Ezekiel 15:7 “And I will set My face against them. Though they may have escaped the…”

Ezekiel 15:7

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.

World English Bible

I will set my face against them. They will go out from the fire, but the fire will still devour them. Then you will know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.

American Standard Version

And I will set my face against them; they shall go forth from the fire, but the fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah, when I set my face against them.

Geneva Bible 1599

And I will set my face against them: they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall consume them: and ye shall know, that I am the Lord, when I set my face against them,

Darby Translation

And I will set my face against them: they shall go forth from [one] fire, and [another] fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I [am] Jehovah when I set my face against them.

Young's Literal Translation

And I have set My face against them, From the fire they have gone forth, And the fire doth consume them, And ye have known that I [am] Jehovah, In My setting My face against them.

Bible in Basic English

And my face will be turned against them; and though they have come out of the fire they will be burned up by it; and it will be clear to you that I am the Lord when my face is turned against them.

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Cross references

“I will set”

Ezekiel 14:8 Psalm 34:16 Leviticus 26:17 Jeremiah 21:10 Leviticus 17:10 Leviticus 20:3–6

Ezekiel 14:8 · BSB

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.

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.

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.

Jeremiah 21:10 · BSB

For I have set My face against this city to bring disaster and not good, declares the LORD. It will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, who will destroy it with fire.’

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.

“they shall”

Isaiah 24:18 Amos 9:1–4 1 Kings 19:17 Amos 5:19 Jeremiah 48:43 Jeremiah 48:44

Isaiah 24:18 · BSB

Whoever flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are open, and the foundations of the earth are shaken.

Amos 9:1–4 · BSB

I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who…

1 Kings 19:17 · BSB

Then Jehu will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Jehu.

Amos 5:19 · BSB

It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.

Jeremiah 48:43 · BSB

Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of Moab,” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 48:44 · BSB

“Whoever flees the panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For I will bring upon Moab the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.

“and ye shall”

Ezekiel 6:7 Ezekiel 11:10 Ezekiel 20:38 Ezekiel 20:42 Ezekiel 20:44 Psalm 9:16

Ezekiel 6:7 · BSB

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

Ezekiel 11:10 · BSB

You will fall by the sword, and I will judge you even to the borders of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 20:38 · BSB

And I will purge you of those who rebel and transgress against Me. I will bring them out of the land in which they dwell, but they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 20:42 · BSB

Then you will know that I am the LORD, when I bring you into the land of Israel, the land that I swore to give your fathers.

Ezekiel 20:44 · BSB

Then you will know, O house of Israel, that I am the LORD, when I have dealt with you for the sake of My name and not according to your wicked ways and corrupt acts, declares the Lord GOD.”

Psalm 9:16 · BSB

The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah

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

In context

6Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will give up the people of Jerusalem.

8Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

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