Ezekiel 24:9 “Yes, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed! I,…”

Ezekiel 24:9

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great.

World English Bible

“‘Therefore the Lord GOD says: “Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great.

American Standard Version

Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great.

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore thus saith ye Lord God, Woe to the bloody citie, for I will make ye burning great.

Darby Translation

Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great.

Young's Literal Translation

Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Woe [to] the city of blood, yea, I — I make great the pile.

Bible in Basic English

For this cause the Lord has said: A curse is on the town of blood! and I will make great the burning mass.

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Cross references

“Woe”

Ezekiel 24:6 Habakkuk 2:12 Nahum 3:1 Revelation 14:20 Revelation 16:6 Revelation 16:19

Ezekiel 24:6 · BSB

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed, to the pot now rusted, whose rust will not come off! Empty it piece by piece; cast no lots for its contents.

Habakkuk 2:12 · BSB

Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by iniquity!

Nahum 3:1 · BSB

Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without prey.

Revelation 14:20 · BSB

And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and the blood that flowed from it rose as high as the bridles of the horses for a distance of 1,600 stadia.

Revelation 16:6 · BSB

For they have spilled the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink, as they deserve.”

Revelation 16:19 · BSB

The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath.

“I will”

Ezekiel 22:19–22 Ezekiel 22:31 Isaiah 30:33 Isaiah 31:9 2 Thessalonians 1:8 2 Peter 3:7–12

Ezekiel 22:19–22 · BSB

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because all of you have become dross, behold, I will gather you into Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 22:31 · BSB

So I have poured out My indignation upon them and consumed them with the fire of My fury. I have brought their ways down upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.”

Isaiah 30:33 · BSB

For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.

Isaiah 31:9 · BSB

Their rock will pass away for fear, and their princes will panic at the sight of the battle standard,” declares the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, whose furnace is in Jerusalem.

2 Thessalonians 1:8 · BSB

in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

2 Peter 3:7–12 · BSB

And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

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

In context

8In order to stir up wrath and take vengeance, I have placed her blood on the bare rock, so that it would not be covered.’

10Pile on the logs and kindle the fire; cook the meat well and mix in the spices; let the bones be burned.

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