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Judgment on Jerusalem

Ezekiel 16:40

In 11 translations

BSB
They will bring a mob against you, who will stone you and cut you to pieces with their swords.
KJV
They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords.
WEB
They will also bring up a company against you, and they will stone you with stones, and thrust you through with their swords.
ASV
They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords.
LSV
And have caused an assembly to come up against you, || And stoned you with stones, || And thrust you through with their swords,
YLT
And have caused an assembly to come up against thee, And stoned thee with stones, And thrust thee through with their swords,
DBY
And they shall bring up an assemblage against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords.
DRC
And they shall bring upon thee a multitude, and they shall stone thee with stones, and shall slay thee with their swords.
GNV
They shall also bring vp a company against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swordes.
JPS
They shall also bring up an assembly against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords.
LXXE
And they shall bring multitudes upon thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and pierce thee with their swords.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְהֶעֱל֤וּ עָלַ֨יִךְ֙ קָהָ֔ל וְרָגְמ֥וּ אוֹתָ֖ךְ בָּאָ֑בֶן וּבִתְּק֖וּךְ בְּחַרְבוֹתָֽם׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἄξουσιν ἐπὶ σὲ ὄχλους, καὶ λιθοβολήσουσί σε ἐν λίθοις, καὶ κατασφάξουσί σε ἐν τοῖς ξίφεσιν αὐτῶν.

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  • Ezekiel 23:47The mob will stone them and cut them down with their swords. They will kill their sons and daughters and burn down their houses.
  • Habakkuk 1:6–10For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans — that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own. They are dreaded and feared; from themselves they derive…
  • Ezekiel 23:10They exposed her nakedness, seized her sons and daughters, and put her to the sword. Thus she became a byword among women, and they executed judgment against her.
  • John 8:5–7In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such a woman. So what do You say?” They said this to test Him, in order to have a basis for accusing Him. But Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with His finger.…
  • Ezekiel 24:21Tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of your soul. And the sons and daughters you left…
  • Jeremiah 25:9behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the…

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