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Plague and bloodshed will sweep through you, and I will bring the sword against you. I the LORD have spoken.&#8221 <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/5.htm">New Living Translation</a> And along with the famine, wild animals will attack you and rob you of your children. Disease and war will stalk your land, and I will bring the sword of the enemy against you. I, the LORD, have spoken!” <a href="/esv/ezekiel/5.htm">English Standard Version</a> I will send famine and wild beasts against you, and they will rob you of your children. Pestilence and blood shall pass through you, and I will bring the sword upon you. I am the LORD; I have spoken.” <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> I will send famine and wild beasts against you, and they will leave you childless. Plague and bloodshed will sweep through you, and I will bring a sword against you. I, the LORD, have spoken.” <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/5.htm">King James Bible</a> So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken it. <a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/5.htm">New King James Version</a> So I will send against you famine and wild beasts, and they will bereave you. Pestilence and blood shall pass through you, and I will bring the sword against you. I, the LORD, have spoken.’ ” <a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> I will send on you famine and vicious animals, and they will bereave you of children; plague and bloodshed also will pass through you, and I will bring the sword on you. I, the LORD, have spoken.’” <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/5.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8216Moreover, I will send on you famine and wild beasts, and they will bereave you of children; plague and bloodshed also will pass through you, and I will bring the sword on you. I, the LORD, have spoken.&#8217&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a> ‘Moreover, I will send on you famine and wild beasts, and they will bereave you of children; plague and bloodshed also will pass through you, and I will bring the sword on you. I, the LORD, have spoken.’” <a href="/lsb/ezekiel/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Moreover, I will send on you famine and wild beasts, and they will bereave you of children; plague and bloodshed also will pass through you, and I will bring the sword on you. I, Yahweh, have spoken.’” <a href="/amp/ezekiel/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Further, I will send against you hunger and wild beasts, and they will bereave you of children; virulent disease and bloodshed also will pass through you, and I will bring the sword on you. I, the LORD, have spoken.’” <a href="/csb/ezekiel/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> I will send famine and dangerous animals against you. They will leave you childless. Plague and bloodshed will sweep through you, and I will bring a sword against you. I, the LORD, have spoken.” <a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> I will send famine and dangerous animals against you. They will leave you childless, Jerusalem. Plague and bloodshed will sweep through you, and I will bring a sword against you. I, Yahweh, have spoken.&#8221 <a href="/asv/ezekiel/5.htm">American Standard Version</a> and I will send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee: I, Jehovah, have spoken it. <a href="/cev/ezekiel/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Starvation and wild animals will kill your children. I'll punish you with horrible diseases, and your enemies will strike you down with their swords. I, the LORD, have spoken. <a href="/erv/ezekiel/5.htm">English Revised Version</a> and I will send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee: I the LORD have spoken it. <a href="/gwt/ezekiel/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> I will send famines and wild animals against you, and they will rob you of your children. I will send plagues, violence, and wars to kill you. I, the LORD, have spoken." <a href="/gnt/ezekiel/5.htm">Good News Translation</a> I will send hunger and wild animals to kill your children, and will send sickness, violence, and war to kill you. I, the LORD, have spoken." <a href="/isv/ezekiel/5.htm">International Standard Version</a> "I'll send famine and wild beasts against you that will rob you of your children. Pestilence and bloodshed will devastate you when I'll declare war on you. I, the LORD, have spoken." <a href="/msb/ezekiel/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> I will send famine and wild beasts against you, and they will leave you childless. Plague and bloodshed will sweep through you, and I will bring a sword against you. I, the LORD, have spoken.? <a href="/net/ezekiel/5.htm">NET Bible</a> I will send famine and wild beasts against you and they will take your children from you. Plague and bloodshed will overwhelm you, and I will bring a sword against you. I, the LORD, have spoken!" <a href="/nheb/ezekiel/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> and I will send on you famine and evil animals, and they shall bereave you; and pestilence and blood shall pass through you; and I will bring the sword on you: I, the LORD, have spoken it.'" <a href="/wbt/ezekiel/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken it. <a href="/web/ezekiel/5.htm">World English Bible</a> I will send on you famine and evil animals, and they will bereave you. Pestilence and blood will pass through you. I will bring the sword on you. I, Yahweh, have spoken it.’” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And I have sent famine and evil beasts on you, "" And they have bereaved you, "" And pestilence and blood pass over on you, "" And I bring a sword in against you, "" I, YHWH, have spoken!” <a href="/ylt/ezekiel/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And I have sent on you famine and evil beasts, And they have bereaved thee, And pestilence and blood pass over on thee, And a sword I do bring in against thee, I, Jehovah, have spoken!' <a href="/slt/ezekiel/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And I sent upon you famine and the evil beast, and it bereaved thee; and death and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I Jehovah spake.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ezekiel/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And I will send in upon you famine, and evil beasts unto utter destruction: and pestilence, and blood shall pass through thee, and I will bring in the sword upon thee. I the Lord have spoken it. <a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And I will send among you famine and very harmful beasts, even unto utter ruin. And pestilence and blood shall pass through you. And I will bring the sword over you. I, the Lord, have spoken.” <a href="/nabre/ezekiel/5.htm">New American Bible</a> I will send against you starvation and wild beasts who will leave you childless, while disease and bloodshed sweep through you. I will bring the sword against you. I, the LORD, have spoken. <a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> I will send famine and wild animals against you, and they will rob you of your children; pestilence and bloodshed shall pass through you; and I will bring the sword upon you. I, the LORD, have spoken.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And I will send upon you famine and fierce beasts, and they shall devour you; and pestilence and blood shall pass through you; and I will bring the sword upon you. I the LORD have spoken it. <a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And I shall send upon you famine and harmful beasts, also I shall destroy you, and plagues and blood shall pass among you, and I shall bring a sword upon you. I, LORD JEHOVAH, have spoken <div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ezekiel/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> and I will send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken it.' <a href="/sep/ezekiel/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> So I will send forth against thee famine and evil beasts, and I will take vengeance upon thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through upon thee; and I will bring a sword upon thee round about. I the Lord have spoken. <a href="/parallel/ezekiel/5-17.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=1109" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/5.htm">Famine, Sword, and Dispersion</a> …16When I shower you with the deadly arrows of famine and destruction that I will send to destroy you, I will intensify the famine against you and cut off your supply of food. 17<a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: wə·šil·laḥ·tî (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">I will send</a> <a href="/hebrew/7458.htm" title="7458: rā·‘āḇ (N-ms) -- Famine, hunger. From ra'eb; hunger.">famine</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: rā·‘āh (Adj-fs) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">and wild</a> <a href="/hebrew/2416.htm" title="2416: wə·ḥay·yāh (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life. From chayah; alive; hence, raw; fresh, strong; also life, whether literally or figuratively.">beasts</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ă·lê·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">against you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7921.htm" title="7921: wə·šik·kə·luḵ (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-3cp:: 2fs2) -- To be bereaved. A primitive root; properly, to miscarry, i.e. Suffer abortion; by analogy, to bereave.">and they will leave you childless.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1698.htm" title="1698: wə·ḏe·ḇer (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Pestilence. From dabar; a pestilence.">Plague</a> <a href="/hebrew/1818.htm" title="1818: wā·ḏām (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Blood. From damam; blood of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively bloodshed.">and bloodshed</a> <a href="/hebrew/5674.htm" title="5674: ya·‘ă·ḇār- (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To pass over, through, or by, pass on. A primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition; specifically, to cover.">will sweep</a> <a href="/hebrew/bāḵ (Prep:: 2fs) -- ">through you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: ’ā·ḇî (V-Hifil-Imperf-1cs) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">and I will bring</a> <a href="/hebrew/2719.htm" title="2719: wə·ḥe·reḇ (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- A sword. From charab; drought; also a cutting instrument, as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement.">a sword</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·la·yiḵ (Prep:: 2fs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">against you.</a> <a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ă·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">I,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: dib·bar·tî (V-Piel-Perf-1cs) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">have spoken.”</a> <div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/leviticus/26-22.htm">Leviticus 26:22</a> I will send wild animals against you to rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and reduce your numbers, until your roads lie desolate. <a href="/deuteronomy/32-24.htm">Deuteronomy 32:24</a> They will be wasted from hunger and ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will send the fangs of wild beasts against them, with the venom of vipers that slither in the dust. <a href="/jeremiah/15-3.htm">Jeremiah 15:3</a> I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and beasts of the earth to devour and destroy. <a href="/jeremiah/16-4.htm">Jeremiah 16:4</a> “They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried, but will lie like dung on the ground. They will be finished off by sword and famine, and their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and beasts of the earth.” <a href="/jeremiah/19-9.htm">Jeremiah 19:9</a> I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh in the siege and distress inflicted on them by their enemies who seek their lives.’ <a href="/lamentations/4-10.htm">Lamentations 4:10</a> The hands of compassionate women have cooked their own children, who became their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people. <a href="/hosea/13-8.htm">Hosea 13:8</a> Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lion, like a wild beast tearing them apart. <a href="/revelation/6-8.htm">Revelation 6:8</a> Then I looked and saw a pale green horse. Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, by famine, by plague, and by the beasts of the earth. <a href="/revelation/18-8.htm">Revelation 18:8</a> Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.” <a href="/matthew/24-7.htm">Matthew 24:7</a> Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. <a href="/luke/21-11.htm">Luke 21:11</a> There will be great earthquakes, famines, and pestilences in various places, along with fearful sights and great signs from heaven. <a href="/2_kings/17-25.htm">2 Kings 17:25-26</a> Now when the settlers first lived there, they did not worship the LORD, so He sent lions among them, which killed some of them. / So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The peoples that you have removed and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the God of the land. Because of this, He has sent lions among them, which are indeed killing them off.” <a href="/2_kings/6-28.htm">2 Kings 6:28-29</a> Then the king asked her, “What is the matter?” And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him, and tomorrow we will eat my son.’ / So we boiled my son and ate him, and the next day I said to her, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him.’ But she had hidden her son.” <a href="/isaiah/13-15.htm">Isaiah 13:15-18</a> Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever is captured will die by the sword. / Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished. / Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold. ... <a href="/isaiah/51-19.htm">Isaiah 51:19</a> These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you?</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>So will I send on you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave you: and pestilence and blood shall pass through you; and I will bring the sword on you. I the LORD have spoken it.and evil<a href="/ezekiel/14-15.htm">Ezekiel 14:15,21</a> If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts: … <a href="/ezekiel/33-27.htm">Ezekiel 33:27</a> Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.<a href="/ezekiel/34-25.htm">Ezekiel 34:25-28</a> And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods… and pestilence<a href="/ezekiel/5-12.htm">Ezekiel 5:12</a> A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.<a href="/ezekiel/14-19.htm">Ezekiel 14:19</a> Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast:<a href="/ezekiel/38-22.htm">Ezekiel 38:22</a> And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.and I<a href="/ezekiel/6-12.htm">Ezekiel 6:12</a> He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my fury upon them.<a href="/ezekiel/21-3.htm">Ezekiel 21:3</a> And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.<a href="/ezekiel/23-47.htm">Ezekiel 23:47</a> And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire.I the<a href="/ezekiel/5-13.htm">Ezekiel 5:13,15</a> Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them… <a href="/ezekiel/17-21.htm">Ezekiel 17:21,24</a> And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know that I the LORD have spoken it… <a href="/ezekiel/21-32.htm">Ezekiel 21:32</a> Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt be no more remembered: for I the LORD have spoken it.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/4-14.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-14.htm">Beasts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-7.htm">Bereave</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-21.htm">Bereaved</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-20.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-21.htm">Bloodshed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-15.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-30.htm">Childless</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-10.htm">Children</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-19.htm">Death</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-16.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-16.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-16.htm">Famine</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-16.htm">Food</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-50.htm">Leave</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-14.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-17.htm">Need</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-12.htm">Pestilence</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-12.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-14.htm">Rob</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-22.htm">Sweep</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-12.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-35.htm">Violent</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-39.htm">Wild</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/8-10.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-10.htm">Beasts</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-15.htm">Bereave</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-15.htm">Bereaved</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-23.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-23.htm">Bloodshed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-20.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-15.htm">Childless</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-5.htm">Children</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-12.htm">Death</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-12.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-10.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-11.htm">Famine</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-12.htm">Food</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-8.htm">Leave</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-1.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-12.htm">Need</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-11.htm">Pestilence</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-11.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-10.htm">Rob</a> <a href="/daniel/11-10.htm">Sweep</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-3.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-11.htm">Violent</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-15.htm">Wild</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 5</div>1. <a href="/ezekiel/5-1.htm">Under the type of hair</a> 5. <a href="/ezekiel/5-5.htm">is shown the judgment of Jerusalem for their rebellion</a> 12. <a href="/ezekiel/5-12.htm">by famine, sword, and dispersion</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Famine was a common consequence of disobedience in the Old Testament, as seen in <a href="/leviticus/26-26.htm">Leviticus 26:26</a> and <a href="/deuteronomy/28-48.htm">Deuteronomy 28:48</a>. Wild beasts symbolize chaos and danger, often used as instruments of divine retribution (<a href="/leviticus/26-22.htm">Leviticus 26:22</a>). In the ancient Near East, wild animals were a real threat, especially when human populations decreased due to war or famine, allowing animals to encroach on human settlements.and they will leave you childless The loss of children was a devastating blow in ancient cultures, where lineage and inheritance were crucial. This phrase underscores the severity of the judgment, as children were seen as a blessing from God (<a href="/psalms/127-3.htm">Psalm 127:3-5</a>). The imagery of being left childless also connects to the curses outlined in <a href="/deuteronomy/28-18.htm">Deuteronomy 28:18</a>, where disobedience leads to the loss of offspring.Plague and bloodshed will sweep through you Plagues were often seen as direct acts of God, as in the plagues of Egypt (Exodus 7-11). Bloodshed refers to violence and war, common consequences of divine judgment (<a href="/jeremiah/14-12.htm">Jeremiah 14:12</a>). The combination of plague and bloodshed suggests a comprehensive judgment affecting both health and security, reminiscent of the covenant curses in <a href="/leviticus/26.htm">Leviticus 26</a> and <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>.and I will bring a sword against you The sword is a frequent biblical metaphor for war and divine judgment (<a href="/isaiah/34-5.htm">Isaiah 34:5-6</a>). In Ezekiel's context, this likely refers to the Babylonian invasion, a historical event where God used foreign nations to execute His judgment on Israel (2 Kings 25). The sword represents not just physical destruction but also the end of peace and stability.I, the LORD, have spoken. This phrase emphasizes the authority and certainty of God's pronouncement. When God speaks, His words are binding and will come to pass (<a href="/isaiah/55-11.htm">Isaiah 55:11</a>). It serves as a reminder of God's sovereignty and the seriousness of His covenant with Israel. The declaration underscores that these events are not random but are orchestrated by God as a response to Israel's disobedience.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a> A prophet of God who was called to deliver messages of judgment and hope to the Israelites during their Babylonian exile. 2. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a> The city that is the focal point of God's judgment due to the people's rebellion and idolatry. 3. <a href="/topical/f/famine_and_wild_beasts.htm">Famine and Wild Beasts</a> Instruments of God's judgment, symbolizing the severe consequences of disobedience. 4. <a href="/topical/p/plague_and_bloodshed.htm">Plague and Bloodshed</a> Further expressions of divine judgment, indicating widespread suffering and death. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a> The sovereign God who declares and enacts judgment, emphasizing His authority and justice.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_sin.htm">The Seriousness of Sin</a> Sin has severe consequences, and God's judgment is a response to persistent disobedience. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a> The passage underscores God's control over all events, including the instruments of judgment. <a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a> The warnings serve as a call to repentance, urging individuals and nations to turn back to God. <a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_justice.htm">Hope in God's Justice</a> While the passage is about judgment, it also points to the hope that comes from God's just nature, ensuring that evil will not prevail. <a href="/topical/l/living_in_obedience.htm">Living in Obedience</a> Believers are encouraged to live in obedience to God's commands, recognizing the blessings that come from aligning with His will.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 5</a> <a href="/q/do_jer_42's_promises_conflict_with_jer_43.htm">Do the promises in Jer 42 about the safety of the remnant conflict with the calamities in Jer 43?</a> <a href="/q/do_findings_confirm_ezekiel_14_13-21.htm">Are there any archaeological findings that confirm the severe judgments (famine, wild beasts, sword, plague) predicted in Ezekiel 14:13-21?</a> <a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_ezekiel_5_11-12's_punishment.htm">In Ezekiel 5:11-12, how can we reconcile the promised devastating punishment (famine, sword, and scattering) with accounts from other biblical or secular sources?</a> <a href="/q/how_to_address_contradictions_in_prophecies.htm">Jeremiah 29:15-19 speaks against false prophets--how do we address apparent contradictions with other biblical prophecies that some view as unfulfilled or inconsistent?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 17. - Evil beasts, etc. These appear in like connection in Ezekiel's favourite textbooks (comp. <a href="/leviticus/26-6.htm">Leviticus 26:6, 22</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/32-24.htm">Deuteronomy 32:24</a>). They reappear in <a href="/ezekiel/14-15.htm">Ezekiel 14:15, 21</a>. Historically, we have an example of the suffering thus caused in the lions of <a href="/2_kings/17-25.htm">2 Kings 17:25</a>, when towns and villages were deserted, and the unburied carcases of those who had died by famine, or pestilence, or the sword, were everywhere to attract them from afar. This was, of course, the natural and inevitable result. Pestilence and blood, etc. As this is followed by the work of the sword, "blood" probably points to some special form of plague, possibly dysentery (<a href="/acts/28-8.htm">Acts 28:8</a>, Revised Version), or carbuncles, like Hezekiah's boil (<a href="/isaiah/38-21.htm">Isaiah 38:21</a>). The same combination appears in <a href="/ezekiel/14-19.htm">Ezekiel 14:19</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/28-23.htm">Ezekiel 28:23</a>. <a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/5-17.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>I will send וְשִׁלַּחְתִּ֣י (wə·šil·laḥ·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> To send away, for, out famine רָעָ֞ב (rā·‘āḇ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7458.htm">Strong's 7458: </a> Famine, hunger and wild רָעָה֙ (rā·‘āh) Adjective - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> Bad, evil beasts וְחַיָּ֤ה (wə·ḥay·yāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2416.htm">Strong's 2416: </a> Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life against you, עֲ֠לֵיכֶם (‘ă·lê·ḵem) Preposition | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against and they will leave you childless. וְשִׁכְּלֻ֔ךְ (wə·šik·kə·luḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7921.htm">Strong's 7921: </a> To miscarry, suffer abortion, to bereave Plague וְדֶ֥בֶר (wə·ḏe·ḇer) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1698.htm">Strong's 1698: </a> A pestilence and bloodshed וָדָ֖ם (wā·ḏām) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1818.htm">Strong's 1818: </a> Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed will sweep through you, יַעֲבָר־ (ya·‘ă·ḇār-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5674.htm">Strong's 5674: </a> To pass over, through, or by, pass on and I will bring אָבִ֣יא (’ā·ḇî) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go a sword וְחֶ֙רֶב֙ (wə·ḥe·reḇ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2719.htm">Strong's 2719: </a> Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword against you. עָלַ֔יִךְ (‘ā·la·yiḵ) Preposition | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against I, אֲנִ֥י (’ă·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> I the LORD, יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel have spoken.” דִּבַּֽרְתִּי׃ (dib·bar·tî) Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> To arrange, to speak, to subdue <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/5-17.htm">Ezekiel 5:17 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/5-17.htm">Ezekiel 5:17 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ezekiel/5-17.htm">Ezekiel 5:17 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/5-17.htm">Ezekiel 5:17 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/5-17.htm">Ezekiel 5:17 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/5-17.htm">Ezekiel 5:17 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/5-17.htm">Ezekiel 5:17 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/5-17.htm">Ezekiel 5:17 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/5-17.htm">Ezekiel 5:17 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ezekiel/5-17.htm">Ezekiel 5:17 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-17.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 5:17 And I will send on you famine (Ezek. 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