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Ezekiel 7:15

The sword is outside; plague and famine are within. Those in the country will die by the sword, and those in the city will be devoured by famine and plague.

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ASV

The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.

KJV

The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הַחֶ֣רֶבha.Che.revthe swordH2719 →
בַּח֔וּץba.Chutz[is] on the outsideH2351 →
וְהַדֶּ֥בֶרve.ha.De.verand <the> pestilenceH1698 →
וְהָרָעָ֖בve.ha.ra.'Avand <the> famineH7458 →
מִבָּ֑יִתmi.Ba.yit[are] from insideH1004 →
אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.Sher[the one] whoH834 →
בַּשָּׂדֶה֙ba.sa.Deh[is] in the open countryH7704 →
בַּחֶ֣רֶבba.Che.revby the swordH2719 →
יָמ֔וּתya.Muthe will dieH4191 →
וַאֲשֶׁ֣רva.'a.Sherand [the one] whoH834 →
בָּעִ֔ירba.'Ir[is] in the cityH5892 →
רָעָ֥בra.'AvfamineH7458 →
וָדֶ֖בֶרva.De.verand pestilenceH1698 →
יֹאכֲלֶֽנּוּ׃yo.kha.Le.nuit will consume himH398 →

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Ezekiel 5:12A 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.Jeremiah 14:18If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.’”Deuteronomy 32:25Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, terror will strike the young man and the young woman, the infant and the gray-haired man.Lamentations 1:20See, O LORD, how distressed I am! I am churning within; my heart is pounding within me, for I have been most rebellious. Outside, the sword bereaves; inside, there is death.2 Kings 25:3By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.Deuteronomy 32:23–25I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them.Jeremiah 15:2–3If 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.’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.’”Jeremiah 38:2“This is what the LORD says: Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever surrenders to the Chaldeans will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war, and he will live.Jeremiah 52:6By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.Deuteronomy 28:45All these curses will come upon you. They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, since you did not obey the LORD your God and keep the commandments and statutes He gave you.Ezekiel 6:12He who is far off will die by the plague, he who is near will fall by the sword, and he who remains will die by famine. So I will vent My fury upon them.

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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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