Ezekiel 6:10

10 And they will know that I am the LORD; I did not threaten in vain to bring this calamity on them.

Ezekiel 6:10 in Other Translations

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.

10 And they shall know that I am the LORD. I have not said in vain that I would do this evil to them."

10 They will know that I alone am the LORD and that I was serious when I said I would bring this calamity on them.

10 They'll know that I am God. They'll know that my judgment against them was no empty threat.

10 And they will know that I am the Lord; I did not threaten to bring this disaster on them without a reason.

Ezekiel 6:10 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 6:10

And they shall know that I [am] the Lord
As in ( Ezekiel 6:7 ) ; [and that] I have not said in vain;
either within himself, in his own purposes and decrees; so the Targum,

``I have not in vain decreed in my word;''

or by the mouth of the prophets: that I would do this evil unto them;
in carrying them captive, and dispersing them in other lands; for this is not the evil of sin, but the evil of punishment, or of affliction.

Ezekiel 6:10 In-Context

8 “ ‘But I will spare some, for some of you will escape the sword when you are scattered among the lands and nations.

9 Then in the nations where they have been carried captive, those who escape will remember me—how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts, which have turned away from me, and by their eyes, which have lusted after their idols. They will loathe themselves for the evil they have done and for all their detestable practices.

10 And they will know that I am the LORD; I did not threaten in vain to bring this calamity on them.

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.

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 on them.

Cross References

• 1. S ver 7
• 2. S Deuteronomy 28:52; Jeremiah 40:2