Ezekiel 15:8

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“Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,’ declares the Lord GOD.””

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BSBPD

“Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,’ declares the Lord GOD.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord God.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord Jehovah.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And I have made the land a desolation, Because they have committed a trespass, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ezekiel 15:8 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Chronicles 36:14Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.
  2. Isaiah 6:11Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is desolate and ravaged,
  3. Isaiah 24:3The earth will be utterly laid waste and thoroughly plundered. For the LORD has spoken this word.
  4. Jeremiah 25:10Moreover, I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.
  5. Ezekiel 6:14I will stretch out My hand against them, and wherever they live I will make the land a desolate waste, from the wilderness to Diblah. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”
  6. Ezekiel 14:13“Son of man, if a land sins against Me by acting unfaithfully, and I stretch out My hand against it to cut off its supply of food, to send famine upon it, and to cut off from it both man and beast,
  7. Ezekiel 17:20I will spread My net over him and catch him in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment upon him there for the treason he committed against Me.
  8. Ezekiel 33:29Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have made the land a desolate waste because of all the abominations they have committed.’
  9. Ezekiel 39:26They will forget their disgrace and all the treachery they committed against Me, when they dwell securely in their land, with no one to frighten them.
  10. Zephaniah 1:18Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth.

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

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