Ezekiel 7:5

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“This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Disaster! An unprecedented disaster— behold, it is coming!”

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BSBPD

“This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Disaster! An unprecedented disaster— behold, it is coming!”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Thus saith the Lord God; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: An evil, an only evil; behold, it cometh.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Evil, a single evil, lo, it hath come.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ezekiel 7:5 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Kings 21:12this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am bringing such calamity upon Jerusalem and Judah that the news will reverberate in the ears of all who hear it.
  2. Proverbs 13:21Disaster pursues sinners, but prosperity is the reward of the righteous.
  3. Proverbs 24:16For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times.
  4. Isaiah 21:12The watchman replies, “Morning has come, but also the night. If you would inquire, then inquire. Come back yet again.”
  5. Jeremiah 19:3saying, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah and residents of Jerusalem. This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such disaster on this place that the ears of all who hear of it will ring,
  6. Ezekiel 5:9Because of all your abominations, I will do to you what I have never done before and will never do again.
  7. Daniel 9:12You have carried out the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing upon us a great disaster. For under all of heaven, nothing has ever been done like what has been done to Jerusalem.
  8. Joel 1:15Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
  9. Amos 3:2“Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”
  10. Nahum 1:9Whatever you plot against the LORD, He will bring to an end. Affliction will not rise up a second time.
  11. Matthew 24:21For at that time there will be great tribulation, unmatched from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again.

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

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