CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Ezekiel 6:11 This is what the Lord GOD says: Clap your hands, stomp your feet, and cry out "Alas!" because of all the wicked abominations of the house of Israel, who will fall by sword and famine and plague.</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/ezekiel/6-11.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/new9.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><meta property="og:image" content="https://biblehub.com/visuals/1/26_Ezk_06_11.jpg" /><meta property="og:title" content="Ezekiel 6:11 - A Remnant to be Blessed" /><meta property="og:site_name" content="Bible Hub" /><meta property="og:description" content="This is what the Lord GOD says: Clap your hands, stomp your feet, and cry out Alas! because of all the wicked abominations of the house of Israel, who will fall by sword and famine and plague." /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/vmenus/ezekiel/6-11.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc/ezekiel/6-11.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/ezekiel/">Ezekiel</a> > <a href="/ezekiel/6.htm">Chapter 6</a> > Verse 11</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad11.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/ezekiel/6-10.htm" title="Ezekiel 6:10">◄</a> Ezekiel 6:11 <a href="/ezekiel/6-12.htm" title="Ezekiel 6:12">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse"> <a href="#audio" class="clickchap2" title="Context and Audio Bible"> Audio </a> <a href="#crossref" class="clickchap2" title="Cross References"> Cross </a> <a href="#study" class="clickchap2" title="Study Bible"> Study </a> <a href="#commentary" class="clickchap2" title="Commentary"> Comm </a> <a href="#lexicon" class="clickchap2" title="Lexicon"> Heb </a> </div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv">Verse<a href="/bsb/ezekiel/6.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><a href="/niv/ezekiel/6.htm">New International Version</a> &#8220&#8217This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Strike your hands together and stamp your feet and cry out &#8220Alas!&#8221 because of all the wicked and detestable practices of the people of Israel, for they will fall by the sword, famine and plague. <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/6.htm">New Living Translation</a> “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Clap your hands in horror, and stamp your feet. Cry out because of all the detestable sins the people of Israel have committed. Now they are going to die from war and famine and disease. <a href="/esv/ezekiel/6.htm">English Standard Version</a> Thus says the Lord GOD: “Clap your hands and stamp your foot and say, Alas, because of all the evil abominations of the house of Israel, for they shall fall by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence. <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> This is what the Lord GOD says: Clap your hands, stomp your feet, and cry out “Alas!” because of all the wicked abominations of the house of Israel, who will fall by sword and famine and plague. <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/6.htm">King James Bible</a> Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence. <a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/6.htm">New King James Version</a> ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Pound your fists and stamp your feet, and say, ‘Alas, for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! For they shall fall by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence. <a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Clap your hands, stamp your foot and say, “Woe, because of all the evil abominations of the house of Israel, which will fall by the sword, famine, and plague! <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/6.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Thus says the Lord GOD, &#8216Clap your hand, stamp your foot and say, &#8220Alas, because of all the evil abominations of the house of Israel, which will fall by sword, famine and plague! <a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Clap your hand, stamp your foot, and say, “Alas, because of all the evil abominations of the house of Israel, which will fall by sword, famine, and plague! <a href="/lsb/ezekiel/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> “Thus says Lord Yahweh, ‘Strike your hands together, stamp your foot and say, “Alas, because of all the evil abominations of the house of Israel, which will fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the plague! <a href="/amp/ezekiel/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “Thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Strike with your fist, stamp with your foot and say, “Alas, because of all the evil atrocities of the house of Israel, which will fall by sword, by famine, and by virulent disease! <a href="/csb/ezekiel/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “This is what the Lord GOD says: Clap your hands, stamp your feet, and cry out over all the evil and detestable practices of the house of Israel, who will fall by the sword, famine, and plague. <a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> This is what the Lord GOD says: Clap your hands, stamp your feet, and cry out over all the evil and detestable practices of the house of Israel, who will fall by the sword, famine, and plague. <a href="/asv/ezekiel/6.htm">American Standard Version</a> Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Smite with thy hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas! because of all the evil abominations of the house of Israel; for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence. <a href="/cev/ezekiel/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The LORD God then said: Ezekiel, beat your fists together and stomp your feet in despair! Moan in sorrow, because the people of Israel have done disgusting things and now will be killed by enemy troops, or they will die from starvation and disease. <a href="/erv/ezekiel/6.htm">English Revised Version</a> Thus saith the Lord GOD: Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas! because of all the evil abominations of the house of Israel: for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence. <a href="/gwt/ezekiel/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> " 'This is what the Almighty LORD says: Clap your hands, stomp your feet, and say, "Oh no!" because the people of Israel have done evil and disgusting things. So they will die in wars, famines, and plagues. <a href="/gnt/ezekiel/6.htm">Good News Translation</a> The Sovereign LORD said, "Wring your hands! Stamp your feet! Cry in sorrow because of all the evil, disgusting things the Israelites have done. They are going to die in war or of starvation or disease. <a href="/isv/ezekiel/6.htm">International Standard Version</a> This is what the Lord GOD says: "Clap your hands and stamp your feet! Say, 'Oh, no!' Because of all the detestable evil that has come from Israel's house, they'll fall by the sword, famine, and pestilence. <a href="/msb/ezekiel/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> This is what the Lord GOD says: Clap your hands, stomp your feet, and cry out ?Alas!? because of all the wicked abominations of the house of Israel, who will fall by sword and famine and plague. <a href="/net/ezekiel/6.htm">NET Bible</a> "'This is what the sovereign LORD says: Clap your hands, stamp your feet, and say, "Ah!" because of all the evil, abominable practices of the house of Israel, for they will fall by the sword, famine, and pestilence. <a href="/nheb/ezekiel/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> "Thus says the Lord GOD: 'Strike with your hand, and stamp with your foot, and say, "Alas." because of all the evil abominations of the house of Israel; for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence. <a href="/wbt/ezekiel/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thy hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas, for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence. <a href="/web/ezekiel/6.htm">World English Bible</a> “The Lord Yahweh says: ‘Strike with your hand, and stamp with your foot, and say, “Alas!”, because of all the evil abominations of the house of Israel; for they will fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Thus said Lord YHWH: Strike with your palm, and stamp with your foot, "" And say: Aah! For all the evil abominations of the house of Israel, "" Which falls by sword, by famine, and by pestilence. <a href="/ylt/ezekiel/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Thus said the Lord Jehovah: 'Smite with thy palm, and stamp with thy foot, And say: Alas, for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel, Who by sword, by famine, and by pestilence do fall. <a href="/slt/ezekiel/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Strike with thy hand and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas, for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the famine and by the sword and by death.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ezekiel/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Thus saith the Lord God: Strike with thy hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say: Alas, for all the abominations of the evils of the house of Israel: for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine and by the pestilence. <a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Thus says the Lord God: “Strike with your hand, and stomp with your foot, and say: ‘Alas, to all the abominations of the evils of the house of Israel!’ For they will fall by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence. <a href="/nabre/ezekiel/6.htm">New American Bible</a> Thus says the Lord GOD: Clap your hands, stamp your feet, and cry “Alas!” for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! They shall fall by the sword, starvation, and disease. <a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Thus says the Lord GOD: Clap your hands and stamp your foot, and say, Alas for all the vile abominations of the house of Israel! For they shall fall by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Thus says the LORD God, Strike with your hand, and stamp with your foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence. <a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Thus says THE LORD OF LORDS: “Strike with your fist and stomp with your foot, and say, ‘Save us!’, because of all the impurity and the evil of the house of Israel, because by the sword and by starvation and by plague they will fall!<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ezekiel/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Thus saith the Lord GOD: Smite with thy hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say: Alas! because of all the evil abominations of the house of Israel; for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence. <a href="/sep/ezekiel/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Thus saith the Lord; Clap with thy hand, and stamp with thy foot and say, Aha, aha! for all the abominations of the house of Israel: they shall fall by the sword, and by pestilence, and by famine. <a href="/parallel/ezekiel/6-11.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=1240" 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/6.htm">A Remnant to be Blessed</a> …10And they will know that I am the LORD; I did not declare in vain that I would bring this calamity upon them. 11<a href="/hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541: kōh- (Adv) -- Thus, here. From the prefix k and huw'; properly, like this, i.e. By implication, thus; also here; or now.">This is what</a> <a href="/hebrew/136.htm" title="136: ’ă·ḏō·nāy (N-proper-ms) -- Lord. Am emphatic form of 'adown; the Lord.">the Lord</a> <a href="/hebrew/3069.htm" title="3069: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- YHWH. A variation of Yhovah.">GOD</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">says:</a> <a href="/hebrew/5221.htm" title="5221: hak·kêh (V-Hifil-Imp-ms) -- To smite. A primitive root; to strike.">Clap</a> <a href="/hebrew/3709.htm" title="3709: ḇə·ḵap·pə·ḵā (Prep-b:: N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan. From kaphaph; the hollow hand or palm; figuratively, power.">your hands,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7554.htm" title="7554: ū·rə·qa‘ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To beat, stamp, beat out, spread out. A primitive root; to pound the earth; by analogy to expand; by implication, to overlay.">stomp</a> <a href="/hebrew/7272.htm" title="7272: bə·raḡ·lə·ḵā (Prep-b:: N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Foot. From ragal; a foot; by implication, a step; by euphem. The pudenda.">your feet,</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: we·’ĕ·mār- (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">and cry out</a> <a href="/hebrew/253.htm" title="253: ’āḥ (Interjection) -- Ah!, alas! A variation for 'ahahh; Oh!">“Alas!”</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">because of</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: rā·‘ō·wṯ (N-fpc) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">the wicked</a> <a href="/hebrew/8441.htm" title="8441: tō·w·‘ă·ḇō·wṯ (N-fpc) -- Or tonebah; feminine active participle of ta'ab; properly, something disgusting, i.e. an abhorrence; especially idolatry or an idol.">abominations</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bêṯ (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">of the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">who</a> <a href="/hebrew/5307.htm" title="5307: yip·pō·lū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To fall, lie. A primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications.">will fall</a> <a href="/hebrew/2719.htm" title="2719: ba·ḥe·reḇ (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- A sword. From charab; drought; also a cutting instrument, as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement.">by sword</a> <a href="/hebrew/7458.htm" title="7458: bā·rā·‘āḇ (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Famine, hunger. From ra'eb; hunger.">and famine</a> <a href="/hebrew/1698.htm" title="1698: ū·ḇad·de·ḇer (Conj-w, Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Pestilence. From dabar; a pestilence.">and plague.</a> 12He who is far off will die by the plague, he who is near will fall by the sword, and he who remains will die by famine. So I will vent My fury upon them.…<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/26-30.htm">Leviticus 26:30-33</a> I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you. / I will reduce your cities to rubble and lay waste your sanctuaries, and I will refuse to smell the pleasing aroma of your sacrifices. / And I will lay waste the land, so that your enemies who dwell in it will be appalled. ... <a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">Deuteronomy 28:15-20</a> If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you: / You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country. / Your basket and kneading bowl will be cursed. ... <a href="/jeremiah/44-11.htm">Jeremiah 44:11-14</a> Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I will set My face to bring disaster and to cut off all Judah. / And I will take away the remnant of Judah who have resolved to go to the land of Egypt to reside there; they will meet their end. They will all fall by the sword or be consumed by famine. From the least to the greatest, they will die by sword or famine; and they will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and reproach. / I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt, just as I punished Jerusalem, by sword and famine and plague, ... <a href="/isaiah/1-4.htm">Isaiah 1:4-9</a> Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him. / Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted. / From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness—only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil. ... <a href="/2_kings/22-13.htm">2 Kings 22:13-17</a> “Go and inquire of the LORD for me, for the people, and for all Judah concerning the words in this book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that burns against us because our fathers have not obeyed the words of this book by doing all that is written about us.” / So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went and spoke to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, the keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the Second District. / And Huldah said to them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Tell the man who sent you ... <a href="/jeremiah/19-3.htm">Jeremiah 19:3-9</a> saying, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah and residents of Jerusalem. This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such disaster on this place that the ears of all who hear of it will ring, / because they have abandoned Me and made this a foreign place. They have burned incense in this place to other gods that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have ever known. They have filled this place with the blood of the innocent. / They have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I never commanded or mentioned, nor did it even enter My mind. ... <a href="/hosea/9-7.htm">Hosea 9:7-9</a> The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have arrived—let Israel know it. The prophet is called a fool, and the inspired man insane, because of the greatness of your iniquity and hostility. / The prophet is Ephraim’s watchman, along with my God, yet the snare of the fowler lies on all his paths. Hostility is in the house of his God! / They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their guilt; He will punish their sins. <a href="/amos/4-6.htm">Amos 4:6-12</a> “I afflicted all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. / “I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered. / People staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. ... <a href="/zephaniah/1-4.htm">Zephaniah 1:4-6</a> “I will stretch out My hand against Judah and against all who dwell in Jerusalem. I will cut off from this place every remnant of Baal, the names of the idolatrous and pagan priests— / those who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear by Milcom, / and those who turn back from following the LORD, neither seeking the LORD nor inquiring of Him.” <a href="/lamentations/2-17.htm">Lamentations 2:17</a> The LORD has done what He planned; He has accomplished His decree, which He ordained in days of old; He has overthrown you without pity. He has let the enemy gloat over you and exalted the horn of your foes. <a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37-39</a> O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate. / For I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’” <a href="/luke/19-41.htm">Luke 19:41-44</a> As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it / and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes. / For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side. ... <a href="/romans/1-18.htm">Romans 1:18-32</a> The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness. / For what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. / For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse. ... <a href="/1_corinthians/10-5.htm">1 Corinthians 10:5-11</a> Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness. / These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did. / Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.” ... <a href="/hebrews/3-7.htm">Hebrews 3:7-11</a> Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice, / do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness, / where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works. ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Thus said the Lord GOD; Smite with your hand, and stamp with your foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.Smite<a href="/ezekiel/21-14.htm">Ezekiel 21:14-17</a> Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers… <a href="/numbers/24-10.htm">Numbers 24:10</a> And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times.<a href="/isaiah/58-1.htm">Isaiah 58:1</a> Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.Alas<a href="/ezekiel/9-4.htm">Ezekiel 9:4</a> And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.<a href="/jeremiah/30-7.htm">Jeremiah 30:7</a> Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.<a href="/joel/1-15.htm">Joel 1:15</a> Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.fall<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/14-21.htm">Ezekiel 14:21</a> 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?<a href="/jeremiah/15-2.htm">Jeremiah 15:2,3</a> And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/6-9.htm">Abominations</a> <a href="/jeremiah/47-6.htm">Alas</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-15.htm">Clap</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-56.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-11.htm">Detestable</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-10.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-7.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-17.htm">Famine</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-24.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/ezekiel/1-7.htm">Foot</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-22.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/ezekiel/1-8.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-4.htm">House</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-5.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-17.htm">Pestilence</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-17.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-2.htm">Smite</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-8.htm">Sovereign</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-10.htm">Stamp</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-2.htm">Strike</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-8.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/ezekiel/1-11.htm">Together</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-19.htm">Wicked</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/7-3.htm">Abominations</a> <a href="/ezekiel/9-8.htm">Alas</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-17.htm">Clap</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-7.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-3.htm">Detestable</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-5.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-12.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-12.htm">Famine</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-10.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-6.htm">Foot</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-14.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-17.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-1.htm">House</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-1.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-12.htm">Pestilence</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-12.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-9.htm">Smite</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-2.htm">Sovereign</a> <a href="/daniel/6-17.htm">Stamp</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-9.htm">Strike</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-12.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-17.htm">Together</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-21.htm">Wicked</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 6</div>1. <a href="/ezekiel/6-1.htm">The judgment of Israel for their idolatry</a> 8. <a href="/ezekiel/6-8.htm">A remnant shall be blessed</a> 11. <a href="/ezekiel/6-11.htm">The faithful are exhorted to lament their abominations and calamities</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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/6.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/6.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>This is what the Lord GOD says: This phrase emphasizes the divine authority behind the message. It is a common prophetic introduction, underscoring that the words are not Ezekiel's own but are directly from God. This establishes the seriousness and authenticity of the prophecy, aligning with similar introductions in other prophetic books such as Isaiah and Jeremiah.Clap your hands, stomp your feet, and cry out “Alas!” These actions symbolize intense emotion and lamentation. Clapping hands and stomping feet were gestures of derision or mourning in ancient Near Eastern cultures. The expression "Alas!" is a cry of woe, indicating deep sorrow or distress. This reflects the gravity of the situation and the impending judgment. Similar expressions of lament are found in Lamentations and other prophetic writings.because of all the wicked abominations of the house of Israel, The "wicked abominations" refer to the idolatry and moral corruption prevalent in Israel. This phrase highlights the reason for God's judgment, as Israel had turned away from the covenant and engaged in practices detestable to God. The term "abominations" is often used in the Old Testament to describe idolatry and other sins that provoke God's wrath, as seen in Leviticus and Deuteronomy.who will fall by sword and famine and plague. This triad of sword, famine, and plague represents the comprehensive nature of God's judgment. These were common forms of divine retribution in the ancient world, often used by God to discipline His people, as seen in the curses of <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>. The use of these specific judgments underscores the severity of Israel's sin and the certainty of their punishment. This pattern of judgment is also echoed in the book of Revelation, indicating a continuity in how God deals with unrepentant sin throughout biblical history.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord_god.htm">The Lord GOD</a> The sovereign and holy God of Israel, who is speaking through the prophet Ezekiel. 2. <a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a> A prophet called by God to deliver messages of judgment and hope to the Israelites during their exile in Babylon. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_house_of_israel.htm">The House of Israel</a> Refers to the people of Israel, God's chosen nation, who have turned away from Him and engaged in idolatry and other abominations. 4. <a href="/topical/s/sword,_famine,_and_plague.htm">Sword, Famine, and Plague</a> These are the instruments of judgment that God declares will come upon Israel due to their sins. 5. <a href="/topical/e/exile_in_babylon.htm">Exile in Babylon</a> The historical context in which Ezekiel prophesied, where the Israelites were living in captivity due to their disobedience to God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_sin.htm">The Seriousness of Sin</a> Sin is not a trivial matter to God. The abominations of Israel led to severe consequences, reminding us of the gravity of turning away from God's commands. <a href="/topical/g/god's_righteous_judgment.htm">God's Righteous Judgment</a> God's judgment is just and righteous. He does not punish without cause, and His actions are always in line with His holy nature. <a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a> The dramatic actions of clapping and stomping are calls to attention and repentance. We are urged to recognize our sins and turn back to God with sincere hearts. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_a_prophet.htm">The Role of a Prophet</a> Ezekiel's role as a prophet was to deliver God's message, regardless of its popularity. We are called to speak truth in love, even when it is difficult. <a href="/topical/h/hope_beyond_judgment.htm">Hope Beyond Judgment</a> While this passage focuses on judgment, the broader context of Ezekiel includes promises of restoration. God's ultimate desire is for reconciliation and renewal.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 6</a> <a href="/q/how_does_ezekiel_8's_view_on_idols_compare.htm">How does the severe condemnation of these idolatries in Ezekiel 8 align or conflict with other biblical accounts of tolerating foreign gods?</a> <a href="/q/bible's_stance_on_homosexuality,_execution.htm">What does the Bible say about homosexuality and execution?</a> <a href="/q/why_are_'creeping_things'_in_the_temple.htm">In Ezekiel 8:10, why would the temple contain images of 'creeping things' if this contradicts the temple's strict laws against idolatry?</a> <a href="/q/is_ezekiel_9_symbolic,_not_literal.htm">Could Ezekiel 9 be interpreted as a purely symbolic vision rather than a literal event, and if so, why include graphic details?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(11) Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot.--The prophecy returns again to its heavy tidings of woe. To clap the hands and stamp the feet, either singly (<a href="/numbers/24-10.htm" title="And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said to Balaam, I called you to curse my enemies, and, behold, you have altogether blessed them these three times.">Numbers 24:10</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/21-14.htm" title="You therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite your hands together. and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which enters into their privy chambers.">Ezekiel 21:14</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/21-17.htm" title="I will also smite my hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the LORD have said it.">Ezekiel 21:17</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/22-13.htm" title="Behold, therefore I have smitten my hand at your dishonest gain which you have made, and at your blood which has been in the middle of you.">Ezekiel 22:13</a>) or together (<a href="/ezekiel/25-6.htm" title="For thus said the Lord GOD; Because you have clapped your hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all your despite against the land of Israel;">Ezekiel 25:6</a>), is a gesture of strong emotion or earnestness of purpose. The prophet is here directed to use it as indicating God's unchangeable determination united to a sense of grievous wrong.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 11. - Smite with thine hand, etc. The outward gestures were to give a dramatic emphasis to the mingled indignation and sorrow with which the prophet was to utter his woe. A like action meets us in <a href="/ezekiel/21-12.htm">Ezekiel 21:12</a>. Instances of its use for other feelings meet us in <a href="/ezekiel/22-13.htm">Ezekiel 22:13</a>; <a href="/numbers/24-10.htm">Numbers 24:10</a> (anger); <a href="/jeremiah/31-19.htm">Jeremiah 31:19</a> (shame). <a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/6-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>This is what כֹּֽה־ (kōh-) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3541.htm">Strong's 3541: </a> Like this, thus, here, now the Lord אֲדֹנָ֣י (’ă·ḏō·nāy) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_136.htm">Strong's 136: </a> The Lord GOD יְהוִ֗ה (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 says: אָמַ֞ר (’ā·mar) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say Clap הַכֵּ֨ה (hak·kêh) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5221.htm">Strong's 5221: </a> To strike your hands, בְכַפְּךָ֜ (ḇə·ḵap·pə·ḵā) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3709.htm">Strong's 3709: </a> Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan stomp וּרְקַ֤ע (ū·rə·qa‘) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7554.htm">Strong's 7554: </a> To pound the earth, to expand, to overlay your feet, בְּרַגְלְךָ֙ (bə·raḡ·lə·ḵā) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7272.htm">Strong's 7272: </a> A foot, a step, the pudenda and cry וֶֽאֱמָר־ (we·’ĕ·mār-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say “Alas” אָ֔ח (’āḥ) Interjection <a href="/hebrew/strongs_253.htm">Strong's 253: </a> Ah!, alas! for אֶ֛ל (’el) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the wicked רָע֖וֹת (rā·‘ō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> Bad, evil abominations תּוֹעֲב֥וֹת (tō·w·‘ă·ḇō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8441.htm">Strong's 8441: </a> Something disgusting, an abhorrence, idolatry, an idol of the house בֵּ֣ית (bêṯ) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house of Israel, יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc who אֲשֶׁ֗ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that will fall יִפֹּֽלוּ׃ (yip·pō·lū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5307.htm">Strong's 5307: </a> To fall, lie by sword, בַּחֶ֛רֶב (ba·ḥe·reḇ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2719.htm">Strong's 2719: </a> Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword famine, בָּרָעָ֥ב (bā·rā·‘āḇ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7458.htm">Strong's 7458: </a> Famine, hunger and plague. וּבַדֶּ֖בֶר (ū·ḇad·de·ḇer) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1698.htm">Strong's 1698: </a> A pestilence <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/6-11.htm">Ezekiel 6:11 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/6-11.htm">Ezekiel 6:11 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ezekiel/6-11.htm">Ezekiel 6:11 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/6-11.htm">Ezekiel 6:11 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/6-11.htm">Ezekiel 6:11 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/6-11.htm">Ezekiel 6:11 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/6-11.htm">Ezekiel 6:11 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/6-11.htm">Ezekiel 6:11 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/6-11.htm">Ezekiel 6:11 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ezekiel/6-11.htm">Ezekiel 6:11 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-11.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 6:11 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Smite (Ezek. Eze Ezk) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/ezekiel/6-10.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Ezekiel 6:10"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Ezekiel 6:10" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/ezekiel/6-12.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Ezekiel 6:12"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Ezekiel 6:12" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>