Ezekiel 12:14
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New International Version (©2011)
I will scatter to the winds all those around him--his staff and all his troops--and I will pursue them with drawn sword.

New Living Translation (©2007)
I will scatter his servants and warriors to the four winds and send the sword after them.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And I will scatter toward every wind all who are around him, his helpers and all his troops, and I will unsheathe the sword after them.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"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.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
I will also scatter all the attendants who surround him and all his troops to every direction of the wind, and I will draw a sword to chase after them.

International Standard Version (©2012)
I'll scatter every attendant who surrounds him, along with his entire army, to every wind. When I unsheathe my sword to pursue them,

NET Bible (©2006)
All his retinue--his attendants and his troops--I will scatter to every wind; I will unleash a sword behind them.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
I will scatter in every direction all those who are around him-his staff and all his troops. I will pursue them with my sword.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his troops; and I will draw out the sword after them.

American King James Version
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.

American Standard Version
And I will scatter toward every wind all that are round about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And all that are about him, his guards, and his troops I will scatter into every wind: and I will draw out the sword after them.

Darby Bible Translation
And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his troops; and I will draw out the sword after them.

English Revised Version
And I will scatter toward every wind all that are round about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.

Webster's Bible Translation
And I will scatter towards every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.

World English Bible
I will scatter toward every wind all who are around him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.

Young's Literal Translation
'And all who are round about him to help him, and all his bands, I do scatter to every wind, and a sword I draw out after them.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

12:1-16 By the preparation for removal, and his breaking through the wall of his house at evening, as one desirous to escape from the enemy, the prophet signified the conduct and fate of Zedekiah. When God has delivered us, we must glorify him and edify others, by acknowledging our sins. Those who by afflictions are brought to this, are made to know that God is the Lord, and may help to bring others to know him.

Pulpit Commentary

Verses 14, 15. - And I will scatter. The capture of the king would naturally be followed by the dispersion of his adherents, some of whom would fall by the sword, while a few (Hebrew, men of number, i.e. easily counted) would escape to some neighbouring country, where they might hope to find a refuge. There they would have to tell their tale of shame, and to let the heathen know that Jehovah was thus punishing their abominations (comp. Ezekiel 14:22, 23). The prophecy ends with the familiar formula, They shall knew that I am the Lord.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And I will scatter to every wind all that are about him to help him,.... Either his bodyguards, the men of war that were with him when he fled, Jeremiah 52:7; or his auxiliary troops, the Egyptians, whom he had taken into his pay for his assistance:

and all his bands: or "wings" (w); the wings of his army. The Targum interprets it his army; these were all scattered from him when he was taken, Jeremiah 52:8;

and I will draw out the sword after them: which fled into Egypt, and other countries; so that they did not escape, though they went not into captivity; see Ezekiel 5:12.

(w) "alas militum", Montanus; "alas ejus", Cocceius, Starckius; so Ben Melech.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

14. all … about him—his satellites: his bodyguard.

bands—literally, "the wings" of an army (Isa 8:8).

draw out … sword after them—(See on [1034]Eze 5:2; [1035]Eze 5:12).

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Signs of the Coming Captivity
…13My net also will I spread on him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there. 14And 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. 15And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries. …

2 Kings 25:4 Then the city wall was broken through, and the whole army fled at night through the gate between the two walls near the king's garden, though the Babylonians were surrounding the city. They fled toward the Arabah,
2 Kings 25:5 but the Babylonian army pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho. All his soldiers were separated from him and scattered,
Jeremiah 49:32 Their camels will become plunder, and their large herds will be spoils of war. I will scatter to the winds those who are in distant places and will bring disaster on them from every side," declares the LORD.
Ezekiel 5:2 When the days of your siege come to an end, burn a third of the hair inside the city. Take a third and strike it with the sword all around the city. And scatter a third to the wind. For I will pursue them with drawn sword.
Ezekiel 5:10 Therefore in your midst parents will eat their children, and children will eat their parents. I will inflict punishment on you and will scatter all your survivors to the winds.
Ezekiel 5:12 A third of your people will die of the plague or perish by famine inside you; a third will fall by the sword outside your walls; and a third I will scatter to the winds and pursue with drawn sword.
Ezekiel 17:21 All his choice troops will fall by the sword, and the survivors will be scattered to the winds. Then you will know that I the LORD have spoken.