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Ezekiel 14:15

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Or if I send wild beasts through the land to leave it childless and desolate, with no man passing through it for fear of the beasts,

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 15

Hearing the word, and prayer, are two great ordinances of God, in which we are to give honour to him and may hope to find favour and acceptance with him; and yet in this chapter, to our great surprise, we find some waiting upon God in the one and some in the other and yet not meeting with success as they expected. I. The elders of Israel come to hear the word, and enquire of the prophet, but, because they are not duly qualified, they meet with a rebuke instead of acceptance (Eze 14:1-5) and are called upon to repent of their sins and reform their lives, else it is at their peril to enquire of God (Eze 14:6-11). II. Noah, Daniel, and Job, are supposed to pray for this people, and yet, because the decree has gone forth, and the destruction of them is determined by a variety of judgments, their prayers shall not be answered (Eze 14:12-21). And yet it is promised, in the close, that a remnant shall escape (Eze 14:22, Eze 14:23).

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Strong's Concordancev. 15

לוּא (lûwʼ, H3863) — a conditional particle; if; by implication (interj. as a wish) would that! רַע (raʻ, H7451) — bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) חַי (chay, H2416) — alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially… עָבַר (ʻâbar, H5674) — to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive,… אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, H776) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land) שָׁכֹל (shâkôl, H7921) — properly, to miscarry, i.e. suffer abortion; by analogy, to bereave (literally or… שְׁמָמָה (shᵉmâmâh, H8077) — devastation; figuratively, astonishment פָּנִים (pânîym, H6440) — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and…

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Ezekiel 5:17rank 6

I 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.”

Leviticus 26:22rank 6

I will send wild animals against you to rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and reduce your numbers, until your roads lie desolate.

Jeremiah 15:3rank 3

I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.

I Kings 20:36rank 2

Then the prophet said to him, “Because you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, as soon as you depart from me a lion will kill you.” And when he left, a lion found him and killed him.

II Kings 17:25rank 2

Now when the settlers first lived there, they did not worship the LORD, so He sent lions among them, which killed some of them.

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