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Ezekiel 15:8

Listen to Ezekiel 15:8
8 I will make the land desolate because they have been unfaithful, declares the Sovereign LORD.”

Ezekiel 15:8 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
8 And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord GOD.
English Standard Version (ESV)
8 And I will make the land desolate, because they have acted faithlessly, declares the Lord God. ”
New Living Translation (NLT)
8 And I will make the land desolate because my people have been unfaithful to me. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”
The Message Bible (MSG)
8 I'll turn this country into a wilderness because they've been faithless." Decree of God, the Master.
American Standard Version (ASV)
8 And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord Jehovah.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
8 I will turn the country into a wasteland because they have been unfaithful," declares the Almighty LORD.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
8 I will make the land desolate because they have acted unfaithfully." [This is] the declaration of the Lord God .
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
8 I will make the land a dry and empty desert. My people have not been faithful to me," announces the LORD and King.

Ezekiel 15:8 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 15:8

And I will make the land desolate
The land of Judea uncultivated, men and beast being cut off; see ( Ezekiel 14:15 Ezekiel 14:21 ) ; because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord God;
acted a treacherous and perfidious part; apostatized from God, having committed idolatry, which was the cause of their ruin; and therefore it was not without a cause that the Lord did what he did, in it; see ( Ezekiel 14:23 ) .

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Ezekiel 15:8 In-Context

6 “Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: As I have given the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest as fuel for the fire, so will I treat the people living in Jerusalem.
7 I will set my face against them. Although they have come out of the fire, the fire will yet consume them. And when I set my face against them, you will know that I am the LORD.
8 I will make the land desolate because they have been unfaithful, declares the Sovereign LORD.”

Cross References 2

  • 1. S Ezekiel 14:13
  • 2. Ezekiel 17:20; Ezekiel 18:24
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