22:15
    72%

    15I will scatter you among the nations and disperse you among various countries; I will remove your impurity from you.

  • Ezek 15:7
    72%

    7I will set my face against them– although they have escaped from the fire, the fire will still consume them! Then you will know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.

  • Jer 13:24
    72%

    24“The LORD says,‘That is why I will scatter your people like chaff that is blown away by a desert wind.

  • Ezek 35:8
    72%

    8I will fill its mountains with its dead; on your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines, those killed by the sword will fall.

  • Ezek 39:21
    72%

    21“I will display my majesty among the nations. All the nations will witness the judgment I have executed, and the power I have exhibited among them.

  • Ezek 25:17
    72%

    17I will exact great vengeance upon them with angry rebukes. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I exact my vengeance upon them.’”

  • Ezek 38:21
    72%

    21I will call for a sword to attack Gog on all my mountains, declares the Sovereign LORD; every man’s sword will be against his brother.

  • Isa 13:15
    72%

    15Everyone who is caught will be stabbed; everyone who is seized will die by the sword.

  • Ezek 22:21
    72%

    21I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of my fury, and you will be melted in it.

  • Ezek 30:26
    72%

    26I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among foreign countries. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

  • Hos 13:15
    72%

    15The Capital of the Northern Empire Will Be Destroyed Even though he flourishes like a reed plant, a scorching east wind will come, a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. As a result, his spring will dry up; his well will become dry. That wind will spoil all his delightful foods in the containers in his storehouse.

  • Jer 22:7
    72%

    7I will send men against it to destroy it with their axes and hatchets. They will hack up its fine cedar panels and columns and throw them into the fire.

  • Ezek 38:23
    72%

    23I will exalt and magnify myself; I will reveal myself before many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’

  • Ezek 39:23
    72%

    23The nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile due to their iniquity, for they were unfaithful to me. So I hid my face from them and handed them over to their enemies; all of them died by the sword.

  • Ezek 12:20
    72%

    20The inhabited towns will be left in ruins and the land will be devastated. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”

  • Jer 22:22
    72%

    22My judgment will carry off all your leaders like a storm wind! Your allies will go into captivity. Then you will certainly be disgraced and put to shame because of all the wickedness you have done.