Ezekiel 6:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

the slain. a slain one.

ye shall know that am the LORD, This formula occurs twenty-one times in Ezekiel: five times at the beginning of. verse (Ezekiel 6:13; Ezekiel 11:12; Ezekiel 20:42; Ezekiel 20:44; Ezekiel 37:13); five times in the middle of. verse (7, 9; Ezekiel 15:7; Ezekiel 17:21; Ezekiel 22:22; Ezekiel 37:14); and eleven times at the end of the verse (Ezekiel 6:7; Ezekiel 7:4; Ezekiel 11:10; Ezekiel 12:20; Ezekiel 13:14; Ezekiel 14:8; Ezekiel 20:38; Ezekiel 25:5. Eze 25:35, Ezekiel 25:9; Ezekiel 36:11; Ezekiel 37:6). In two instances, which are thus safe-guarded (see App-93), the verb is feminine. (Ezekiel 13:21; Ezekiel 13:23). Outside Ezekiel it occurs only twice (Exodus 10:2; 1 Kings 20:28). See Ginsburg's Massorah, vol. i, pp 467, 468, 122, 128. For another formula, see note on Ezekiel 6:10, and Ezekiel 13:9.

Ezekiel 6:7

7 And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am the LORD.