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Ezekiel 14

Ezekiel 14:21

Four Dire Judgments · Ezekiel 14:12–23
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Translations

Modern
For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem My four dire judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—in order to cut off from it both man and beast?
Traditional
For thus saith the Lord God; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?
Literal
For thus says the Lord YHWH: ‘How much more when these four of My severe judgments—the sword, and famine, and the wild beast, and the pestilence—I send against Jerusalem, to cut off from it man and beast?
Latin
Quoniam hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Quod etsi quatuor judicia mea pessima, gladium, et famem, ac bestias malas, et pestilentiam, immisero in Jerusalem, ut interficiam de ea hominem et pecus,

Original

Hebrew
English
For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem My four dire judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—in order to cut off from it both man and beast?

Notes

Ezekiel 14:21

Jerusalem was worse than the imaginary land described in Ezekiel 14:12–20 in two ways.

First, Jerusalem did not have men like Noah, Daniel, and Job. Instead, the city was full of unrighteous people. There were no well-known righteous leaders whose faithfulness might stand out before God.

Second, Jerusalem would not suffer only one judgment. It would face all four terrible punishments at the same time. These included famine, wild animals, war, and disease, as described earlier in the chapter.

Because of this, it is not surprising that many people and animals in the city would die. The judgment would be complete and severe.

Events

People

LORD: Names or title used to refer to God

Places

Jerusalem: The capital of Israel, a holy city for three religions

Glossary

Ezekiel, Book of

Topics

Animals: Suffer Under Divine Judgments, Sent Upon Man Famine: One of God's Four Sore Judgments Sickness: One of God's Four Sore Judgments on a Guilty Land The Plague or Pestilence: One of God's Four Sore Judgments The Sword was One of God's Four Sore Judgments