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Ezekiel 14:23
They will bring you consolation when you see their conduct and actions, and you will know that it was not without cause that I have done all these things within it,’ declares the Lord GOD.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Lord GOD speaks to Ezekiel and the exiles at the moment when survivors of Jerusalem’s destruction are brought out to them.
The words — נִחֲמ֣וּ (ni.cha.mu) translates literally as “they will comfort,” while תִרְא֥וּ (tir.'u) means “you will see” and דַּרְכָּ֖ם (dar.kam) denotes “their conduct.”
The thread — This passage is cross-referenced to Jeremiah 22:8, Genesis 18:22, and Deuteronomy 8:2.
Why it lands — The text states that observing the survivors’ conduct will prove the disaster was justified, asking the reader to accept divine judgment as measured rather than arbitrary.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord God.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 22:8 And many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?’
- Genesis 18:22 And the two men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 8:2 Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.
- Nehemiah 9:33 You are just in all that has befallen us, because You have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly.
- Proverbs 26:2 Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.
- Jeremiah 7:17 Do you not see what they are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
- Ezekiel 8:6 “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what they are doing—the great abominations that the house of Israel is committing—to drive Me far from My sanctuary? Yet you will see even greater abominations.”
- Ezekiel 9:8 While they were killing, I was left alone. And I fell facedown and cried out, “Oh, Lord GOD, when You pour out Your wrath on Jerusalem, will You destroy the entire remnant of Israel?”
- Daniel 9:7 To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame—the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel near and far, in all the countries to which You have driven us because of our unfaithfulness to You.
- Daniel 9:14 Therefore the LORD has kept the calamity in store and brought it upon us. For the LORD our God is righteous in all He does; yet we have not obeyed His voice.