And I will scatter to every wind all the attendants around him and all his troops, and I will draw a sword to chase after them.
Parallel translations
- WEB I will scatter toward every wind all who are around him to help him, and all his bands. I will draw out the sword after them.
- KJV And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.
- NKJV I will scatter to every wind all who are around him to help him, and all his troops; and I will draw out the sword after them.
- NASB And I will scatter to every wind all who are around him, his helpers and all his troops; and I will draw out a sword after them.
- NLT I will scatter his servants and warriors to the four winds and send the sword after them.
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Quick answer
God will scatter to every wind all the king's helpers and pursue them with the sword.
Overview
The royal guard and attendants who flee with Zedekiah will be dispersed and cut down. The scattering fulfills the covenant curses for persistent disobedience (Lev. 26:33; Deut. 28:64). It shows that those who trust in human alliances rather than God share in his downfall.
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- Ezek 5:2When the days of the siege have ended, you are to burn up a third of the hair inside the city; you are also to take a third and slash it with the sword all around the city; and you are to scatter a third to the wind. For I will unleash a sword behind them.
- 2 Kgs 25:4–5Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,
- Ezek 17:21All his choice troops will fall by the sword, and those who survive will be scattered to every wind. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken.’
- Lev 26:33But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.
- Ezek 14:21For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem My four dire judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—in order to cut off from it both man and beast?
- Ezek 14:17Or if I bring a sword against that land and say, ‘Let a sword pass through it,’ so that I cut off from it both man and beast,
- Jer 42:22Now therefore, know for sure that by sword and famine and plague you will die in the place where you desire to go to reside.”
- Jer 42:16then the sword you fear will overtake you there, and the famine you dread will follow on your heels into Egypt, and you will die there.
- Ezek 5:10–12As a result, fathers among you will eat their sons, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments against you and scatter all your remnant to every wind.’
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