Ezekiel 28:23

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

I 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.

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  • Ezek 38:22 : 22 I will judge him with plague and bloodshed. I will rain down on him, his troops and the many peoples who are with him a torrential downpour, hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
  • Jer 15:2 : 2 If they ask you,‘Where should we go?’ tell them the LORD says this:“Those who are destined to die of disease will go to death by disease. Those who are destined to die in war will go to death in war. Those who are destined to die of starvation will go to death by starvation. Those who are destined to go into exile will go into exile.”
  • 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 25:7 : 7 take 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.’”
  • Ezek 25:11 : 11 I will execute judgments against Moab. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”
  • Ezek 25:17 : 17 I 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 26:6 : 6 and her daughters who are in the field will be slaughtered by the sword. Then they will know that I am the LORD.

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  • 22 Say,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says:“‘Look, I am against you, Sidon, and I will magnify myself in your midst. Then they will know that I am the LORD when I execute judgments on her and reveal my sovereign power in her.

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

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

  • Ezek 11:9-12
    4 verses
    78%

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

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

    11 This city will not be a cooking pot for you, and you will not be meat within it; I will judge you at the border of Israel.

    12 Then you will know that I am the LORD, whose statutes you have not followed and whose regulations you have not carried out. Instead you have behaved according to the regulations of the nations around you!’”

  • 7 take 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.’”

  • 16 But 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 6:10-14
    5 verses
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    10 They will know that I am the LORD; my threats to bring this catastrophe on them were not empty.’

    11 “‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Clap your hands, stamp your feet, and say,“Ah!” because of all the evil, abominable practices of the house of Israel, for they will fall by the sword, famine, and pestilence.

    12 The 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.

    13 Then you will know that I am the LORD– when their dead lie among their idols around their altars, on every high hill and all the mountaintops, under every green tree and every leafy oak, the places where they have offered fragrant incense to all their idols.

    14 I 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.

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    22 I will judge him with plague and bloodshed. I will rain down on him, his troops and the many peoples who are with him a torrential downpour, hailstones, fire, and brimstone.

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

  • 29 Then 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 7:8-9
    2 verses
    76%

    8 Soon now I will pour out my rage on you; I will fully vent my anger against you. I will judge you according to your behavior. I will hold you accountable for all your abominable practices.

    9 My eye will not pity you; I will not spare you. For your behavior I will hold you accountable, and you will suffer the consequences of your abominable practices. Then you will know that it is I, the LORD, who is striking you.

  • 17 I will send famine and wild beasts against you and they will take your children from you. Plague and bloodshed will overwhelm you, and I will bring a sword against you. I, the LORD, have spoken!”

  • 27 The 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!”

  • 4 I will lay waste your cities; and you will become desolate. Then you will know that I am the LORD!

  • Ezek 7:3-4
    2 verses
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    3 The end is now upon you, and I will release my anger against you; I will judge you according to your behavior, I will hold you accountable for all your abominable practices.

    4 My eye will not pity you; I will not spare you. For I will hold you responsible for your behavior, and you will suffer the consequences of your abominable practices. Then you will know that I am the LORD!

  • 17 I 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 5:12-13
    2 verses
    75%

    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.

    13 Then 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.

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

  • 6 I will kill everything living in Jerusalem, people and animals alike! They will die from terrible diseases.

  • 25 I will bring on you an avenging sword, a covenant vengeance. Although you will gather together into your cities, I will send pestilence among you and you will be given into enemy hands.

  • 8 “Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I– even I– am against you, and I will execute judgment among you while the nations watch.

  • 21 “For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: How much worse will it be when I send my four terrible judgments– sword, famine, wild animals, and plague– to Jerusalem to kill both people and animals!

  • 10 I will bring war, starvation, and disease on them until they are completely destroyed from the land I gave them and their ancestors.’”

  • 9 I will turn you into a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

  • 8 I will make this city an object of horror, a thing to be hissed at. All who pass by it will be filled with horror and will hiss out their scorn because of all the disasters that have happened to it.

  • 7 They will be desolate among desolate lands, and their cities will be among ruined cities.

  • 31 I 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.

  • 20 A Prophecy Against Sidon The LORD’s message came to me:

  • 46 “For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Bring up an army against them and subject them to terror and plunder.

  • 19 I will execute judgments on Egypt. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”

  • 8 “‘Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Look, I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will kill every person and every animal.

  • 19 “Or suppose I were to send a plague into that land, and pour out my rage on it with bloodshed, killing both people and animals.

  • 36 “You and your people are right in saying,‘War, starvation, and disease are sure to make this city fall into the hands of the king of Babylon.’ But now I, the LORD God of Israel, have something further to say about this city:

  • 38 I will punish you as an adulteress and murderer deserves. I will avenge your bloody deeds with furious rage.

  • 17 The LORD of Heaven’s Armies says,‘I will bring war, starvation, and disease on them. I will treat them like figs that are so rotten they cannot be eaten.

  • 3 Then say,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: O city, who spills blood within herself(which brings on her doom), and who makes herself idols(which results in impurity),

  • 17 I will bring distress on the people and they will stumble like blind men, for they have sinned against the LORD. Their blood will be poured out like dirt; their flesh will be scattered like manure.

  • 9 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Woe to the city of bloodshed! I will also make the pile high.

  • 21 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!

  • 9 I will disturb many peoples, when I bring about your destruction among the nations, among countries you do not know.