11 “This is what the Lord [a]God says: ‘Clap your hands, (A)stamp your foot and say, “(B)Woe, because of all the evil abominations of the house of Israel, which will fall by the (C)sword, famine, and plague! 12 Anyone who is (D)far away will die by the plague, anyone who is near will fall by the sword, and anyone who remains and is spared from these will die by the famine. So I will (E)expend My wrath on them. 13 Then you will know that I am the Lord, when their (F)dead are among their idols around their altars, on (G)every high hill, on all the tops of the mountains, under every leafy tree and under every massive oak with thick branches—the places where they offered a soothing aroma to all their idols. 14 So through all their dwelling places I will (H)stretch out My hand against them and make the land more desolate and waste than the wilderness toward Diblah; so they will know that I am the Lord.”’”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 6:11 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord

Lament over the Fall of Jerusalem

11 “This is what the Lord God says: Clap your hands, stamp your feet,(A) and cry out over all the evil and detestable practices of the house of Israel, who will fall by the sword, famine, and plague.(B) 12 The one who is far off will die by plague; the one who is near will fall by the sword; and the one who remains and is spared[a] will die of famine. In this way I will exhaust My wrath on them.(C) 13 You will all know that I am Yahweh when their slain lie among their idols around their altars,(D) on every high hill,(E) on all the mountaintops, and under every green tree and every leafy oak—the places where they offered pleasing aromas to all their idols. 14 I will stretch out My hand against them,(F) and wherever they live I will make the land a desolate waste, from the wilderness to Diblah.[b] Then they will know that I am Yahweh.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 6:12 Or besieged
  2. Ezekiel 6:14 Some Hb mss, some LXX mss read Riblah; 2Kg 23:33; Jr 39:5