13 Therefore My people go into exile for their (A)lack of knowledge;
And [a]their (B)honorable men are famished,
And their multitude is parched with thirst.
14 Therefore (C)Sheol has enlarged its [b]throat and opened its mouth without measure;
And [c]Jerusalem’s splendor, her multitude, her din of revelry and the jubilant within her, descend into it.

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  1. Isaiah 5:13 Lit their glory are men of famine
  2. Isaiah 5:14 Or appetite
  3. Isaiah 5:14 Lit her

13 Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.

14 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.

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11 “Thus says the Lord [a]God, ‘Clap your hand, (A)stamp your foot and say, “(B)Alas, because of all the evil abominations of the house of Israel, which will fall by (C)sword, famine and plague! 12 He who is (D)far off will die by the plague, and he who is near will fall by the sword, and he who remains and is besieged will die by the famine. Thus will I (E)spend My wrath on them.

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  1. Ezekiel 6:11 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord

11 Thus saith the Lord God; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.

12 He 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 fury upon them.

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14 ‘They have (A)blown the trumpet and made everything ready, but no one is going to the battle, for My wrath is against all [a]their multitude.

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  1. Ezekiel 7:14 Lit her

14 They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goeth to the battle: for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.

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