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Ezekiel 6:12-14
New English Translation
Ezekiel 6:12-14
New English Translation
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[a] 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 on all the mountaintops, under every green tree and every leafy oak[b]—the places where they have offered fragrant incense to all their idols. 14 I will stretch out my hand against them[c] and make the land a desolate waste from the wilderness to Riblah,[d] in all the places where they live. Then they will know that I am the Lord.’”
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- Ezekiel 6:12 tn Heb “the one who is left and the one who is spared.”
- Ezekiel 6:13 sn By referring to every high hill…all the mountaintops…under every green tree and every leafy oak Ezekiel may be expanding on the phraseology of Deut 12:2 (see 1 Kgs 14:23; 2 Kgs 16:4; 17:10; Jer 2:20; 3:6, 13; 2 Chr 28:4).
- Ezekiel 6:14 sn I will stretch out my hand against them is a common expression in the book of Ezekiel (14:9, 13; 16:27; 25:7; 35:3).
- Ezekiel 6:14 tc The Vulgate reads the name as “Riblah,” a city north of Damascus. The MT reads Diblah, a city otherwise unknown. The letters resh (ר) and dalet (ד) may have been confused in the Hebrew text. The town of Riblah was in the land of Hamath (2 Kgs 23:33), which represented the northern border of Israel (Ezek 47:14).
Ezekiel 6:12-14
New International Version
Ezekiel 6:12-14
New International Version
12 One who is far away will die of the plague, and one who is near will fall by the sword, and anyone who survives and is spared will die of famine. So will I pour out my wrath(A) on them.(B) 13 And they will know that I am the Lord, when their people lie slain among their idols(C) around their altars, on every high hill and on all the mountaintops, under every spreading tree and every leafy oak(D)—places where they offered fragrant incense to all their idols.(E) 14 And I will stretch out my hand(F) against them and make the land a desolate waste from the desert to Diblah[a]—wherever they live. Then they will know that I am the Lord.(G)’”
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 6:14 Most Hebrew manuscripts; a few Hebrew manuscripts Riblah
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