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Ezekiel 28:23

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I will send a plague against her and shed blood in her streets; the slain will fall within her, while the sword is against her on every side. Then they will know that I am the LORD.

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 23

In this chapter we have, I. A prediction of the fall and ruin of the king of Tyre, who, in the destruction of that city, is particularly set up as a mark for God's arrows (Eze 28:1-10). II. A lamentation for the king of Tyre, when he has thus fallen, though he falls by his own iniquity (Eze 28:11-19). III. A prophecy of the destruction of Zidon, which as in the neighbourhood of Tyre and had a dependence upon it (Eze 28:20-23). IV. A promise of the restoration of the Israel of God, though in the day of their calamity they were insulted over by their neighbours (Eze 28:24-26).

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Strong's Concordancev. 23

שָׁלַח (shâlach, H7971) — to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications) דֶּבֶר (deber, H1698) — a pestilence דָּם (dâm, H1818) — blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice… חוּץ (chûwts, H2351) — properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoors חָלָל (châlâl, H2491) — pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted נָפַל (nâphal, H5307) — to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or… תָּוֶךְ (tâvek, H8432) — a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre חֶרֶב (chereb, H2719) — drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or… סָבִיב (çâbîyb, H5439) — (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without… יָדַע (yâdaʻ, H3045) — to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses,… יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, H3068) — Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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Ezekiel 38:22rank 5

I will execute judgment upon him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour out torrents of rain, hailstones, fire, and sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him.

Ezekiel 25:17rank 2

I will execute great vengeance against them with furious reproof. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I lay My vengeance upon them.’”

Ezekiel 25:11rank 2

So I will execute judgments on Moab, and they will know that I am the LORD.’

Jeremiah 15:2rank 2

If 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.’

Ezekiel 5:12rank 2

A 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.

Ezekiel 25:7rank 2

therefore I will indeed stretch out My hand against you and give you as plunder to the nations. I will cut you off from the peoples and exterminate you from the countries. I will destroy you, and you will know that I am the LORD.’

Ezekiel 26:6rank 2

and the villages on her mainland will be slain by the sword. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’

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