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class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/14.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/ezekiel/14.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220Or if I send wild beasts through that country and they leave it childless and it becomes desolate so that no one can pass through it because of the beasts,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/14.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“Or suppose I were to send wild animals to invade the country, kill the people, and make the land too desolate and dangerous to pass through.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/14.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“If I cause wild beasts to pass through the land, and they ravage it, and it be made desolate, so that no one may pass through because of the beasts,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Or if I send wild beasts through the land to leave it childless and desolate, with no man passing through it for fear of the beasts,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/14.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/14.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“If I cause wild beasts to pass through the land, and they empty it, and make it so desolate that no man may pass through because of the beasts,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“If I were to cause vicious animals to pass through the land and they depopulated it, and it became desolate so that no one would pass through it because of the animals,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/14.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220If I were to cause wild beasts to pass through the land and they depopulated it, and it became desolate so that no one would pass through it because of the beasts,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“If I were to cause wild beasts to pass through the land, and they depopulated it, and it became desolate so that no one would pass through it because of the beasts,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“If I were to cause wild beasts to pass through the land and they bereaved it of children and it became desolate so that no one would pass through it because of the beasts,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“If I were to cause predatory beasts to pass through the land and they ravaged it <i>and</i> depopulated it of children, and it became desolate so that no one would pass through because of the predators,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Suppose I allow dangerous animals to pass through the land and depopulate it so that it becomes desolate, with no one passing through it for fear of the animals.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If I allow dangerous animals to pass through the land and depopulate it so that it becomes desolate, with no one passing through it for fear of the animals, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/14.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />If I cause evil beasts to pass through the land, and they ravage it, and it be made desolate, so that no man may pass through because of the beasts;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/14.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Or suppose I punish a nation by sending wild animals to eat people and scare away every passerby, so that the land becomes a barren desert. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/14.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"Suppose I send wild animals through that country and they make it childless and turn it into such a wasteland that no one travels through it because of the animals.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/14.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"Or I might send wild animals to kill the people, making the land so dangerous that no one could travel through it, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/14.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"If I were to make wild animals pass throughout the land, so that they kill its residents and it were to become desolate because no one will travel through it due to those wild animals,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Or if I send wild beasts through the land to leave it childless and desolate, with no man passing through it for fear of the beasts,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/14.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"Suppose I were to send wild animals through the land and kill its children, leaving it desolate, without travelers due to the wild animals.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"If I cause evil animals to pass through the land, and they ravage it, and it be made desolate, so that no man may pass through because of the animals;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they lay it waste, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/14.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“If I cause evil animals to pass through the land, and they ravage it and it is made desolate, so that no man may pass through because of the animals— <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />“If I cause an evil beast to pass through the land, and it has bereaved, and it has been a desolation, without any passing through because of the beast—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'If an evil beast I cause to pass through the land, and it hath bereaved, and it hath been a desolation, without any passing through because of the beast -- <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />If I shall cause the evil beast to pass through upon the land, and it was bereaved, and there was desolation from not passing through from the face of the beast:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And if I shall bring mischievous beasts also upon the land to waste it, and it be desolate, so that there is none that can pass because of the beasts: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And if I also lead in very harmful beasts upon the land, so that I devastate it, and it becomes impassable, so that no one may cross through it because of the beasts,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/14.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />If I summoned wild beasts to prowl the land, depopulating it so that it became a wasteland which no one would cross because of the wild beasts,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />If I send wild animals through the land to ravage it, so that it is made desolate, and no one may pass through because of the animals;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And if I should send vicious beasts against the land, and they destroy it so that it become desolate, so that no man could pass through because of the wild beasts;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/14.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And if I bring a beast on the land, and it will destroy her, and she would be for a desolation from lack of one passing through by the beasts<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/14.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />If I cause evil beasts to pass through the land, and they bereave it, and it be desolate, so that no man may pass through because of the beasts;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/14.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />If again I bring evil beasts upon the land, and take vengeance upon it, and it be ruined, and there be no one to pass through for fear of the wild beasts:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/14-15.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=3269" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/14.htm">God's Irrevocable Sentence</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">14</span>then even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were in it, their righteousness could deliver only themselves, declares the Lord GOD. <span class="reftext">15</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3863.htm" title="3863: lū- (Prep) -- If, oh that. Or lu; or luw; a conditional particle; if; by implication would that!">Or if</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: rā·‘āh (Adj-fs) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">I send wild</a> <a href="/hebrew/5674.htm" title="5674: ’a·‘ă·ḇîr (V-Hifil-Imperf-1cs) -- To pass over, through, or by, pass on. A primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition; specifically, to cover."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2416.htm" title="2416: ḥay·yāh (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/776.htm" title="776: bā·’ā·reṣ (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">through the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/7921.htm" title="7921: wə·šik·kə·lāt·tāh (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-3fs:: 3fs) -- To be bereaved. A primitive root; properly, to miscarry, i.e. Suffer abortion; by analogy, to bereave.">to leave it childless</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·hā·yə·ṯāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/8077.htm" title="8077: šə·mā·māh (N-fs) -- Devastation, waste. Or shimamah; feminine of shamem; devastation; figuratively, astonishment.">desolate,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1097.htm" title="1097: mib·bə·lî (Prep-m:: Adv) -- From balah; properly, failure, i.e. Nothing or destruction; usually without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc.">with no man</a> <a href="/hebrew/5674.htm" title="5674: ‘ō·w·ḇêr (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To pass over, through, or by, pass on. A primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition; specifically, to cover.">passing through it</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: mip·pə·nê (Prep-m:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">for fear</a> <a href="/hebrew/2416.htm" title="2416: ha·ḥay·yāh (Art:: N-fs) -- Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life. From chayah; alive; hence, raw; fresh, strong; also life, whether literally or figuratively.">of the beasts,</a> </span><span class="reftext">16</span>then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if these three men were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. They alone would be delivered, but the land would be desolate.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/26-22.htm">Leviticus 26:22</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-24.htm">Deuteronomy 32:24</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-25.htm">2 Kings 17:25-26</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/15-3.htm">Jeremiah 15:3</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/13-8.htm">Hosea 13:8</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/6-8.htm">Revelation 6:8</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-7.htm">Matthew 24:7</a></span><br />Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-21.htm">Isaiah 13:21-22</a></span><br />But desert creatures will lie down there, and howling creatures will fill her houses. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will leap about. / Hyenas will howl in her fortresses and jackals in her luxurious palaces. Babylon’s time is at hand, and her days will not be prolonged.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/13-24.htm">1 Kings 13:24-25</a></span><br />As he went on his way, a lion met him on the road and killed him, and his body was left lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it. / And there were men passing by who saw the body lying in the road with the lion standing beside it, and they went and reported this in the city where the old prophet lived.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/2-24.htm">2 Kings 2:24</a></span><br />Then he turned around, looked at them, and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Suddenly two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/5-6.htm">Jeremiah 5:6</a></span><br />Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious acts are many, and their unfaithful deeds are numerous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/5-19.htm">Amos 5:19</a></span><br />It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/28-3.htm">Acts 28:3-6</a></span><br />Paul gathered a bundle of sticks, and as he laid them on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself to his hand. / When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.” / But Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no ill effects. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/17-34.htm">1 Samuel 17:34-36</a></span><br />David replied, “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep, and whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock, / I went after it, struck it down, and delivered the lamb from its mouth. If it reared up against me, I would grab it by its fur, strike it down, and kill it. / Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/6-22.htm">Daniel 6:22</a></span><br />My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, for I was found innocent in His sight, and I have done no wrong against you, O king.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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:</p><p class="hdg">noisome</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/5-17.htm">Ezekiel 5:17</a></b></br> 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 <i>it</i>.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/26-22.htm">Leviticus 26:22</a></b></br> I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your <i>high</i> ways shall be desolate.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/20-36.htm">1 Kings 20:36</a></b></br> Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.</p><p class="hdg">spoil.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/8-10.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-10.htm">Beast</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-10.htm">Beasts</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-17.htm">Bereave</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-17.htm">Bereaved</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-6.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-16.htm">Causing</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-17.htm">Childless</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-13.htm">Country</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-8.htm">Desolate</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-13.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-22.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-5.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/psalms/91-3.htm">Noisome</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-17.htm">Passeth</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-15.htm">Passing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-10.htm">Ravage</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-21.htm">Spoil</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-4.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-17.htm">Wild</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/14-17.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-17.htm">Beast</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-21.htm">Beasts</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-12.htm">Bereave</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-13.htm">Bereaved</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-23.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-21.htm">Causing</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-14.htm">Childless</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-16.htm">Country</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-16.htm">Desolate</a> <a href="/ezekiel/19-7.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-21.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-8.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-21.htm">Noisome</a> <a href="/ezekiel/35-7.htm">Passeth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-21.htm">Passing</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-8.htm">Ravage</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-46.htm">Spoil</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-16.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-21.htm">Wild</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 14</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/14-1.htm">God answers idolaters according to their own heart</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/14-6.htm">They are exhorted to repent, for fear of judgments, by means of seduced prophets</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/14-12.htm">God's irrevocable sentence of famine</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/14-15.htm">of wild beasts</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/14-17.htm">of the sword</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/14-19.htm">and of pestilence</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/14-22.htm">A remnant shall be reserved for example of others</a></span><br></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><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <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> <br /><br /> </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/14.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/14.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Or if I send wild beasts through the land</b><br>In the biblical context, wild beasts are often used as instruments of God's judgment. This phrase reflects the sovereignty of God over creation, where He can command animals to fulfill His purposes. In <a href="/leviticus/26-22.htm">Leviticus 26:22</a>, God warns Israel that disobedience could lead to wild beasts being sent among them, which would rob them of their children and livestock. This imagery is consistent with the covenant curses outlined in the Mosaic Law, where God uses natural elements to discipline His people.<p><b>to leave it childless and desolate</b><br>The consequence of sending wild beasts is severe, resulting in a land that is childless and desolate. This reflects the devastating impact of divine judgment, where the land becomes uninhabitable and barren. The term "childless" emphasizes the loss of future generations, a significant concern in ancient cultures where lineage and inheritance were vital. The desolation of the land also signifies a reversal of the blessings of fertility and abundance promised to Israel if they obeyed God (<a href="/deuteronomy/28-4.htm">Deuteronomy 28:4</a>).<p><b>with no man passing through it</b><br>This phrase indicates complete desolation, where the land becomes so dangerous and uninhabitable that people avoid it entirely. It echoes the imagery of a land under a curse, similar to the desolation described in <a href="/jeremiah/9-12.htm">Jeremiah 9:12</a>, where the land is so ruined that no one can pass through. This also serves as a warning to the people of Israel about the consequences of their unfaithfulness, highlighting the seriousness of God's judgment.<p><b>for fear of the beasts</b><br>The fear of wild beasts underscores the terror and danger that accompany divine judgment. In the ancient Near East, wild animals were a real threat, and their presence in a populated area would cause significant fear and disruption. This fear is a tangible expression of the consequences of turning away from God, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/32-24.htm">Deuteronomy 32:24</a>, where God warns of sending wild beasts as part of His judgment. The fear also serves as a metaphor for the spiritual and moral chaos that results from abandoning God's covenant.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet during the Babylonian exile, Ezekiel is the mouthpiece of God, delivering messages of judgment and hope to the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The primary audience of Ezekiel's prophecies, Israel is depicted as a nation under judgment due to its idolatry and disobedience.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/w/wild_beasts.htm">Wild Beasts</a></b><br>Symbolic of God's judgment, these creatures represent the chaos and desolation that result from divine wrath.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/d/desolation.htm">Desolation</a></b><br>The state of the land when it is abandoned and uninhabitable, illustrating the severe consequences of turning away from God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_judgment.htm">God's Judgment</a></b><br>The overarching theme of this passage, highlighting God's sovereignty and the seriousness of sin.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_sin.htm">The Seriousness of Sin</a></b><br>Sin has real and severe consequences. Just as wild beasts bring desolation, sin leads to spiritual and sometimes physical desolation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_judgment.htm">God's Sovereignty in Judgment</a></b><br>God is in control, even in judgment. He uses various means, including nature, to execute His will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a></b><br>The threat of judgment is a call to repentance. God desires that His people turn back to Him and avoid the consequences of their actions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_protection.htm">Trust in God's Protection</a></b><br>While judgment is real, those who remain faithful can trust in God's protection and provision.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophets.htm">The Role of Prophets</a></b><br>Prophets like Ezekiel serve as God's messengers, warning of judgment and calling for repentance. We should heed the warnings found in Scripture.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_14.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 14</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_atman_in_hinduism.htm">What do owls symbolize in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_daniel_11_31_conflict_with_matt_24_15.htm">Does the 'abomination of desolation' in Daniel 11:31 conflict with similar references in Matthew 24:15 and Mark 13:14, suggesting multiple or differing events?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_science_contradict_job_39_13-17.htm">In Job 39:13-17, the ostrich is depicted as neglecting her eggs; does modern scientific observation contradict this portrayal?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/14.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(15-20) In these verses the same declaration is repeated, for the sake of emphasis, with each one of three other instruments of punishment, with only such variations of phraseology as are required for rhetorical reasons. The phrase "their own souls<span class= "ital">" </span>is here also simply equivalent to "themselves." The judgments mentioned are all taken from the warnings in Leviticus 26, the famine from <a href="/leviticus/26-26.htm" title="And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and you shall eat, and not be satisfied.">Leviticus 26:26</a>, the wild beasts from <a href="/leviticus/26-22.htm" title="I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate.">Leviticus 26:22</a>, the sword and also the pestilence from <a href="/leviticus/26-25.htm" title="And I will bring a sword on you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when you are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and you shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.">Leviticus 26:25</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/14.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 15.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Noisome beasts</span> (see note on Ezekiel 5:17). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/14-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Or if</span><br /><span class="heb">לֽוּ־</span> <span class="translit">(lū-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3863.htm">Strong's 3863: </a> </span><span class="str2">If, would that!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I send wild</span><br /><span class="heb">רָעָ֛ה</span> <span class="translit">(rā·‘āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> </span><span class="str2">Bad, evil</span><br /><br /><span class="word">beasts</span><br /><span class="heb">חַיָּ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(ḥay·yāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2416.htm">Strong's 2416: </a> </span><span class="str2">Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life</span><br /><br /><span class="word">through the land</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּאָ֖רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(bā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and they bereave it</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשִׁכְּלָ֑תָּה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·šik·kə·lāt·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7921.htm">Strong's 7921: </a> </span><span class="str2">To miscarry, suffer abortion, to bereave</span><br /><br /><span class="word">so that it becomes</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהָיְתָ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hā·yə·ṯāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">desolate,</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁמָמָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(šə·mā·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8077.htm">Strong's 8077: </a> </span><span class="str2">Devastation, astonishment</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with no man</span><br /><span class="heb">מִבְּלִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(mib·bə·lî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1097.htm">Strong's 1097: </a> </span><span class="str2">Failure, nothing, destruction, without, not yet, because not, as long as</span><br /><br /><span class="word">passing through</span><br /><span class="heb">עוֹבֵ֔ר</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·w·ḇêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5674.htm">Strong's 5674: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pass over, through, or by, pass on</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for fear</span><br /><span class="heb">מִפְּנֵ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(mip·pə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the beasts,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַחַיָּֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(ha·ḥay·yāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2416.htm">Strong's 2416: </a> </span><span class="str2">Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/14-15.htm">Ezekiel 14:15 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/14-15.htm">Ezekiel 14:15 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/14-15.htm">Ezekiel 14:15 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/14-15.htm">Ezekiel 14:15 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/14-15.htm">Ezekiel 14:15 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/14-15.htm">Ezekiel 14:15 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/14-15.htm">Ezekiel 14:15 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/14-15.htm">Ezekiel 14:15 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/14-15.htm">Ezekiel 14:15 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/14-15.htm">Ezekiel 14:15 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/14-15.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 14:15 If I cause evil animals to pass (Ezek. 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