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Ezekiel 6:10

Old Testament Major Prophet ASV (1901)

What does Ezekiel 6:10 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And they shall know that I am Jehovah: I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And they shall know that I am Jehovah: I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them.
Ezekiel 6:10 — American Standard Version

Context — Ezekiel 6

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
7And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
8Yet will I leave a remnant, in that ye shall have some that escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries.
9And those of you that escape shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captive, how that I have been broken with their lewd heart, which hath departed from me, and with they eyes, which play the harlot after their idols: and they shall loathe themselves in their own sight for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.
10And they shall know that I am Jehovah: I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them.
11Thus 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.
12He 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 wrath upon them.
13And ye shall know that I am Jehovah, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, on all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the places where they offered sweet savor to all their idols.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And they shall know that I [am] the Lord, &c.] As in (<260607>Ezekiel 6:7); [and that] I have not said in vain; either within himself, in his own purposes and decrees; so the Targum, “I have not in vain decreed in my word;” or by the mouth of the prophets: that I would do this evil unto them; in carrying them captive, and dispersing them in other lands; for this is not the evil of sin, but the evil of punishment, or of affliction.”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“In vain - Either without cause, the sufferers gave him just cause to pronounce that evil; or without effect. Their sins where the cause, and their destruction is the effect of their sufferings. Ezekiel 6:11”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Eze 6:7, Eze 14:22, Eze 14:23; Jer 5:12-14, Jer 44:28; Dan 9:12; Zac 1:6 Ezekiel 6:11”
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