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Ezekiel 19:7
Ezekiel 19:7 is verse 7 of Ezekiel chapter 19, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
He broke down their strongholds and devastated their cities. The land and everything in it shuddered at the sound of his roaring.
Or He knew their widows or He seized their widows
King James Version
And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring.
World English Bible
He knew their palaces, and laid waste their cities. The land was desolate with its fullness, because of the noise of his roaring.
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Ezekiel 19:5–9 · Berean Standard Bible
5 When she saw that she had waited in vain, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.
6 He prowled among the lions, and became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.
7 He broke down their strongholds and devastated their cities. The land and everything in it shuddered at the sound of his roaring.
8 Then the nations set out against him from the provinces on every side. They spread their net over him; he was trapped in their pit.
9 With hooks they caged him and brought him to the king of Babylon. They brought him into captivity so that his roar was heard no longer on the mountains of Israel.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Ezekiel 22:25The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her.
Proverbs 19:12A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
Proverbs 28:3A destitute leader who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no food.
Proverbs 28:15Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.
Proverbs 28:16A leader who lacks judgment is also a great oppressor, but he who hates dishonest profit will prolong his days.
Ezekiel 12:19Then tell the people of the land that this is what the Lord GOD says about those living in Jerusalem and in the land of Israel: ‘They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water in dread, for their land will be stripped of everything in it because of the violence of all who dwell in it.
Ezekiel 30:12I will make the streams dry up and sell the land to the wicked. By the hands of foreigners I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it. I, the LORD, have spoken.
Amos 6:8The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself—the LORD, the God of Hosts, has declared: “I abhor Jacob’s pride and detest his citadels, so I will deliver up the city and everything in it.”
Micah 1:2Hear, O peoples, all of you; listen, O earth, and everyone in it! May the Lord GOD bear witness against you, the Lord from His holy temple.