Ezekiel 39:21

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“I will display My glory among the nations, and all the nations will see the judgment that I execute and the hand that I lay upon them.”

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BSBPD

“I will display My glory among the nations, and all the nations will see the judgment that I execute and the hand that I lay upon them.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And I will set my glory among the nations; and all the nations shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And I have given My honour among nations, And seen have all the nations My Judgment that I have done, And My hand that I have laid on them.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ezekiel 39:21 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 7:4Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay My hand on Egypt, and by mighty acts of judgment I will bring the divisions of My people the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.
  2. Exodus 8:19“This is the finger of God,” the magicians said to Pharaoh. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.
  3. Exodus 9:16But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power to you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.
  4. Exodus 14:4And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart so that he will pursue them. But I will gain honor by means of Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD.” So this is what the Israelites did.
  5. 1 Samuel 5:7And when the men of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel must not stay here with us, because His hand is heavy upon us and upon our god Dagon.”
  6. 1 Samuel 5:11Then the Ekronites assembled all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel. It must return to its place, so that it will not kill us and our people!” For a deadly confusion had pervaded the city; the hand of God was heavy upon it.
  7. 1 Samuel 6:9but keep watching it. If it goes up the road to its homeland, toward Beth-shemesh, it is the LORD who has brought on us this great disaster. But if it does not, then we will know that it was not His hand that punished us and that it happened by chance.”
  8. Psalms 32:4For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah
  9. Psalms 94:10He who admonishes the nations, does He not discipline? He who teaches man, does He lack knowledge?
  10. Isaiah 26:11O LORD, Your hand is upraised, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame. The fire set for Your enemies will consume them!
  11. Isaiah 37:20And now, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.”
  12. Ezekiel 36:23I will show the holiness of My great name, which has been profaned among the nations—the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the Lord GOD, when I show My holiness in you before their eyes.
  13. Ezekiel 38:16You will advance against My people Israel like a cloud covering the land. It will happen in the latter days, O Gog, that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me when I show Myself holy in you before their eyes.
  14. Ezekiel 38:23I will magnify and sanctify Myself, and will reveal Myself in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
  15. Ezekiel 39:13All the people of the land will bury them, and it will bring them renown on the day I display My glory, declares the Lord GOD.
  16. Malachi 1:5You will see this with your own eyes, and you yourselves will say, ‘The LORD is great—even beyond the borders of Israel.’”
  17. Malachi 1:11For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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