Bible Strands
Ezekiel 6:10
And they will know that I am the LORD; I did not declare in vain that I would bring this calamity upon them.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God speaks through Ezekiel to the exiled house of Israel, confirming that the imminent calamity of sword, famine, and plague will force their recognition of His identity.
The words — The Hebrew יָדְעוּ (ya.de.'U) means "they will know," paired with חִנָּם דִּבַּרְתִּי (chi.Nam di.Bar.ti), literally "I spoke not in vain," which asserts that the threatened judgment will be fully executed.
The thread — The text states that the slain will fall so that recognition follows judgment (Ezekiel 6:7), while Jeremiah 5:12 records the people's false claim that no harm will come, and Jeremiah 44:28 notes the few survivors who return after the warning is fulfilled.
Why it lands — The text says God's declarations are not empty threats, requiring readers to treat divine warnings as guaranteed outcomes that will ultimately compel acknowledgment of His authority.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 5:12 They have lied about the LORD and said: “He will not do anything; harm will not come to us; we will not see sword or famine.
- Jeremiah 44:28 Those who escape the sword will return from Egypt to Judah, few in number, and the whole remnant of Judah who went to dwell in the land of Egypt will know whose word will stand, Mine or theirs!
- Ezekiel 6:7 The slain will fall among you, and you will know that I am the LORD.
- Ezekiel 14:22 Yet, behold, some survivors will be left in it—sons and daughters who will be brought out. They will come out to you, and when you see their conduct and actions, you will be comforted regarding the disaster I have brought upon Jerusalem—all that I have brought upon it.
- Daniel 9:12 You have carried out the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing upon us a great disaster. For under all of heaven, nothing has ever been done like what has been done to Jerusalem.
- Zechariah 1:6 But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do to us according to our ways and deeds, so He has done to us.’”