Ezekiel 11:8 “You fear the sword, so I will bring the sword against you, declares th…”

Ezekiel 11:8

You fear the sword, so I will bring the sword against you, declares the Lord GOD.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord GOD.

World English Bible

You have feared the sword; and I will bring the sword on you,” says the Lord GOD.

American Standard Version

Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring the sword upon you, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Geneva Bible 1599

Ye haue feared the sworde, and I wil bring a sworde vpon you, saith the Lord God.

Darby Translation

Ye have feared the sword, and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Young's Literal Translation

A sword ye have feared, And a sword I bring in against you, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

Bible in Basic English

You have been fearing the sword, and I will send the sword on you, says the Lord.

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Cross references

“Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord GOD.”

Proverbs 10:24 Job 3:25 Isaiah 66:4 Job 20:24 Jeremiah 38:19–23 Jeremiah 42:14–16

Proverbs 10:24 · BSB

What the wicked man dreads will overtake him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

Job 3:25 · BSB

For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me.

Isaiah 66:4 · BSB

So I will choose their punishment and I will bring terror upon them, because I called and no one answered, I spoke and no one listened. But they did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”

Job 20:24 · BSB

Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.

Jeremiah 38:19–23 · BSB

But King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Jews who have deserted to the Chaldeans, for the Chaldeans may deliver me into their hands to abuse me.”

Jeremiah 42:14–16 · BSB

and if you say, ‘No, but we will go to the land of Egypt and live there, where we will not see war or hear the sound of the ram’s horn or hunger for bread,’

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: The slain you have laid within this city are the meat, and the city is the pot; but I will remove you from it.

9I will bring you out of the city and deliver you into the hands of foreigners, and I will execute judgments against you.

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