Ezekiel 33:28 “I will make the land a desolate waste, and the pride of her strength w…”

Ezekiel 33:28

I will make the land a desolate waste, and the pride of her strength will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will become desolate, so that no one will pass through.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through.

World English Bible

I will make the land a desolation and an astonishment. The pride of her power will cease. The mountains of Israel will be desolate, so that no one will pass through.

American Standard Version

And I will make the land a desolation and an astonishment; and the pride of her power shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, so that none shall pass through.

Geneva Bible 1599

For I will lay the land desolate and waste, and the pompe of her strength shall cease: and the moutaines of Israel shalbe desolate, and none shall passe through.

Darby Translation

And I will make the land a desolation and an astonishment, and the pride of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolated, so that none shall pass through.

Young's Literal Translation

And I have made the land a desolation and an astonishment, And ceased hath the excellency of its strength, And desolated have been mountains of Israel, Without any one passing through.

Bible in Basic English

And I will make the land a waste and a cause of wonder, and the pride of her strength will come to an end; and the mountains of Israel will be made waste so that no one will go through.

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Cross references

“I will lay”

Ezekiel 6:14 Jeremiah 44:2 Jeremiah 44:6 Jeremiah 44:22 Micah 7:13 Ezekiel 12:20

Ezekiel 6:14 · BSB

I will stretch out My hand against them, and wherever they live I will make the land a desolate waste, from the wilderness to Diblah. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”

Jeremiah 44:2 · BSB

“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: You have seen all the disaster that I brought against Jerusalem and all the cities of Judah; and behold, they lie today in ruins and desolation

Jeremiah 44:6 · BSB

Therefore My wrath and anger poured out and burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, so that they have become the desolate ruin they are today.

Jeremiah 44:22 · BSB

So the LORD could no longer endure the evil deeds and detestable acts you committed, and your land became a desolation, a horror, and an object of cursing, without inhabitant, as it is this day.

Micah 7:13 · BSB

Then the earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants, as the fruit of their deeds.

Ezekiel 12:20 · BSB

The inhabited cities will be laid waste, and the land will become desolate. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”

“and the pomp”

Ezekiel 7:24 Ezekiel 24:21 Ezekiel 30:6 Ezekiel 30:7

Ezekiel 7:24 · BSB

So I will bring the most wicked of nations to take possession of their houses. I will end the pride of the mighty, and their holy places will be profaned.

Ezekiel 24:21 · BSB

Tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of your soul. And the sons and daughters you left beh…

Ezekiel 30:6 · BSB

For this is what the LORD says: The allies of Egypt will fall, and her proud strength will collapse. From Migdol to Syene they will fall by the sword within her, declares the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 30:7 · BSB

They will be desolate among desolate lands, and their cities will lie among ruined cities.

“and the mountains”

Ezekiel 6:2–6 Ezekiel 36:4

Ezekiel 6:2–6 · BSB

“Son of man, set your face against the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them.

Ezekiel 36:4 · BSB

therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD. This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and abandoned cities, which have become a spoi…

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

In context

27Tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, those in the ruins will fall by the sword, those in the open field I will give to be devoured by wild animals, and those in the strongholds and caves will die by plague.

29Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have made the land a desolate waste because of all the abominations they have committed.’

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