Ezekiel 6:12

He who is far off will die by the plague, he who is near will fall by the sword, and he who remains will die by famine. So I will vent My fury upon them.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The Lord GOD speaks through the prophet Ezekiel to the house of Israel, delivering a pronouncement of judgment against their wicked abominations. The words — הָ/רָח֞וֹק (ha./ra.Chok) translates literally as "the distant [person]," while בַּ/דֶּ֣בֶר (ba./De.ver) means "by the pestilence." The thread — This pattern of inescapable judgment and completed punishment recurs in Ezekiel 5:13 and Lamentations 4:11, 4:22. Why it lands — The text states that no distance, proximity, or survival guarantees safety from catastrophe, requiring the reader to acknowledge God's direct agency in historical disaster.

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The Hebrew words

הָרָח֞וֹקha./ra.Chokthe/ distant [person]בַּדֶּ֣בֶרba./De.verby the/ pestilence יָמ֗וּתya.Muthe will die וְהַקָּרוֹב֙ve./ha./ka.rOvand/ the/ near [person]בַּחֶ֣רֶבba./Che.revby the/ sword יִפּ֔וֹלyi.Polhe will fall וְהַנִּשְׁאָר֙ve./ha./nish.'Arand/ the/ [one who] is left alive וְהַנָּצ֔וּרve./ha./na.Tzurand/ the/ [one who] is preserved בָּרָעָ֖בba./ra.'Avby <the>/ famine יָמ֑וּתya.Muthe will die וְכִלֵּיתִ֥יve./khi.lei.Tiand/ I will complete חֲמָתִ֖יcha.ma.T/irage/ myבָּֽם׃Ba/mon/ them

King James Version

He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my fury upon them.

Cross-references

Ezekiel 5:13 And when My anger is spent and I have vented My wrath against them, I will be appeased. And when I have spent My wrath on them, they will know that I, the LORD, in My zeal have spoken.
Lamentations 4:11 The LORD has exhausted His wrath; He has poured out His fierce anger; He has kindled a fire in Zion, and it has consumed her foundations.
Lamentations 4:22 O Daughter of Zion, your punishment is complete; He will not prolong your exile. But He will punish your iniquity, O Daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins.
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.
Isaiah 40:2 “Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins.”