Ezekiel 16:40
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“They will bring a mob against you, who will stone you and cut you to pieces with their swords.”
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“They will bring a mob against you, who will stone you and cut you to pieces with their swords.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords.”
King James Version · Public Domain“They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And have caused an assembly to come up against thee, And stoned thee with stones, And thrust thee through with their swords,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezekiel 16:40 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Chronicles 36:17So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar,
- Jeremiah 25:9behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.
- Ezekiel 23:10They exposed her nakedness, seized her sons and daughters, and put her to the sword. Thus she became a byword among women, and they executed judgment against her.
- Ezekiel 23:25And I will set My jealous rage against you, and they will deal with you in fury. They will cut off your noses and ears, and your survivors will fall by the sword. They will seize your sons and daughters, and your remnant will be consumed by fire.
- Ezekiel 23:47The mob will stone them and cut them down with their swords. They will kill their sons and daughters and burn down their houses.
- Ezekiel 24:21Tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of your soul. And the sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.’
- Habakkuk 1:6For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans— that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own.
- John 8:5In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such a woman. So what do You say?”
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