KJV ORIGINAL
And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the LORD have spoken it.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
I'm going to dry up the rivers and hand this land over to evil people. I'll let foreigners come in and destroy everything — the land, the people, all of it. This is me, the LORD, and I'm telling you exactly what's going to happen.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
When God says judgment is coming, it's not a maybe — it's a promise.
📜 Historical Context — Why was this verse written?
The prophet Ezekiel wrote this message primarily to the Jewish exiles in Babylon during the early 6th century BCE. It was prompted by God's pronouncements
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