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Ezekiel 33:27

Tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, those in the ruins will fall by the sword, those in the open field I will give to be devoured by wild animals, and those in the strongholds and caves will die by plague.

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ASV

Thus shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: As I live, surely they that are in the waste places shall fall by the sword; and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured; and they that are in the strongholds and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.

KJV

Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כֹּֽה־koh-thusH3541 →
תֹאמַ֨רto.Maryou will sayH559 →
אֲלֵהֶ֜ם'a.le.Hemto themH413 →
כֹּה־koh-thusH3541 →
אָמַ֨ר'a.Marhe saysH559 →
אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136 →
יְהוִה֮Yah.wehYahwehH3069 →
חַי־chai-[by] [the] lifeH2416 →
אָנִי֒'a.Niof meH589 →
אִם־'im-ifH518 →
לֹ֞אlo'notH3808 →
אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.Sher[those] whoH834 →
בֶּֽחֳרָבוֹת֙be.cho.ra.Vot[are] in the waste placesH2723 →
בַּחֶ֣רֶבba.Che.revby the swordH2719 →
יִפֹּ֔לוּyi.Po.luthey will fallH5307 →
וַֽאֲשֶׁר֙va.'a.Sherand [the one] whoH834 →
עַל־'al-[is] onH5921 →
פְּנֵ֣יpe.Nei[the] surface ofH6440 →
הַשָּׂדֶ֔הha.sa.Dehthe fieldH7704 →
לַחַיָּ֥הla.chai.Yahto the animal[s]H2416 →
נְתַתִּ֖יוne.ta.TivI will give himH5414 →
לְאָכְל֑וֹle.'a.khe.Loto eat himH398 →
וַאֲשֶׁ֛רva.'a.Sherand [those] whoH834 →
בַּמְּצָד֥וֹתba.me.tza.Dot[are] in the strongholdsH4679 →
וּבַמְּעָר֖וֹתu.va.me.'a.Rotand in the cavesH4631 →
בַּדֶּ֥בֶרba.De.verby <the> pestilenceH1698 →
יָמֽוּתוּ׃ya.Mu.tuthey will dieH4191 →

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Ezekiel 14:21For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem My four dire judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—in order to cut off from it both man and beast?1 Samuel 13:6Seeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns.Jeremiah 42:22Now therefore, know for sure that by sword and famine and plague you will die in the place where you desire to go to reside.”Ezekiel 39:4On the mountains of Israel you will fall—you and all your troops and the nations with you. I will give you as food to every kind of ravenous bird and wild beast.Ezekiel 5:17I will send famine and wild beasts against you, and they will leave you childless. Plague and bloodshed will sweep through you, and I will bring a sword against you. I, the LORD, have spoken.”Ezekiel 33:24“Son of man, those living in the ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land. But we are many; surely the land has been given to us as a possession.’Ezekiel 6:11–14This is what the Lord GOD says: Clap your hands, stomp your feet, and cry out “Alas!” because of all the wicked abominations of the house of Israel, who will fall by sword and famine and plague.Jeremiah 41:9Now the cistern into which Ishmael had thrown all the bodies of the men he had struck down along with Gedaliah was a large one that King Asa had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain.Jeremiah 15:2–4If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword; those destined for famine, to famine; and those destined for captivity, to captivity.’1 Samuel 24:3Soon Saul came to the sheepfolds along the road, where there was a cave, and he went in to relieve himself. And David and his men were hiding in the recesses of the cave.Ezekiel 5:12–17A 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 wind and unleash a sword behind them.Isaiah 2:19Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.Judges 6:2and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of the Midianites, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.1 Samuel 22:1So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there.1 Samuel 23:14And David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God would not deliver David into his hand.Jeremiah 44:12And I will take away the remnant of Judah who have resolved to go to the land of Egypt to reside there; they will meet their end. They will all fall by the sword or be consumed by famine. From the least to the greatest, they will die by sword or famine; and they will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and reproach.Jeremiah 21:6I will strike down the residents of this city, both man and beast. They will die in a terrible plague.’Jeremiah 24:10And I will send against them sword and famine and plague, until they have perished from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.’”

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