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Ezekiel 14:19
Or if I send a plague into that land and pour out My wrath upon it through bloodshed, cutting off from it both man and beast,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — YHWH addresses exiled Israelites through Ezekiel during a period of national judgment. The verse functions as the second condition in a series outlining how divine punishment will fall on a land regardless of righteous individuals present within it.
The words — The Hebrew דֶּבֶר (dever) designates a lethal pestilence, and the verb שָׁפַכְתִּי (shafti) combined with חֲמָתִי (chamati) literally translates to "I will pour out my rage."
The thread — YHWH's sending of pestilence appears in 2 Samuel 24:15, the execution of judgment with bloodshed parallels Ezekiel 38:22, and Jeremiah 14:12 records that ritual fasting cannot halt such divine action.
Why it lands — The text declares that sovereign judgment will cut off both people and livestock in a condemned land, and it requires readers to recognize that human righteousness or religious acts cannot override the consequences of collective rebellion.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast:
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 38:22 I will execute judgment upon him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour out torrents of rain, hailstones, fire, and sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him.
- 2 Samuel 24:15 So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel from that morning until the appointed time, and seventy thousand of the people from Dan to Beersheba died.
- Jeremiah 14:12 Although they may fast, I will not listen to their cry; although they may offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will finish them off by sword and famine and plague.”
- Ezekiel 5:12 A third of your people will die by plague or be consumed by famine within you, a third will fall by the sword outside your walls, and a third I will scatter to every wind and unleash a sword behind them.
- Ezekiel 7:8 Very soon I will pour out My wrath upon you and vent My anger against you; I will judge you according to your ways and repay you for all your abominations.
- Numbers 14:12 I will strike them with a plague and destroy them—and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they are.”
- Numbers 16:46 Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the LORD; the plague has begun.”
- Deuteronomy 28:21 The LORD will make the plague cling to you until He has exterminated you from the land that you are entering to possess.
- Deuteronomy 28:59 He will bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary disasters, severe and lasting plagues, and terrible and chronic sicknesses.
- 2 Samuel 24:13 So Gad went and said to David, “Do you choose to endure three years of famine in your land, three months of fleeing the pursuit of your enemies, or three days of plague upon your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”