Ezekiel 6:10
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New International Version (©2011)
And they will know that I am the LORD; I did not threaten in vain to bring this calamity on them.

New Living Translation (©2007)
They will know that I alone am the LORD and that I was serious when I said I would bring this calamity on them.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And they shall know that I am the LORD. I have not said in vain that I would do this evil to them.”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"Then they will know that I am the LORD; I have not said in vain that I would inflict this disaster on them."'

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And they shall know that I am the LORD, and that I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
And they will know that I am the LORD; I did not threaten to bring this disaster on them without a reason."

International Standard Version (©2012)
Then they'll know that I am the LORD. I didn't declare this evil that's intended for them without a reason.'"

NET Bible (©2006)
They will know that I am the LORD; my threats to bring this catastrophe on them were not empty.'

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Then you will know that I am the LORD and that the disaster I promised was not an empty threat.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And they shall know that I am the LORD, and that I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them.

American King James Version
And they shall know that I am the LORD, and that I have not said in vain that I would do this evil to them.

American Standard Version
And they shall know that I am Jehovah: I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they shall know that I the Lord have not spoken in vain that I would do this evil to them.

Darby Bible Translation
And they shall know that I am Jehovah: I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them.

English Revised Version
And they shall know that I am the LORD: I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they shall know that I am the LORD, and that I have not said in vain that I would do this evil to them.

World English Bible
They shall know that I am Yahweh: I have not said in vain that I would do this evil to them.

Young's Literal Translation
And they have known that I am Jehovah, Not for nought have I spoken to do to them this evil.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

6:8-10 A remnant of Israel should be left; at length they should remember the Lord, their obligations to him, and rebellion against him. True penitents see sin to be that abominable thing which the Lord hates. Those who truly loathe sin, loathe themselves because of sin. They give glory to God by their repentance. Whatever brings men to remember Him, and their sins against him, should be regarded as a blessing.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 10. - I have not said in vain, etc. The thought of that self-loathing and repentance reconciles Ezekiel to his work. To "labour in vain" is the great misery of all workers for God. A time will come when he shall see that God has not sent him to such a work "in vain." What before was dark will be made clear unto him (comp. Ezekiel 14:23). Ezekiel's words, "not in vain," are echoed frequently by St. Paul (1 Corinthians 15:14, 58; 2 Corinthians 6:1; Philippians 2:16, et al.). The corresponding phrase, "I have broken their eyes," sounds strange to us; but, after all, the heart is not literally broken more than the eyes, and figuratively the same words may be applied to either, so that there is no need for supposing, with some critics, that a more appropriate verb has been dropped out. Eyes and heart were alike involved in the sin (Ezekiel 20:7, 8, 24; Numbers 15:39), and both came under the same chastisement that was to lead them to repentance.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they shall know that I am the Lord,.... As in Ezekiel 6:7;

and that I have not said in vain; either within himself, in his own purposes and decrees; so the Targum,

"I have not in vain decreed in my word;''

or by the mouth of the prophets:

that I would do this evil unto them; in carrying them captive, and dispersing them in other lands; for this is not the evil of sin, but the evil of punishment, or of affliction.

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A Remnant Shall Be Blessed
8Yet will I leave a remnant, that you may have some that shall escape the sword among the nations, when you shall be scattered through the countries. 9And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations where they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which has departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall loathe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations. 10And they shall know that I am the LORD, and that I have not said in vain that I would do this evil to them. …

Ezekiel 6:9 Then in the nations where they have been carried captive, those who escape will remember me--how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts, which have turned away from me, and by their eyes, which have lusted after their idols. They will loathe themselves for the evil they have done and for all their detestable practices.
Ezekiel 6:11 "'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Strike your hands together and stamp your feet and cry out "Alas!" because of all the wicked and detestable practices of the people of Israel, for they will fall by the sword, famine and plague.
Ezekiel 12:25 But I the LORD will speak what I will, and it shall be fulfilled without delay. For in your days, you rebellious people, I will fulfill whatever I say, declares the Sovereign LORD.'"