Ezekiel 5:4

Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; [for] thereof shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.

Then take of them again {H3947}, and cast {H7993} them into the midst {H8432} of the fire {H784}, and burn {H8313} them in the fire {H784}; for thereof shall a fire {H784} come forth {H3318} into all the house {H1004} of Israel {H3478}.

Again, of these take some; throw them in the fire, and burn them up; from there a fire will come out against the entire house of Isra'el.

Again, take a few of these, throw them into the fire, and burn them. From there a fire will spread to the whole house of Israel.

And of these again shalt thou take, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; therefrom shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.

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Cross-References

  • Jeremiah 48:45 (2 votes)

    They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.

  • Jeremiah 4:4 (2 votes)

    Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench [it], because of the evil of your doings.

  • 2 Kings 25:25 (2 votes)

    But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.

  • Jeremiah 41:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ Now it came to pass in the seventh month, [that] Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah.

  • Jeremiah 41:18 (2 votes)

    Because of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor in the land.

  • Jeremiah 52:30 (2 votes)

    In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons [were] four thousand and six hundred.