Ezekiel 17:12

American Standard Version (1901)

Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and brought them to him to Babylon:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֱמָר־נָא֙ לְבֵ֣ית הַמֶּ֔רִי הֲלֹ֥א יְדַעְתֶּ֖ם מָה־אֵ֑לֶּה אֱמֹ֗ר הִנֵּה־בָ֨א מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֤ל יְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ וַיִּקַּ֤ח אֶת־מַלְכָּהּ֙ וְאֶת־שָׂרֶ֔יהָ וַיָּבֵ֥א אוֹתָ֛ם אֵלָ֖יו בָּבֶֽלָה׃

Transliteration

ʾĕmār-nāʾ to bêt the merî not yədaʿtem what-ʾēlleh ʾĕmōr behold-bāʾ melek-Bābel Yərûšālaim and wayyiqqaḥ ʾet-malkāh and ʾet-śāreyhā and wayyābēʾ ʾôtām unto him Bābelâ

Grammar Details

• *ʾĕmār*: qal imperative masculine singular - say/speak
• *nāʾ*: particle of entreaty - please/now
• *bêt*: noun, masculine singular construct - house of
• *merî*: definite noun, masculine singular - rebellion
• *yədaʿtem*: qal perfect 2nd masculine plural - you know
• *ʾēlleh*: demonstrative pronoun, plural - these
• *ʾĕmōr*: qal imperative masculine singular - say/speak
• *bāʾ*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - came
• *melek*: noun, masculine singular construct - king of
• *Bābel*: proper noun - Babylon
• *Yərûšālaim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
• *wayyiqqaḥ*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw-consecutive - took/seized
• *malkāh*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - its king
• *śāreyhā*: noun, masculine plural with 3rd feminine singular suffix - its princes/officials
• *wayyābēʾ*: hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw-consecutive - brought/carried
• *ʾôtām*: direct object marker with 3rd masculine plural suffix - them
• *Bābelâ*: proper noun with directional heh - to Babylon

Word Meanings

• *merî*: rebellion/disobedience/stubbornness
• *yədaʿtem*: you know/understand/perceive
• *bāʾ*: came/went/entered

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 24:19 : 19 And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so?
• Ezek 1:2 : 2 In the fifth [day] of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,
• Ezek 17:3 : 3 and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers, which had divers colors, came unto Lebanon, and took the top of the cedar:
• Ezek 2:3-5 : 3 And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to nations that are rebellious, which have rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me even unto this very day. 4 And the children are impudent and stiffhearted: I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah. 5 And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them.
• Ezek 2:8 : 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 which I give thee.
• Ezek 3:9 : 9 As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.
• Ezek 12:9-9 : 9 Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said unto thee, What doest thou? 10 Say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: This burden [concerneth] the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel among whom they are. 11 Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them; they shall go into exile, into captivity.
• Matt 13:51 : 51 Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea.
• Matt 15:16-17 : 16 And he said, Are ye also even yet without understanding? 17 Perceive ye not, that whatsoever goeth into the mouth passeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
• Matt 16:11 : 11 How is it that ye do not perceive that I spake not to you concerning bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
• Mark 4:13 : 13 And he saith unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how shall ye know all the parables?
• Luke 9:45 : 45 But they understood not this saying, and it was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it; and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.
• Acts 8:30 : 30 And Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
• Exod 12:26 : 26 And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?
• Deut 6:20 : 20 When thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Jehovah our God hath commanded you?
• Josh 4:6 : 6 that this may be a sign among you, that, when your children ask in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?
• Josh 4:21 : 21 And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?
• 2 Kgs 24:10-16 : 10 At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. 11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came unto the city, while his servants were besieging it; 12 and Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign. 13 And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold, which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of Jehovah, as Jehovah had said. 14 And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valor, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths; none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land. 15 And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon; and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the chief men of the land, carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. 16 And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths a thousand, all of them strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
• 2 Chr 36:9-9 : 9 Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah. 10 And at the return of the year king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of Jehovah, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.
• Isa 1:2 : 2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for Jehovah hath spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
• Isa 39:7 : 7 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, whom thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
• Jer 22:24-28 : 24 As I live, saith Jehovah, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence; 25 and I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them of whom thou art afraid, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans. 26 And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die. 27 But to the land whereunto their soul longeth to return, thither shall they not return. 28 Is this man Coniah a despised broken vessel? is he a vessel wherein none delighteth? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into the land which they know not?
• Jer 52:31-34 : 31 And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the [first] year of his reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison; 32 and he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon, 33 and changed his prison garments. And [Jehoiachin] did eat bread before him continually all the days of his life: 34 and for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him by the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.