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Ezekiel 28:7

behold, I will bring foreigners against you, the most ruthless of nations. They will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and will defile your splendor.

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therefore, behold, I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.

KJV

Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לָכֵ֗ןla.Khen<to> thereforeH3651 →
הִנְנִ֨יhi.Nihere IH2005 →
מֵבִ֤יאme.Vi'[am] about to bringH935 →
עָלֶ֙יךָ֙'a.Lei.khaon youH5921 →
זָרִ֔יםza.RimstrangersH2114 →
עָרִיצֵ֖י'a.ri.Tzeiruthless [ones] ofH6184 →
גּוֹיִ֑םgo.YimnationsH1471 →
וְהֵרִ֤יקוּve.he.Ri.kuand they will drawH7324 →
חַרְבוֹתָם֙char.vo.Tamswords theirH2719 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
יְפִ֣יye.Fi[the] beauty ofH3308 →
חָכְמָתֶ֔ךָcha.khe.ma.Te.khawisdom yourH2451 →
וְחִלְּל֖וּve.chi.le.Luand they will profaneH2490 →
יִפְעָתֶֽךָ׃yif.'a.Te.khasplendor yourH3314 →

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Ezekiel 31:12Foreigners, the most ruthless of the nations, cut it down and left it. Its branches have fallen on the mountains and in every valley; its boughs lay broken in all the earth’s ravines. And all the peoples of the earth left its shade and abandoned it.Ezekiel 32:12I will make your hordes fall by the swords of the mighty, the most ruthless of all nations. They will ravage the pride of Egypt and all her multitudes will be destroyed.Ezekiel 30:11He and his people with him, the most ruthless of the nations, will be brought in to destroy the land. They will draw their swords against Egypt and fill the land with the slain.Ezekiel 7:24So I will bring the most wicked of nations to take possession of their houses. I will end the pride of the mighty, and their holy places will be profaned.Habakkuk 1:6–8For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans—that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own.Daniel 2:31As you, O king, were watching, a great statue appeared. A great and dazzling statue stood before you, and its form was awesome.Deuteronomy 28:49–50The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,Isaiah 23:8–9Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose traders are princes, whose merchants are renowned on the earth?Ezekiel 26:7–14For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses and chariots, with cavalry and a great company of troops.Amos 3:6If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?Daniel 7:7After this, as I watched in my vision in the night, suddenly a fourth beast appeared, and it was terrifying—dreadful and extremely strong—with large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed; then it trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the beasts before it, and it had ten horns.Isaiah 25:3–4Therefore, a strong people will honor You. The cities of ruthless nations will revere You.Ezekiel 28:17Your heart grew proud of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor; so I cast you to the earth; I made you a spectacle before kings.Ezekiel 28:10You will die the death of the uncircumcised at the hands of foreigners. For I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.”Ezekiel 26:7For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses and chariots, with cavalry and a great company of troops.

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About Ezekiel

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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