Ezekiel 11:8Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

Douay-RheimsHebrew (Masoretic text)

You have feared the sword, and I will bring the sword upon you, saith the Lord God.
Douay-Rheims

חֶ֖רֶב יְרֵאתֶ֑ם וְחֶ֙רֶב֙ אָבִ֣יא עֲלֵיכֶ֔ם נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃
Hebrew (Masoretic text)

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Theodoret of Cyrus

5th centuryChurch Father

You have turned the city into a den, teeming with countless corpses, declares God; thus, your aspirations will not be realized, and the conclusion of your days will not be peaceful. Soon, you will fall into the hands of those you dreaded, becoming vulnerable to their sword.

Cross references

Passages read together with this verse.

Prov 10:24That which the wicked feareth, shall come upon him: to the just their desire shall be given.
Isa 24:17Fear, and the pit, and the snare are upon thee, O thou inhabitant of the earth.
Isa 24:18And it shall come to pass, that he that shall flee from the noise of the fear, shall fall into the pit: and he that shall rid himself out of the pit, shall be taken in the snare: for the flood-gates from on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth shall be shaken.
Isa 66:4Wherefore I also will choose their mockeries, and will bring upon them the things they feared: because I called, and there was none that would answer; I have spoken, and they heard not; and they have done evil in my eyes, and have chosen the things that displease me.
Job 3:25For the fear which I feared, hath come upon me: and that which I was afraid of, hath befallen me.
Jer 42:14Saying: No, but we will go into the land of Egypt: where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor suffer hunger: and there we will dwell.
Jer 42:16The sword which you fear, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt: and the famine, whereof you are afraid, shall cleave to you in Egypt, and there you shall die.
Amos 9:1I saw the Lord standing upon the altar, and he said: Strike the hinges, and let the lintels be shook: for there is covetousness in the head of them all, and I will slay the last of them with the sword: there shall be no flight for them: they shall flee, and he that shall flee of them shall not be delivered.