Ezekiel 35:6 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 35:6

therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will give you over to bloodshed and it will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, it will pursue you.

BSB

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ASV

therefore, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: since thou hast not hated blood, therefore blood shall pursue thee.

KJV

Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord God, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee.

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Commentary

4 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Blood shall pursue thee - Thou lovest blood, and thou shalt have blood. It is said that Cyrus and two hundred thousand men were slain in an ambush by Thomyris, queen of the Scythians, and that she cut ok his head, and threw it into a vessel filled with blood, with this severe sarcasm: - Satia te sanguine quem sitisti, Cyre. “O Cyrus, now satisfy thyself with blood.” Hence, the figure: - “Sarcasmus, with this biting taunt doth kill: Cyrus, thy thirst was blood, now drink thy fill.”

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

As the works of creation and common providence demonstrate that there is a God, so the care taken of Israel shows that Jehovah, the God of Israel, is that God alone, the true and living God.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Some read it, " Unless thou hatest blood " (that is, "unless thou dost repent, and put off this bloody disposition) blood shall pursue thee. " And then it is an intimation that the judgment may yet be prevented by a thorough reformation.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

I will prepare thee unto blood--I will expose thee to slaughter. sith--old English for "seeing that" or "since." thou hast not hated blood--The Hebrew order is, "thou hast hated not--blood"; that is, thou couldst not bear to live without bloodshed [GROTIUS]. There is a play on similar sounds in the Hebrew;

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
לָכֵ֣ן	la.Khen	<to> therefore	H3651 →
חַי־	chai-	[by] [the] life	H2416 →
אָ֗נִי	'A.ni	of me	H589 →
נְאֻם֙	ne.'Um	[the] utterance of	H5002 →
אֲדֹנָ֣י	'a.do.Nai	[the] Lord	H136 →
יְהוִ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3069 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	that	H3588 →
לְדָ֥ם	le.Dam	to blood	H1818 →
אֶעֶשְׂךָ֖	'e.'es.Kha	I will appoint you	H6213 →
וְדָ֣ם	ve.Dam	and blood	H1818 →
יִרְדֲּפֶ֑ךָ	yir.da.Fe.kha	it will pursue you	H7291 →
אִם־	'im-	if	H518 →
לֹ֥א	lo'	not	H3808 →
דָ֛ם	dam	blood	H1818 →
שָׂנֵ֖אתָ	sa.Ne.ta	you have hated	H8130 →
וְדָ֥ם	ve.Dam	and blood	H1818 →
יִרְדֲּפֶֽךָ׃	yir.da.Fe.kha	it will pursue you	H7291 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 7:2
For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
leads to
- James 2:13
  For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Mark 4:24
  He went on to say, “Pay attention to what you hear. With the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and even more will be added to you.
- Luke 6:38
  Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured…
- Obadiah 1:15
  For the Day of the LORD is near for all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your recompense will return upon your own head.
- Revelation 18:6
  Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup.
Through
Obadiah 1:15
For the Day of the LORD is near for all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your recompense will return upon your own head.
leads to
- Habakkuk 2:8
  Because you have plundered many nations, the remnant of the people will plunder you—because of your bloodshed against man and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.
- Matthew 7:2
  For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
Through
Revelation 18:24
And there was found in her the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who had been slain on the earth.
leads to
- Revelation 17:6
  I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. And I was utterly amazed at the sight of her.

About Ezekiel

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

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01Commentary

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Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Ezekiel

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Ezekiel