Ezekiel 6:14
in Ezekiel 6I will stretch out My hand against them, and wherever they live I will make the land a desolate waste, from the wilderness to Diblah. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And I will stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate and waste, from the wilderness toward Diblah, throughout all their habitations: and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
KJV
So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in all their habitations: and they shall know that I am the Lord.
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This verse in Ezekiel 6
Commentary
8 notes on this verseSo will I stretch out mine hand upon them,.... Not unto them, in a way of mercy; but upon, or against them, in a way of judgment.
This site's exposition
stretch out My hand against them
The Lord will stretch out His hand to make the land “a desolate waste, from the wilderness to Diblah.” Clarke notes that some manuscripts read Riblah for Diblah, the two names differing by one letter. The chapter closes on its fourth “Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 14.) And I will stretch out my hand upon them and make the land desolate and forsaken, from the wilderness of Deblath to all their dwellings. And they shall know that I am the Lord.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
High places - The places of your idolatrous worship. Cast down - Before the altars of your idols, which you fly to for refuge. And - Thus the idols were upbraided with their inability to help their worshippers, and the idolaters, with the folly of trusting in them.
It is called Diblathaim ( Num. xxxiii. 22 ), that great and terrible wilderness which is described, Deut. viii. 15 , wherein were fiery serpents and scorpions.
Wilderness - The horrid wilderness of Moab. Therein the fiery serpents so much annoyed Israel. Accordingly the land of Canaan is at this day one of the most desolate countries in the world.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Diblath--another form of Diblathaim, a city in Moab (Nu 33:46; Jer 48:22), near which, east and south of the Dead Sea, was the wilderness of Arabia-Deserta.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
And make the land - more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath - Diblath or Diblathayim is situated in the land of Moab. It is mentioned Num 33:46, Almon-Diblathaim; and in Jer 48:22, Beth-Diblathaim. It was a part of that horrible wilderness mentioned by Moses, Deu 8:15, “wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought.” The precise reason why it is mentioned here is not very evident.
The words behind it
17 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְנָטִ֤יתִי | venatiti | and I will stretch out | H5186 → | 214 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יָדִי֙ | yadi | hand my | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם | ʾaleihem | on them | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| וְנָתַתִּ֨י | venatati | and I will make | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָאָ֜רֶץ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| שְׁמָמָ֤ה | shemamah | a desolation | H8077 → | 57 times |
| וּמְשַׁמָּה֙ | umeshamah | and a waste | H4923 → | 7 times |
| מִמִּדְבַּ֣ר | mimidbar | more than [the] wilderness of | H4057 → | 270 times |
| דִּבְלָ֔תָה | divlatah | Diblah <towards> | H1689 → | |
| בְּכֹ֖ל | bekhol | in all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| מוֹשְׁבֽוֹתֵיהֶ֑ם | moshevoteihem | dwelling places their | H4186 → | 44 times |
| וְיָדְע֖וּ | veyadeu | and they will know | H3045 → | 945 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אֲנִ֥י | ʾani | I | H589 → | 874 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ פ | yahweh | [am] Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
וְנָטִ֤יתִיand I will stretch out
venatitiH5186 →214 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יָדִי֙hand my
yadiH3027 →1618 times
עֲלֵיהֶ֔םon them
ʾaleihemH5921 →5755 times
וְנָתַתִּ֨יand I will make
venatatiH5414 →2011 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָאָ֜רֶץthe land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
שְׁמָמָ֤הa desolation
shemamahH8077 →57 times
וּמְשַׁמָּה֙and a waste
umeshamahH4923 →7 times
מִמִּדְבַּ֣רmore than [the] wilderness of
mimidbarH4057 →270 times
דִּבְלָ֔תָהDiblah <towards>
divlatahH1689 →
בְּכֹ֖לin all
bekholH3605 →5413 times
מוֹשְׁבֽוֹתֵיהֶ֑םdwelling places their
moshevoteihemH4186 →44 times
וְיָדְע֖וּand they will know
veyadeuH3045 →945 times
כִּֽי־that
ki-H3588 →4482 times
אֲנִ֥יI
ʾaniH589 →874 times
יְהוָֽה׃ פ[am] Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 9:12Aram from the east and Philistia from the west have devoured Israel with open mouths. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
it leads to
- Isaiah 5:25
Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lay like refuse in the streets. Despite all…
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 5:25
Through
Isaiah 5:25Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lay like refuse in the streets. Despite all…
it leads to
- Isaiah 9:21
Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh; together they turn against Judah. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 10:4
Nothing will remain but to crouch among the captives or fall among the slain. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
- Isaiah 9:17
Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly. Despite…
- 2 Kings 9:37
And Jezebel’s body will lie like dung in the field on the plot of ground at Jezreel, so that no one can say: This is Jezebel.’”
- Daniel 9:16
O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities…
- Isaiah 9:21
Through
Isaiah 9:17Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly. Despite…
it leads to
- Isaiah 9:12
Aram from the east and Philistia from the west have devoured Israel with open mouths. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 18:21
Therefore, hand their children over to famine; pour out the power of the sword upon them. Let their wives become childless and widowed; let their husbands be slain by disease, their young men struck…
- Isaiah 9:12
About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.