Ezekiel 14:23 “They will bring you consolation when you see their conduct and actions…”

Ezekiel 14:23

They will bring you consolation when you see their conduct and actions, and you will know that it was not without cause that I have done all these things within it,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord GOD.

World English Bible

They will comfort you, when you see their way and their doings; then you will know that I have not done all that I have done in it without cause,” says the Lord GOD.

American Standard Version

And they shall comfort you, when ye see their way and their doings; and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Geneva Bible 1599

And they shall comfort you, when yee see their way and their enterprises: and ye shall know, that I haue not done without cause all that I haue done in it, saith the Lord God.

Darby Translation

And they shall comfort you, when ye see their way and their doings; and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Young's Literal Translation

And they have comforted you, for ye see their way and their doings, and ye have known that not for nought have I done all that which I have done in her — an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.'

Bible in Basic English

They will give you comfort when you see their ways and their doings: and you will be certain that not for nothing have I done all the things I have done in it, says the Lord.

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Cross references

“that I have not”

Ezekiel 8:6–18 Genesis 18:22–33 Deuteronomy 8:2 Nehemiah 9:33 Proverbs 26:2 Jeremiah 7:17–28

Ezekiel 8:6–18 · BSB

“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what they are doing—the great abominations that the house of Israel is committing—to drive Me far from My sanctuary? Yet you will see even greater abominations.”

Genesis 18:22–33 · BSB

And the two men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD.

Deuteronomy 8:2 · BSB

Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.

Nehemiah 9:33 · BSB

You are just in all that has befallen us, because You have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly.

Proverbs 26:2 · BSB

Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.

Jeremiah 7:17–28 · BSB

Do you not see what they are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

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

In context

22Yet, behold, some survivors will be left in it—sons and daughters who will be brought out. They will come out to you, and when you see their conduct and actions, you will be comforted regarding the disaster I have brought upon Jerusalem—all that I have brought upon it.

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