Ezekiel 12:14

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“And I will scatter to every wind all the attendants around him and all his troops, and I will draw a sword to chase after them.”

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BSBPD

“And I will scatter to every wind all the attendants around him and all his troops, and I will draw a sword to chase after them.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And I will scatter toward every wind all that are round about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`And all who are round about him to help him, and all his bands, I do scatter to every wind, and a sword I draw out after them.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ezekiel 12:14 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 26:33But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.
  2. 2 Kings 25:4Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,
  3. Jeremiah 42:16then the sword you fear will overtake you there, and the famine you dread will follow on your heels into Egypt, and you will die there.
  4. Jeremiah 42:22Now therefore, know for sure that by sword and famine and plague you will die in the place where you desire to go to reside.”
  5. Ezekiel 5:2When the days of the siege have ended, you are to burn up a third of the hair inside the city; you are also to take a third and slash it with the sword all around the city; and you are to scatter a third to the wind. For I will unleash a sword behind them.
  6. Ezekiel 5:10As a result, fathers among you will eat their sons, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments against you and scatter all your remnant to every wind.’
  7. Ezekiel 5:12A third of your people will die by plague or be consumed by famine within you, a third will fall by the sword outside your walls, and a third I will scatter to every wind and unleash a sword behind them.
  8. Ezekiel 14:17Or if I bring a sword against that land and say, ‘Let a sword pass through it,’ so that I cut off from it both man and beast,
  9. Ezekiel 14:21For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem My four dire judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—in order to cut off from it both man and beast?
  10. Ezekiel 17:21All his choice troops will fall by the sword, and those who survive will be scattered to every wind. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken.’

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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