Ezekiel 6:14

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12 He who is far off shall die by the pestilence, he who is near shall fall by the sword, and he who remains and is besieged shall die by the famine. ^aThus will I spend My fury upon them.

13 Then you shall know that I am the Lord, when their slain are among their idols all around their altars, ^aon every high hill, ^bon all the mountaintops, ^cunder every green tree, and under every thick oak, wherever they offered sweet incense to all their idols.

14 So I will ^astretch out My hand against them and make the land desolate, yes, more desolate than the wilderness toward ^bDiblah, in all their dwelling places. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.’ ” ’ ”

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Adam Clarke

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Ezekiel 6:14

And make the land - more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath - Diblath or Diblathayim is situated in the land of Moab. It is mentioned Numbers 33:46, Almon-Diblathaim; and in Jeremiah 48:22, Beth-Diblathaim. It was a part of that horrible wilderness mentioned by Moses, Deuteronomy 8:15, "wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought." The precise reason why it is mentioned here is not very evident. Some think it is the same as Riblah, where Nebuchadnezzar slew the princes of Israel, and put out Zedekiah' s eyes; the principal difference lying between the daleth and the resh , which in MSS. is often scarcely discernible; and hence vast multitudes of various readings. Five, probably six, of Kennicott' s MSS. have riblathah , as likewise two of my oldest MSS.; though in the margin of one a later hand directs the word to be read bedaleth , with daleth. But all the Versions read the word with a D. This may appear a matter of little importance, but we should take pains to recover even one lost letter of the word of God.

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