Ezekiel 14:23

Translations

Modern

They will bring you consolation when you see their conduct and actions, and you will know that it was not without cause that I have done all these things within it,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

Traditional

And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord God.

Literal

And they will comfort you when you see their ways and their deeds, and you will know that I have not without cause done all that I have done in it!’ An utterance of the Lord YHWH.”

Latin

Et consolabuntur vos, cum videritis viam eorum et adinventiones eorum: et cognoscetis quod non frustra fecerim omnia quæ feci in ea, ait Dominus Deus.

Original

Hebrew

English

They will bring you consolation when you see their conduct and actions, and you will know that it was not without cause that I have done all these things within it,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

Notes

Ezekiel 14:22–23

Some survivors would emerge from the devastating judgment (Ezekiel 14:21) and join those already in exile. They would not survive because of their own righteousness or that of their relatives, but as an object lesson for those in exile. As the exiles saw the depravity of this remnant, they would feel better about what God had done to Jerusalem. The exiles would understand that God had acted with justice in his judgment upon Jerusalem, not without cause.

Theme notes and profiles

God’s Covenant with Noah

Events

Prophecies of Ezekielc. 593 BC

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People

LORD: Names or title used to refer to God

Glossary

Ezekiel, Book of

Topics

Consolation Under Affliction: Promised God: Judge, and his Justice Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of Blessing and Restoration

Ezekiel 14:23

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