KJV King James Version
And he spread it before me; and it [was] written within and without: and [there was] written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
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Ezekiel 2:10
And he spread it before me; and it [was] written within and without: and [there was] written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
which He unrolled before me. And written on the front and back of it were words of lamentation, mourning, and woe.
WEB World English Bible
He spread it before me: and it was written within and without; and there were written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
ASV American Standard Version
and he spread it before me: and it was written within and without; and there were written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and He spreadeth it before me, and it is written in front and behind, and written on it are lamentations, and mourning, and woe!
Surrounding context — Ezekiel 2
7 And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they [are] most rebellious.
8 But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee.
9 And when I looked, behold, an hand [was] sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book [was] therein;
10 And he spread it before me; and it [was] written within and without: and [there was] written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
Cross-references
Revelation 8:13And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!Isaiah 3:11Woe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him]: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.Isaiah 30:8-11Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:Revelation 9:12One woe is past; [and], behold, there come two woes more hereafter.Jeremiah 36:29-32And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?Habakkuk 2:2And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make [it] plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.Revelation 11:14The second woe is past; [and], behold, the third woe cometh quickly.
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