And they that escape of you, shall remember me among the nations, where they shall be in captivity, because I am grieved for their whorish hearts, which have departed from me, and for their eyes, which have gone a whoring after their idols, and they [a]shall be displeased in themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.

10 And they shall know that I am the Lord, and that I have not said in vain, that I would do this evil unto them.

11 Thus saith the Lord God, [b]Smite with thine hand, and stretch forth with thy foot, and say, Alas, for all the wicked abominations of the house of Israel: for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 6:9 They shall be ashamed to see that their hope in idols was but vain, and so shall repent.
  2. Ezekiel 6:11 By these signs he would that the Prophet should signify the great destruction to come.

Then in the nations where they have been carried captive, those who escape will remember(A) me—how I have been grieved(B) by their adulterous hearts, which have turned away from me, and by their eyes, which have lusted after their idols.(C) They will loathe themselves for the evil(D) they have done and for all their detestable practices.(E) 10 And they will know that I am the Lord;(F) I did not threaten in vain to bring this calamity on them.(G)

11 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Strike your hands together and stamp your feet and cry out “Alas!” because of all the wicked and detestable practices of the people of Israel, for they will fall by the sword, famine and plague.(H)

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