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Ezekiel 24:9

Yes, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed! I, too, will pile the kindling high.

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ASV

Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great.

KJV

Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לָכֵ֗ןla.Khen<to> thereforeH3651 →
כֹּ֤הkohthusH3541 →
אָמַר֙'a.Marhe saysH559 →
אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136 →
יְהוִ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3069 →
א֖וֹי'owoe!H188 →
עִ֣יר'ir[the] city ofH5892 →
הַדָּמִ֑יםha.da.Mim<the> blood<s>H1818 →
גַּם־gam-alsoH1571 →
אֲנִ֖י'a.NiIH589 →
אַגְדִּ֥יל'ag.DilI will make greatH1431 →
הַמְּדוּרָֽה׃ha.me.du.Rahthe pileH4071 →

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Ezekiel 22:2“As for you, son of man, will you judge her? Will you pass judgment on the city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her abominationsHabakkuk 2:12Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by iniquity!Ezekiel 24:6Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed, to the pot now rusted, whose rust will not come off! Empty it piece by piece; cast no lots for its contents.Revelation 16:6For they have spilled the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink, as they deserve.”Ezekiel 22:19–22Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because all of you have become dross, behold, I will gather you into Jerusalem.Isaiah 30:33For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.Revelation 16:19The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath.Revelation 14:20And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and the blood that flowed from it rose as high as the bridles of the horses for a distance of 1,600 stadia.Ezekiel 22:31So I have poured out My indignation upon them and consumed them with the fire of My fury. I have brought their ways down upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.”2 Thessalonians 1:8in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.Isaiah 31:9Their rock will pass away for fear, and their princes will panic at the sight of the battle standard,” declares the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, whose furnace is in Jerusalem.Revelation 21:8But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”2 Peter 3:7–12And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.Nahum 3:1Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without prey.Jude 1:7In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.Luke 13:34–35O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

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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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