Ezekiel 2:4
2:4 The people to whom I am sending you are obstinate and hard-hearted, and you must say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says.’
Ezekiel 3:11-12
3:11 Go to the exiles, to your fellow countrymen, and speak to them – say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says,’ whether they pay attention or not.”
Ezekiel Before the Exiles
3:12 Then a wind lifted me up and I heard a great rumbling sound behind me as the glory of the Lord rose from its place,
Ezekiel 3:14
3:14 A wind lifted me up and carried me away. I went bitterly, my spirit full of fury, and the hand of the Lord rested powerfully on me.
Ezekiel 3:22
Isolated and Silenced
3:22 The hand of the Lord rested on me there, and he said to me, “Get up, go out to the valley, and I will speak with you there.”
Ezekiel 3:24
3:24 Then a wind came into me and stood me on my feet. The Lord spoke to me and said, “Go shut yourself in your house.
Ezekiel 4:13
4:13 And the Lord said, “This is how the people of Israel will eat their unclean food among the nations where I will banish them.”
Ezekiel 5:5
5:5 “This is what the sovereign Lord says: This is Jerusalem; I placed her in the center of the nations with countries all around her.
Ezekiel 5:8
5:8 “Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: I – even I – am against you, and I will execute judgment among you while the nations watch.
Ezekiel 8:14
8:14 Then he brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the Lord’s house. I noticed women sitting there weeping for Tammuz.
Ezekiel 11:2
11:2 The Lord said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked advice in this city.
Ezekiel 11:10
11:10 You will die by the sword; I will judge you at the border of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 11:21
11:21 But those whose hearts are devoted to detestable things and abominations, I hereby repay them for what they have done, says the sovereign Lord.”
Ezekiel 12:10
12:10 Say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: The prince will raise this burden in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel within it.’
Ezekiel 12:15
12:15 “Then they will know that I am the Lord when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them among foreign countries.
Ezekiel 12:20
12:20 The inhabited towns will be left in ruins and the land will be devastated. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”
Ezekiel 13:2-3
13:2 “Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who are now prophesying. Say to the prophets who prophesy from their imagination: ‘Hear the word of the Lord!
13:3 This is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit but have seen nothing!
Ezekiel 13:7
13:7 Have you not seen a false vision and announced a lying omen when you say, “the Lord declares,” although I myself never spoke?
Ezekiel 13:16
13:16 those prophets of Israel who would prophesy about Jerusalem and would see visions of peace for it, when there was no peace,” declares the sovereign Lord.’
Ezekiel 13:23
13:23 Therefore you will no longer see false visions and practice divination. I will rescue my people from your power, and you will know that I am the Lord.’”
Ezekiel 14:6
14:6 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Return! Turn from your idols, and turn your faces away from your abominations.
Ezekiel 14:14
14:14 Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would save only their own lives by their righteousness, declares the sovereign Lord.
Ezekiel 16:14
16:14 Your fame spread among the nations because of your beauty; your beauty was perfect because of the splendor which I bestowed on you, declares the sovereign Lord.
Ezekiel 16:30
16:30 “‘How sick is your heart, declares the sovereign Lord, when you perform all of these acts, the deeds of a bold prostitute.
Ezekiel 16:48
16:48 As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, your sister Sodom and her daughters never behaved as wickedly as you and your daughters have behaved.
Ezekiel 16:59
16:59 “‘For this is what the sovereign Lord says: I will deal with you according to what you have done when you despised your oath by breaking your covenant.
Ezekiel 16:63
16:63 Then you will remember, be ashamed, and remain silent when I make atonement for all you have done, declares the sovereign Lord.’”
Ezekiel 17:19
17:19 “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: As surely as I live, I will certainly repay him for despising my oath and breaking my covenant!
Ezekiel 18:9
18:9 and follows my statutes and observes my regulations by carrying them out. That man is righteous; he will certainly live, declares the sovereign Lord.
Ezekiel 18:23
18:23 Do I actually delight in the death of the wicked, declares the sovereign Lord? Do I not prefer that he turn from his wicked conduct and live?
Ezekiel 18:25
18:25 “Yet you say, ‘The Lord’s conduct is unjust!’ Hear, O house of Israel: Is my conduct unjust? Is it not your conduct that is unjust?
Ezekiel 20:12
20:12 I also gave them my Sabbaths as a reminder of our relationship, so that they would know that I, the Lord, sanctify them.
Ezekiel 20:20
20:20 Treat my Sabbaths as holy and they will be a reminder of our relationship, and then you will know that I am the Lord your God.”
Ezekiel 20:30
20:30 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Will you defile yourselves like your fathers and engage in prostitution with detestable idols?
Ezekiel 20:42
20:42 Then you will know that I am the Lord when I bring you to the land of Israel, to the land I swore to give to your fathers.
Ezekiel 20:49
20:49 Then I said, “O sovereign Lord! They are saying of me, ‘Does he not simply speak in eloquent figures of speech?’”
Ezekiel 21:5
21:5 Then everyone will know that I am the Lord, who drew my sword from its sheath – it will not be sheathed again!’
Ezekiel 21:9
21:9 “Son of man, prophesy and say: ‘This is what the Lord says: “‘A sword, a sword is sharpened,
and also polished.
Ezekiel 21:13
21:13 “‘For testing will come, and what will happen when the scepter, which the sword despises, is no more? declares the sovereign Lord.’
Ezekiel 21:26
21:26 this is what the sovereign Lord says:
Tear off the turban,
take off the crown!
Things must change!
Exalt the lowly,
bring down the proud!
Ezekiel 21:32
21:32 You will become fuel for the fire –
your blood will stain the middle of the land;
you will no longer be remembered,
for I, the Lord, have spoken.’”
Ezekiel 22:14
22:14 Can your heart endure, or can your hands be strong when I deal with you? I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will do it!
Ezekiel 22:16
22:16 You will be profaned within yourself in the sight of the nations; then you will know that I am the Lord.’”
Ezekiel 22:19
22:19 Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: ‘Because all of you have become slag, look out! – I am about to gather you in the middle of Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 23:34
23:34 You will drain it dry, gnaw its pieces, and tear out your breasts, for I have spoken, declares the sovereign Lord.
Ezekiel 23:36
23:36 The Lord said to me: “Son of man, are you willing to pronounce judgment on Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominable deeds!
Ezekiel 23:46
23:46 “For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Bring up an army against them and subject them to terror and plunder.
Ezekiel 23:49--24:1
23:49 They will repay you for your obscene conduct, and you will be punished for idol worship. Then you will know that I am the sovereign Lord.”
The Boiling Pot
24:1 The word of the Lord came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month:
Ezekiel 24:9
24:9 “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says:
Woe to the city of bloodshed!
I will also make the pile high.
Ezekiel 25:5-6
25:5 I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels and Ammon a resting place for sheep. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
25:6 For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Because you clapped your hands, stamped your feet, and rejoiced with intense scorn over the land of Israel,
Ezekiel 25:8
A Prophecy Against Moab
25:8 “This is what the sovereign Lord says: ‘Moab and Seir say, “Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations.”
Ezekiel 25:12
A Prophecy Against Edom
25:12 “This is what the sovereign Lord says: ‘Edom has taken vengeance against the house of Judah; they have made themselves fully culpable by taking vengeance on them.
Ezekiel 25:15
A Prophecy Against Philistia
25:15 “This is what the sovereign Lord says: ‘The Philistines have exacted merciless revenge, showing intense scorn in their effort to destroy Judah with unrelenting hostility.
Ezekiel 25:17
25:17 I will exact great vengeance upon them with angry rebukes. Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I exact my vengeance upon them.’”
Ezekiel 26:6
26:6 and her daughters who are in the field will be slaughtered by the sword. Then they will know that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 26:21
26:21 I will bring terrors on you, and you will be no more! Though you are sought after, you will never be found again, declares the sovereign Lord.”
Ezekiel 28:10
28:10 You will die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of foreigners;
for I have spoken, declares the sovereign Lord.’”
Ezekiel 29:1
A Prophecy Against Egypt
29:1 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:
Ezekiel 29:6
29:6 Then all those living in Egypt will know that I am the Lord
because they were a reed staff for the house of Israel;
Ezekiel 29:8
29:8 “‘Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will kill every person and every animal.
Ezekiel 29:13
29:13 “‘For this is what the sovereign Lord says: At the end of forty years I will gather Egypt from the peoples where they were scattered.
Ezekiel 29:17
29:17 In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:
Ezekiel 29:20
29:20 I have given him the land of Egypt as his compensation for attacking Tyre, because they did it for me, declares the sovereign Lord.
Ezekiel 30:8
30:8 They will know that I am the Lord
when I ignite a fire in Egypt
and all her allies are defeated.
Ezekiel 30:10
30:10 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:
I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt,
by the hand of King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon.
Ezekiel 30:20
30:20 In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:
Ezekiel 30:26--31:1
30:26 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among foreign countries. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”
A Cedar in Lebanon
31:1 In the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:
Ezekiel 31:10
31:10 “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Because it was tall in stature, and its top reached into the clouds, and it was proud of its height,
Ezekiel 32:1
Lamentation over Pharaoh and Egypt
32:1 In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:
Ezekiel 32:8
32:8 I will darken all the lights in the sky over you,
and I will darken your land,
declares the sovereign Lord.
Ezekiel 32:31
32:31 “Pharaoh will see them and be consoled over all his hordes who were killed by the sword, Pharaoh and all his army, declares the sovereign Lord.
Ezekiel 33:17
33:17 “Yet your people say, ‘The behavior of the Lord is not right,’ when it is their behavior that is not right.
Ezekiel 33:20
33:20 Yet you say, ‘The behavior of the Lord is not right.’ House of Israel, I will judge each of you according to his behavior.”
Ezekiel 33:29
33:29 Then they will know that I am the Lord when I turn the land into a desolate ruin because of all the abominable deeds they have committed.’
Ezekiel 34:17
34:17 “‘As for you, my sheep, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to judge between one sheep and another, between rams and goats.
Ezekiel 34:20
34:20 “‘Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says to them: Look, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.
Ezekiel 34:31
34:31 And you, my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are my people, and I am your God, declares the sovereign Lord.’”
Ezekiel 35:9-10
35:9 I will turn you into a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
35:10 “‘You said, “These two nations, these two lands will be mine, and we will possess them,” – although the Lord was there –
Ezekiel 36:1-2
Blessings on the Mountains of Israel
36:1 “As for you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say: ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord!
36:2 This is what the sovereign Lord says: The enemy has spoken against you, saying “Aha!” and, “The ancient heights have become our property!”’
Ezekiel 36:13
36:13 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Because they are saying to you, “You are a devourer of men, and bereave your nation of children,”
Ezekiel 36:32-33
36:32 Understand that it is not for your sake I am about to act, declares the sovereign Lord. Be ashamed and embarrassed by your behavior, O house of Israel.
36:33 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: In the day I cleanse you from all your sins, I will populate the cities and the ruins will be rebuilt.
Ezekiel 37:5
37:5 This is what the sovereign Lord says to these bones: Look, I am about to infuse breath into you and you will live.
Ezekiel 37:13
37:13 Then you will know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves and raise you from your graves, my people.
Ezekiel 38:3
38:3 and say: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am against you, Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.
Ezekiel 38:10
38:10 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: On that day thoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil plan.
Ezekiel 38:18
38:18 On that day, when Gog invades the land of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord, my rage will mount up in my anger.
Ezekiel 38:21
38:21 I will call for a sword to attack Gog on all my mountains, declares the sovereign Lord; every man’s sword will be against his brother.
Ezekiel 38:23
38:23 I will exalt and magnify myself; I will reveal myself before many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord.’
Ezekiel 39:6
39:6 I will send fire on Magog and those who live securely in the coastlands; then they will know that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 39:8
39:8 Realize that it is coming and it will be done, declares the sovereign Lord. It is the day I have spoken about.
Ezekiel 39:13
39:13 All the people of the land will bury them, and it will be a memorial for them on the day I magnify myself, declares the sovereign Lord.
Ezekiel 39:20
39:20 You will fill up at my table with horses and charioteers, with warriors and all the soldiers,’ declares the sovereign Lord.
Ezekiel 39:29
39:29 I will no longer hide my face from them, when I pour out my Spirit on the house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord.”
Ezekiel 43:5
43:5 Then a wind lifted me up and brought me to the inner court; I watched the glory of the Lord filling the temple.
Ezekiel 44:6
44:6 Say to the rebellious, to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Enough of all your abominable practices, O house of Israel!
Ezekiel 44:27
44:27 On the day he enters the sanctuary, into the inner court to serve in the sanctuary, he must offer his sin offering, declares the sovereign Lord.
Ezekiel 46:3-4
46:3 The people of the land will bow down at the entrance of that gate before the Lord on the Sabbaths and on the new moons.
46:4 The burnt offering which the prince will offer to the Lord on the Sabbath day will be six unblemished lambs and one unblemished ram.
Ezekiel 46:13
46:13 “‘You will provide a lamb a year old without blemish for a burnt offering daily to the Lord; morning by morning he will provide it.
Ezekiel 48:9
48:9 The allotment you set apart to the Lord will be eight and a quarter miles in length and three and one-third miles in width.
Ezekiel 48:14
48:14 They must not sell or exchange any of it; they must not transfer this choice portion of land, for it is set apart to the Lord.
Ezekiel 48:29
48:29 This is the land which you will allot to the tribes of Israel, and these are their portions, declares the sovereign Lord.
Ezekiel 48:35
48:35 The circumference of the city will be six miles. The name of the city from that day forward will be: ‘The Lord Is There.’”