Ezekiel 14:19

American Standard Version (1901)

Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my wrath upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

א֛וֹ דֶּ֥בֶר אֲשַׁלַּ֖ח אֶל־הָאָ֣רֶץ הַהִ֑יא וְשָׁפַכְתִּ֨י חֲמָתִ֤י עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ בְּדָ֔ם לְהַכְרִ֥ית מִמֶּ֖נָּה אָדָ֥ם וּבְהֵמָֽה׃

Transliteration

Or deḇer ʾăšallaḥ to-the-hā-ʾāreṣ the-hahîʾ and-wə-šāp̄aktî ḥămāṯî upon-it with-bə-ḏām to-ləhakrîṯ from-it ʾāḏām and-ḇəhēmāh.

Grammar Details

• *deḇer*: masculine singular - pestilence
• *ʾăšallaḥ*: piel imperfect, 1st common singular - I will send
• *hā-ʾāreṣ*: definite article + feminine singular - the land
• *hahîʾ*: demonstrative adjective with definite article - that
• *wə-šāp̄aktî*: waw consecutive + qal perfect, 1st common singular - and I will pour out
• *ḥămāṯî*: feminine singular + 1st common singular suffix - my wrath
• *bə-ḏām*: preposition + masculine singular - with blood
• *ləhakrîṯ*: preposition + hiphil infinitive construct - to cut off
• *ʾāḏām*: masculine singular - man/mankind
• *ḇəhēmāh*: feminine singular - beast/cattle

Word Meanings

• *deḇer*: pestilence/plague/disease
• *ʾăšallaḥ*: send/dispatch/release
• *šāp̄aktî*: pour out/spill/shed
• *ḥămāṯî*: my wrath/my fury/my anger
• *bə-ḏām*: with blood/in bloodshed/by slaughter
• *ləhakrîṯ*: to cut off/to destroy/to eliminate

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 38:22 : 22 And with pestilence and with blood will I enter into judgment with him; and I will rain upon him, and upon his hordes, and upon the many peoples that are with him, an overflowing shower, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
• Ezek 5:12 : 12 A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee; and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and a third part I will scatter unto all the winds, and will draw out a sword after them.
• Ezek 7:8 : 8 Now will I shortly pour out my wrath upon thee, and accomplish mine anger against thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways; and I will bring upon thee all thine abominations.
• 2 Sam 24:15 : 15 So Jehovah sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed; and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men.
• Jer 14:12 : 12 When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt-offering and meal-offering, I will not accept them; but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
• Jer 21:6 : 6 And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.
• Jer 21:9 : 9 He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he that goeth out, and passeth over to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey.
• Jer 24:10 : 10 And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.
• Num 14:12 : 12 I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a nation greater and mightier than they.
• Num 16:46-50 : 46 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take thy censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and lay incense thereon, and carry it quickly unto the congregation, and make atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from Jehovah; the plague is begun. 47 And Aaron took as Moses spake, and ran into the midst of the assembly; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on the incense, and made atonement for the people. 48 And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed. 49 Now they that died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides them that died about the matter of Korah. 50 And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tent of meeting: and the plague was stayed.
• Deut 28:21-22 : 21 Jehovah will make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest in to possess it. 22 Jehovah will smite thee with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with fiery heat, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
• Deut 28:59-61 : 59 then Jehovah will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance. 60 And he will bring upon thee again all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee. 61 Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will Jehovah bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
• 2 Sam 24:13 : 13 So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thy foes while they pursue thee? or shall there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise thee, and consider what answer I shall return to him that sent me.
• 1 Kgs 8:37 : 37 If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting [or] mildew, locust [or] caterpillar; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be;
• 2 Chr 6:28 : 28 If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting or mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemies besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague or whatsoever sickness there be;
• 2 Chr 7:13 : 13 If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
• 2 Chr 20:9 : 9 If evil come upon us, the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house, and before thee, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, and thou wilt hear and save.
• Ps 91:3 : 3 For he will deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, And from the deadly pestilence.
• Ps 91:6 : 6 For the pestilence that walketh in darkness, Nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
• Isa 37:36 : 36 And the angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand; and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
• Ezek 36:18 : 18 Wherefore I poured out my wrath upon them for the blood which they had poured out upon the land, and because they had defiled it with their idols;
• Amos 4:10 : 10 I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have carried away your horses; and I have made the stench of your camp to come up even into your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.
• Matt 24:7 : 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be famines and earthquakes in divers places.
• Rev 16:3-6 : 3 And the second poured out his bowl into the sea; and it became blood as of a dead man; and every living soul died, [even] the things that were in the sea. 4 And the third poured out his bowl into the rivers and the fountains of the waters; and it became blood. 5 And I heard the angel of the waters saying, Righteous art thou, who art and who wast, thou Holy One, because thou didst thus judge: 6 for they poured out the blood of the saints and the prophets, and blood hast thou given them to drink: they are worthy.