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Ezekiel 6:7

Old Testament Major Prophet ASV (1901)

What does Ezekiel 6:7 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
Ezekiel 6:7 — American Standard Version

Context — Ezekiel 6

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
4And your altars shall become desolate, and your sun-images shall be broken; and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
5And I will lay the dead bodies of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.
6In all your dwelling-places the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your sun-images may be hewn down, and your works may be abolished.
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.
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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 the slain shall fall in the midst of you, &c.] The word for slain is in the singular number, which perhaps is put for the plural; and so the Septuagint renders it; unless it should design some principal person that should be slain; but, as King Zedekiah was not slain when the city was taken, only his sons and his princes, it seems best to understand it of the multitude that were slain in the midst of the land, not only in Jerusalem, but in all the cities of Judea; and denotes how general and public the destruction would be: and ye shall know that I [am] the Lord; the only true God, and Governor of the world; who only is to be worshipped, feared, and served, and not idols.”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“ye shall know that I am the Lord--and not your idols, lords. Ye shall know Me as the all-powerful Punisher of sin.”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“The force of the words is, “When the slain shall fall in the midst of you, then at last ye shall know that I am the Lord.” So in Ezekiel 6:10 where the knowledge implies a recognition of the merciful intent of Yahweh’s dispensations, and therefore, a hope of restoration. return to 'Top of Page'”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“slain: Eze 9:7; Jer 14:18, Jer 18:21, Jer 25:33; Lam 2:20, Lam 2:21, Lam 4:9 and ye: Eze 6:13, Eze 7:4, Eze 7:9, Eze 11:10, Eze 11:12, Eze 12:15, Eze 13:9, Eze 13:14, Eze 13:21, Eze 13:23, Eze 14:8, Eze 15:7, Eze 20:38, Eze 20:42, Eze 20:44; Eze 23:49, Eze 24:24, Eze 24:27, Eze 25:17, Eze 26:6, Eze 28:23, Eze 30:26, Eze 35:15, Eze 38:23; Exo 7:5; Exo 14:4, Exo 14:18; Kg2 19:19; Psa 83:17, Psa 83:18; Dan 4:35-37, Dan 6:26, Dan 6:27 Ezekiel 6:8”
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