Ezekiel 14:8 “I will set My face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb;…”

Ezekiel 14:8

I will set My face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb; I will cut him off from among My people. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

World English Bible

I will set my face against that man and will make him an astonishment, for a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from among my people. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

American Standard Version

and I will set my face against that man, and will make him an astonishment, for a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

Geneva Bible 1599

And I will set my face against that man, and will make him an example and prouerbe, and I will cut him off from the middes of my people, and ye shall knowe that I am the Lord.

Darby Translation

and I will set my face against that man, and will make him desolate, [so that he shall be] for a sign and for proverbs, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people: and ye shall know that I [am] Jehovah.

Young's Literal Translation

and I have set My face against that man, and made him for a sign, and for similes, and I have cut him off from the midst of My people, and ye have known that I [am] Jehovah.

Bible in Basic English

And my face will be turned against that man, and I will make him a sign and a common saying, cutting him off from among my people; and you will be certain that I am the Lord.

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Cross references

“I will set”

Ezekiel 15:7 Jeremiah 44:11 Leviticus 17:10 Leviticus 20:3–6 Leviticus 26:17 Psalm 34:16

Ezekiel 15:7 · BSB

And I will set My face against them. Though they may have escaped the fire, yet another fire will consume them. And when I set My face against them, you will know that I am the LORD.

Jeremiah 44:11 · BSB

Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I will set My face to bring disaster and to cut off all Judah.

Leviticus 17:10 · BSB

If anyone from the house of Israel or a foreigner living among them eats any blood, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people.

Leviticus 20:3–6 · BSB

And I will set My face against that man and cut him off from his people, because by giving his offspring to Molech, he has defiled My sanctuary and profaned My holy name.

Leviticus 26:17 · BSB

And I will set My face against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you.

Psalm 34:16 · BSB

But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.

“a sign”

Ezekiel 5:15 Deuteronomy 28:37 Isaiah 65:15 Numbers 26:10 Psalm 37:22 Jeremiah 24:9

Ezekiel 5:15 · BSB

So you will be a reproach and a taunt, a warning and a horror to the nations around you, when I execute judgments against you in anger, wrath, and raging fury. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Deuteronomy 28:37 · BSB

You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.

Isaiah 65:15 · BSB

You will leave behind your name as a curse for My chosen ones, and the Lord GOD will slay you; but to His servants He will give another name.

Numbers 26:10 · BSB

And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them along with Korah, whose followers died when the fire consumed 250 men. They serve as a warning sign.

Psalm 37:22 · BSB

Surely those He blesses will inherit the land, but the cursed will be destroyed.

Jeremiah 24:9 · BSB

I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever I have banished them.

“I will cut”

1 Corinthians 10:11 Leviticus 22:3 Numbers 19:20 Romans 11:22 Leviticus 20:3

1 Corinthians 10:11 · BSB

Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.

Leviticus 22:3 · BSB

Tell them that for the generations to come, if any of their descendants in a state of uncleanness approaches the sacred offerings that the Israelites consecrate to the LORD, that person must be cut off from My presence.…

Numbers 19:20 · BSB

But if a person who is unclean does not purify himself, he will be cut off from the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.

Romans 11:22 · BSB

Take notice, therefore, of the kindness and severity of God: severity to those who fell, but kindness to you, if you continue in His kindness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.

Leviticus 20:3 · BSB

And I will set My face against that man and cut him off from his people, because by giving his offspring to Molech, he has defiled My sanctuary and profaned My holy name.

“and ye”

Ezekiel 6:7 Ezekiel 13:23

Ezekiel 6:7 · BSB

The slain will fall among you, and you will know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 13:23 · BSB

therefore you will no longer see false visions or practice divination. I will deliver My people from your hands. Then you will know that I am the LORD.”

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

In context

7For when any Israelite or any foreigner dwelling in Israel separates himself from Me, sets up idols in his heart, and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet to inquire of Me, I the LORD will answer him Myself.

9But if the prophet is enticed to speak a message, then it was I the LORD who enticed him, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel.

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