Ezekiel 17:19
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head.
KJV
Propterea hæc dicit Dominus Deus : Vivo ego, quoniam juramentum quod sprevit, et fœdus quod prævaricatus est, ponam in caput ejus.
Vulgate
διὰ τοῦτο εἰπόν Τάδε λέγει Κύριος Ζῶ ἐγὼ ἐὰν μὴ τὴν ὁρκωμοσίαν μου ἣν ἠτίμωσεν, καὶ τὴν διαθήκην μου ἣν παρέβη, καὶ δώσω αὐτὴν εἰς κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ.
LXX
Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, I will even bring it upon his own head.
ASV
לָ/כֵ֞ן כֹּה אָמַ֨ר אֲדֹנָ֣/י יְהוִה֮ חַי אָנִי֒ אִם לֹ֗א אָֽלָתִ/י֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּזָ֔ה וּ/בְרִיתִ֖/י אֲשֶׁ֣ר הֵפִ֑יר וּ/נְתַתִּ֖י/ו בְּ/רֹאשֽׁ/וֹ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 2:44 — The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;
- Deut 5:11 — Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
- Ezek 16:59 — For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant.
- Ezek 21:25 — And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,
- Jer 5:2 — And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.
- Jer 5:9 — Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
- Jer 27:8 — And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that na