Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.
KJV
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsMoreover I will make thee a desolation and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.
I will make you a ruin and a disgrace among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by.
And I give thee for a waste, And for a reproach among nations that are round about thee, Before the eyes of every passer by.
And I will make thee a waste and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEzekiel — The exile prophet — priest taken to Babylon in 597 BC, writing to a community still convinced the exile is temporary. Wheels within wheels, the glory departing, dry bones coming to life, and the city whose new name is YHWH Shammah — ‘the LORD is there.’
- Author
- Ezekiel, son of Buzi the priest (1:3)
- Date
- Dated oracles 593 BC (1:1, fifth year of Jehoiachin's exile) to 571 BC (29:17)