Ezekiel 12:14
in Ezekiel 12And I will scatter to every wind all the attendants around him and all his troops, and I will draw a sword to chase after them.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And I will scatter toward every wind all that are round about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.
KJV
And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.
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This verse in Ezekiel 12
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd I will scatter to every wind all that are about him to help him,.... Either his bodyguards, the men of war that were with him when he fled, Jer 52:7; or his auxiliary troops, the Egyptians, whom he had taken into his pay for his assistance: and all his bands: or "wings" (w); the wings of his army.
This site's exposition
I will scatter to every wind
on Ezekiel 12:14-16
The judgment reaches past the prince. A few are spared from sword and famine and plague, “so that in the nations to which they go, they can recount all their abominations.” The recognition formula comes twice, over the scattering and over the remnant, so both serve one end.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 10 and following) This burden is upon the prince who is in Jerusalem, and upon all the house of Israel who are among them. Say: I am your omen: as I have done, so it shall be done to them. They shall go into exile and captivity. But the prince who is among them shall be carried on shoulders, he shall go out in darkness; they shall dig through the wall to bring him out; his face shall be covered, so that he may not see the land with his eyes.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
): I will scatter all that are about him to help him, so that he shall be left helpless; I will scatter them among the nations and disperse them in the countries (
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How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
And I shall spread my net over him There was a cave [extending] from his house to the plains of Jericho, and he went out through the cave. What did the Holy One, blessed be He, do?
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְכֹל֩ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | [those] who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| סְבִיבֹתָ֥יו | sevivotav | [are] around him | H5439 → | 336 times |
| עֶזְר֛וֹ | ezro | help his | H5828 → | |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֲגַפָּ֖יו | ʾagapav | troops his | H102 → | 7 times |
| אֱזָרֶ֣ה | ʾezareh | I will disperse | H2219 → | 39 times |
| לְכָל־ | lekhol | to every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| ר֑וּחַ | ruach | wind | H7307 → | 378 times |
| וְחֶ֖רֶב | vecherev | and a sword | H2719 → | 413 times |
| אָרִ֥יק | ʾarik | I will draw | H7324 → | 19 times |
| אַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃ | ʾachareihem | after them | H310 → | 715 times |
וְכֹל֩and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
אֲשֶׁ֨ר[those] who
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
סְבִיבֹתָ֥יו[are] around him
sevivotavH5439 →336 times
עֶזְר֛וֹhelp his
ezroH5828 →
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
אֲגַפָּ֖יוtroops his
ʾagapavH102 →7 times
אֱזָרֶ֣הI will disperse
ʾezarehH2219 →39 times
לְכָל־to every
lekholH3605 →5413 times
ר֑וּחַwind
ruachH7307 →378 times
וְחֶ֖רֶבand a sword
vecherevH2719 →413 times
אָרִ֥יקI will draw
ʾarikH7324 →19 times
אַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃after them
ʾachareihemH310 →715 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ezekiel 5:2When the days of the siege have ended, you are to burn up a third of the hair inside the city; you are also to take a third and slash it with the sword…
it leads to
- 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…
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Leviticus 26:33
But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.
- Ezekiel 5:12
Through
Ezekiel 14:17Or if I bring a sword against that land and say, ‘Let a sword pass through it,’ so that I cut off from it both man and beast,
it leads to
- Ezekiel 21:3–4
and tell her that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am against you, and I will draw My sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.
- Leviticus 26:25
And I will bring a sword against you to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be delivered into…
- Zephaniah 1:3
“I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and the idols with their wicked worshipers. I will cut off mankind…
- Ezekiel 21:3–4
Through
Jeremiah 42:16then the sword you fear will overtake you there, and the famine you dread will follow on your heels into Egypt, and you will die there.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 11:8
You fear the sword, so I will bring the sword against you, declares the Lord GOD.
- Jeremiah 44:27
I am watching over them for harm and not for good, and every man of Judah who is in the land of Egypt will meet his end by sword or famine, until they are…
- Amos 9:1–4
I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will…
- Ezekiel 11:8
About Ezekiel
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.