Ezekiel 18:30

American Standard Version (1901)

Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord Jehovah. Return ye, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לָכֵן֩ אִ֨ישׁ כִּדְרָכָ֜יו אֶשְׁפֹּ֤ט אֶתְכֶם֙ בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֑ה שׁ֤וּבוּ וְהָשִׁ֙יבוּ֙ מִכָּל־פִּשְׁעֵיכֶ֔ם וְלֹֽא־יִהְיֶ֥ה לָכֶ֛ם לְמִכְשׁ֖וֹל עָוֺֽן׃

Transliteration

lākēn ʾîš ki- dərākāyw ʾešpōṭ ʾetkem bêt yiśrāʾēl nəʾum ʾădōnāy YHWH šûbû wə- hāšîbû mi- kol-pišʿêkem wə- lōʾ-yihyeh lākem lə- mikšôl ʿāwōn

Grammar Details

• *lākēn*: adverb - therefore
• *ʾîš*: masculine singular noun - man
• *ki-*: preposition - according to
• *dərākāyw*: feminine plural noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his ways
• *ʾešpōṭ*: Qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will judge
• *ʾetkem*: direct object marker with 2nd masculine plural suffix - you
• *bêt*: masculine singular construct - house of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *nəʾum*: construct state, masculine singular - declaration of
• *ʾădōnāy*: divine title - Lord
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *šûbû*: Qal imperative masculine plural - return
• *wə-*: conjunction - and
• *hāšîbû*: Hiphil imperative masculine plural - cause to return
• *mi-*: preposition - from
• *kol*: construct state, masculine singular - all of
• *pišʿêkem*: masculine plural noun with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your transgressions
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *yihyeh*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - it will be
• *lākem*: preposition with 2nd masculine plural suffix - to you
• *lə-*: preposition - for
• *mikšôl*: masculine singular construct - stumbling block of
• *ʿāwōn*: masculine singular noun - iniquity

Word Meanings

• *ʾîš* *ki-* *dərākāyw*: each according to his ways/each by his own conduct
• *nəʾum*: declaration/oracle/utterance
• *šûbû*: return/repent/turn back
• *hāšîbû*: turn away/repent/bring back
• *pišʿêkem*: your transgressions/your rebellions/your crimes
• *mikšôl* *ʿāwōn*: stumbling block of iniquity/obstacle of guilt/cause of sin

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 18:21 : 21 But if the wicked turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
• Hos 12:6 : 6 Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep kindness and justice, and wait for thy God continually.
• Joel 2:12-13 : 12 Yet even now, saith Jehovah, turn ye unto me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: 13 and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto Jehovah your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
• Ezek 33:20 : 20 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.
• Ezek 14:6 : 6 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Return ye, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.
• Ezek 7:3 : 3 Now is the end upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways; and I will bring upon thee all thine abominations.
• Luke 13:3 : 3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all in like manner perish.
• Luke 13:5 : 5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
• Rom 2:5 : 5 but after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up for thyself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
• Eccl 12:14 : 14 For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
• Ezek 33:11 : 11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
• Matt 3:2 : 2 Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
• Matt 3:8 : 8 Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of repentance:
• Matt 16:27 : 27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then shall he render unto every man according to his deeds.
• Matt 25:32 : 32 and before him shall be gathered all the nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats;
• Ezek 34:20 : 20 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto them: Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.
• Dan 9:13 : 13 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet have we not entreated the favor of Jehovah our God, that we should turn from our iniquities, and have discernment in thy truth.
• Mal 3:18 : 18 Then shall ye return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
• Ezek 33:9 : 9 Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it, and he turn not from his way; he shall die in his iniquity, but thou hast delivered thy soul.
• Eccl 3:17 : 17 I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
• Ezek 7:8-9 : 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. 9 And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will bring upon thee according to thy ways; and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I, Jehovah, do smite.
• Ezek 7:27 : 27 The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
• 2 Cor 5:10-11 : 10 For we must all be made manifest before the judgment-seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things [done] in the body, according to what he hath done, whether [it be] good or bad. 11 Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are made manifest unto God; and I hope that we are made manifest also in your consciences.
• Gal 6:4-5 : 4 But let each man prove his own work, and then shall he have his glorying in regard of himself alone, and not of his neighbor. 5 For each man shall bear his own burden.
• Jas 1:15 : 15 Then the lust, when it hath conceived, beareth sin: and the sin, when it is fullgrown, bringeth forth death.
• 1 Pet 1:17 : 17 And if ye call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to each man's work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear:
• Rev 2:5 : 5 Remember therefore whence thou art fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I come to thee, and will move thy candlestick out of its place, except thou repent.
• Rev 2:16 : 16 Repent therefore; or else I come to thee quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth.
• Rev 2:21-23 : 21 And I gave her time that she should repent; and she willeth not to repent of her fornication. 22 Behold, I cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of her works. 23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he that searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto each one of you according to your works.
• Rev 20:12 : 12 And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne; and books were opened: and another book was opened, which is [the book] of life: and the dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.
• Rev 22:12 : 12 Behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to render to each man according as his work is.
• Acts 26:20 : 20 but declared both to them of Damascus first and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judaea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.