Reference

Ezekiel 28:23

For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her streets; and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her by the sword upon her on every side; and they shall know that I am the Lord.
21

Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it,

22

And say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Zidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her.

23

For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her streets; and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her by the sword upon her on every side; and they shall know that I am the Lord.

24

And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them, that despised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord God.

25

Thus saith the Lord God; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob.

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Punishment Language
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This verse was identified through meaning similarity — its content is mathematically close to known verses in this theme, even without sharing the same vocabulary.

Literal Fulfillment
Semantic Discovery
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This verse was identified through meaning similarity — its content is mathematically close to known verses in this theme, even without sharing the same vocabulary.

Counter-Arguments

The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.

Punishment Language

The verse describes consequences and actions taken against a city, but it does not explicitly use any of the specific terms listed in the theme definition such as "punish," "vengeance," or "wrath."

Literal Fulfillment

While the verse describes concrete events, the use of "pestilence" and "blood" could be interpreted metaphorically as widespread suffering and violence rather than strictly literal occurrences of disease and bloodshed. The phrase "judged... by the sword upon her on every side" could also be seen as a hyperbolic description of overwhelming military defeat rather than a precise prediction of individual judgments by a physical sword.