Ezekiel 45:9

American Standard Version (1901)

Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute justice and righteousness; take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord Jehovah.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כֹּֽה־אָמַ֞ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֗ה רַב־לָכֶם֙ נְשִׂיאֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל חָמָ֤ס וָשֹׁד֙ הָסִ֔ירוּ וּמִשְׁפָּ֥ט וּצְדָקָ֖ה עֲשׂ֑וּ הָרִ֤ימוּ גְרֻשֹֽׁתֵיכֶם֙ מֵעַ֣ל עַמִּ֔י נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃

Transliteration

Thus amar (says) Adonai YHWH, Enough for you, nesiey (princes of) Yisrael (Israel)! Chamas (violence) and shod (destruction) hasiru (remove), and mishpat (justice) and tzedaqah (righteousness) asu (do); harimu (take away) your gerushoteikem (expulsions) from upon my ami (people), neum (declares) Adonai YHWH.

Grammar Details

• *amar*: Qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - 'says/said'
• *Adonai*: divine title - 'Lord'
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *nesiey*: masculine plural construct - 'princes of'
• *Yisrael*: proper noun - 'Israel'
• *Chamas*: masculine singular noun - 'violence'
• *shod*: masculine singular noun - 'destruction/devastation'
• *hasiru*: Hiphil imperative masculine plural - 'remove/put away'
• *mishpat*: masculine singular noun - 'justice/judgment'
• *tzedaqah*: feminine singular noun - 'righteousness'
• *asu*: Qal imperative masculine plural - 'do/practice'
• *harimu*: Hiphil imperative masculine plural - 'take away/lift off'
• *gerushoteikem*: feminine plural noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - 'your expulsions'
• *ami*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - 'my people'
• *neum*: construct state - 'declaration of'

Word Meanings

• *Chamas*: violence/wrong/injustice
• *shod*: destruction/devastation/robbery
• *hasiru*: remove/put away/turn aside
• *mishpat*: justice/judgment/right
• *tzedaqah*: righteousness/justice
• *gerushoteikem*: your expulsions/your exactions/your evictions

Referenced Verses

• Jer 22:3 : 3 Thus saith Jehovah: Execute ye justice and righteousness, and deliver him that is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the sojourner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place.
• Ezek 44:6 : 6 And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: O ye house of Israel, let it suffice you of all your abominations,
• Zech 8:16 : 16 These are the things that ye shall do: speak ye every man the truth with his neighbor; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates;
• Luke 3:14 : 14 And soldiers also asked him, saying, And we, what must we do? And he said unto them, Extort from no man by violence, neither accuse [any one] wrongfully; and be content with your wages. [
• 1 Cor 6:7-8 : 7 Nay, already it is altogether a defect in you, that ye have lawsuits one with another. Why not rather take wrong? why not rather be defrauded? 8 Nay, but ye yourselves do wrong, and defraud, and that [your] brethren.
• 1 Pet 4:3 : 3 For the time past may suffice to have wrought the desire of the Gentiles, and to have walked in lasciviousness, lusts, winebibbings, revellings, carousings, and abominable idolatries:
• Mic 2:1-2 : 1 Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand. 2 And they covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
• Mic 2:9 : 9 The women of my people ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their young children ye take away my glory for ever.
• Ezek 43:14-16 : 14 And from the bottom upon the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser ledge to the greater ledge shall be four cubits, and the breadth a cubit. 15 And the upper altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth and upward there shall be four horns. 16 And the altar hearth shall be twelve [cubits] long by twelve broad, square in the four sides thereof.
• Neh 5:1-9 : 1 Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. 2 For there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many: let us get grain, that we may eat and live. 3 Some also there were that said, We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses: let us get grain, because of the dearth. 4 There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute [upon] our fields and our vineyards. 5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage [already] : neither is it in our power to help it; for other men have our fields and our vineyards. 6 And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words. 7 Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I held a great assembly against them. 8 And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, that were sold unto the nations; and would ye even sell your brethren, and should they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found never a word. 9 Also I said, The thing that ye do is not good: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies? 10 And I likewise, my brethren and my servants, do lend them money and grain. I pray you, let us leave off this usury. 11 Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their fields, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them. 12 Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do, even as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they would do according to this promise. 13 Also I shook out my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labor, that performeth not this promise; even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the assembly said, Amen, and praised Jehovah. And the people did according to this promise.
• Job 20:19 : 19 For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
• Job 22:9 : 9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
• Job 24:2-9 : 2 There are that remove the landmarks; They violently take away flocks, and feed them. 3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless; They take the widow's ox for a pledge. 4 They turn the needy out of the way: The poor of the earth all hide themselves. 5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert They go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; The wilderness [yieldeth] them bread for their children. 6 They cut their provender in the field; And they glean the vintage of the wicked. 7 They lie all night naked without clothing, And have no covering in the cold. 8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, And embrace the rock for want of a shelter. 9 There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor; 10 [ So that] they go about naked without clothing, And being hungry they carry the sheaves. 11 They make oil within the walls of these men; They tread [their] winepresses, and suffer thirst. 12 From out of the populous city men groan, And the soul of the wounded crieth out: Yet God regardeth not the folly.
• Ps 82:2-5 : 2 How long will ye judge unjustly, And respect the persons of the wicked? {{Selah 3 Judge the poor and fatherless: Do justice to the afflicted and destitute. 4 Rescue the poor and needy: Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked. 5 They know not, neither do they understand; They walk to and fro in darkness: All the foundations of the earth are shaken.
• Isa 1:17 : 17 learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.