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Ezekiel 19:7

He broke down their strongholds and devastated their cities. The land and everything in it shuddered at the sound of his roaring.

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ASV

And he knew their palaces, and laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, because of the noise of his roaring.

KJV

And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֵּ֙דַע֙vai.Ye.da'and it knewH3045 →
אַלְמְנוֹתָ֔יו'al.me.no.Tavwidows itsH490 →
וְעָרֵיהֶ֖םve.'a.rei.Hemand cities theirH5892 →
הֶחֱרִ֑יבhe.che.Rivit laid wasteH2717 →
וַתֵּ֤שַׁםva.Te.shamand it was desolateH3456 →
אֶ֙רֶץ֙'e.retz[the] landH776 →
וּמְלֹאָ֔הּu.me.lo.'Ahand what fills itH4393 →
מִקּ֖וֹלmi.Kolfrom [the] sound ofH6963 →
שַׁאֲגָתֽוֹ׃sha.'a.ga.Toroaring itsH7581 →

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1 Peter 5:8Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.Ezekiel 30:12I will make the streams dry up and sell the land to the wicked. By the hands of foreigners I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it. I, the LORD, have spoken.Ezekiel 12:19Then tell the people of the land that this is what the Lord GOD says about those living in Jerusalem and in the land of Israel: ‘They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water in dread, for their land will be stripped of everything in it because of the violence of all who dwell in it.Proverbs 28:3A destitute leader who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no food.Amos 6:8The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself—the LORD, the God of Hosts, has declared: “I abhor Jacob’s pride and detest his citadels, so I will deliver up the city and everything in it.”Proverbs 28:15–16Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.Micah 1:2Hear, O peoples, all of you; listen, O earth, and everyone in it! May the Lord GOD bear witness against you, the Lord from His holy temple.Ezekiel 22:25The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her.Proverbs 19:12A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.Ezekiel 19:9With hooks they caged him and brought him to the king of Babylon. They brought him into captivity so that his roar was heard no longer on the mountains of Israel.Ezekiel 45:8This land will be his possession in Israel. And My princes will no longer oppress My people, but will give the rest of the land to the house of Israel according to their tribes.

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The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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