Ezekiel 24:8 “In order to stir up wrath and take vengeance, I have placed her blood…”

Ezekiel 24:8

In order to stir up wrath and take vengeance, I have placed her blood on the bare rock, so that it would not be covered.’

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.

World English Bible

That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have set her blood on the bare rock, that it should not be covered.”

American Standard Version

That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have set her blood upon the bare rock, that it should not be covered.

Geneva Bible 1599

That it might cause wrath to arise, and take vengeance: euen I haue set her blood vpon an high rocke that it should not be couered.

Darby Translation

That it might cause fury to come up to execute vengeance, I have set her blood upon the bare rock, that it should not be covered.

Young's Literal Translation

To cause fury to come up to take vengeance, I have put her blood on a clear place of a rock — not to be covered.

Bible in Basic English

In order that it might make wrath come up to give punishment, she has put her blood on the open rock, so that it may not be covered.

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Cross references

“it might”

Ezekiel 5:13 2 Kings 22:17 2 Chronicles 34:25 Jeremiah 7:18 Jeremiah 7:20 Jeremiah 15:1–4

Ezekiel 5:13 · BSB

And when My anger is spent and I have vented My wrath against them, I will be appeased. And when I have spent My wrath on them, they will know that I, the LORD, in My zeal have spoken.

2 Kings 22:17 · BSB

because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be kindled against this place and will not be quenched.’

2 Chronicles 34:25 · BSB

because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be poured out upon this place and will not be quenched.’

Jeremiah 7:18 · BSB

The sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven; they pour out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me to anger.

Jeremiah 7:20 · BSB

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and the produce of the land, and it will burn and not be extinguished.

Jeremiah 15:1–4 · BSB

Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go!

“I have set”

Ezekiel 23:45 Deuteronomy 29:22–28 Matthew 7:2 1 Corinthians 4:5 Revelation 17:1–6 Revelation 18:5–10

Ezekiel 23:45 · BSB

But righteous men will sentence them to the punishment of those who commit adultery and bloodshed, because they are adulteresses with blood on their hands.

Deuteronomy 29:22–28 · BSB

Then the generation to come—your sons who follow you and the foreigner who comes from a distant land—will see the plagues of the land and the sicknesses the LORD has inflicted on it.

Matthew 7:2 · BSB

For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

1 Corinthians 4:5 · BSB

Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from…

Revelation 17:1–6 · BSB

Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters.

Revelation 18:5–10 · BSB

For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.

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

In context

7For the blood she shed is still within her; she poured it out on the bare rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it with dust.

9Yes, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed! I, too, will pile the kindling high.

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