Ezekiel 13:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Wherefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make [them] fly, and I will tear them from your arms; and I will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make [them] fly.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לָכֵ֞ן כֹּה־אָמַ֣ר ׀ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֗ה הִנְנִ֤י אֶל־כִּסְּתוֹתֵיכֶ֙נָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אַ֠תֵּנָה מְצֹדְד֨וֹת שָׁ֤ם אֶת־הַנְּפָשׁוֹת֙ לְפֹ֣רְח֔וֹת וְקָרַעְתִּ֣י אֹתָ֔ם מֵעַ֖ל זְרוֹעֹֽתֵיכֶ֑ם וְשִׁלַּחְתִּי֙ אֶת־הַנְּפָשׁ֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתֶּ֛ם מְצֹדְד֥וֹת אֶת־נְפָשִׁ֖ים לְפֹרְחֹֽת׃

Transliteration

lāḵēn kōh-ʾāmar ʾĂdōnāy YHWH hinənî ʾel-kissətôtêḵenāh ʾăšer ʾattēnāh məṣōdədôt šām ʾet-ha-nnəpāšôt lə-pōrəḥôt wə-qāraʿtî ʾōtām mēʿal zərôʿōtêḵem wə-šillaḥtî ʾet-ha-nnəpāšôt ʾăšer ʾattem məṣōdədôt ʾet-nəpāšîm lə-pōrəḥōt

Grammar Details

*lāḵēn*: conjunction - therefore
*kōh*: adverb - thus
*ʾāmar*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - said/says
*ʾĂdōnāy*: noun + 1st person plural suffix used as divine title - my Lord
*YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh/LORD
*hinənî*: interjection + 1st person singular suffix - behold me
*ʾel*: preposition - against
*kissətôtêḵenāh*: feminine plural noun + 2nd feminine plural suffix - your bands/pillows
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which
*ʾattēnāh*: 2nd feminine plural independent pronoun - you
*məṣōdədôt*: Piel participle feminine plural - hunting
*šām*: adverb - there
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*ha-nnəpāšôt*: article + feminine plural noun - the souls
*lə-pōrəḥôt*: preposition + Qal participle feminine plural - like birds
*wə-qāraʿtî*: conjunction + Qal perfect 1st person singular - I will tear
*ʾōtām*: direct object marker + 3rd masculine plural suffix - them
*mēʿal*: preposition - from
*zərôʿōtêḵem*: feminine plural noun + 2nd feminine plural suffix - your arms
*wə-šillaḥtî*: conjunction + Piel perfect 1st person singular - I will set free
*ʾattem*: 2nd plural independent pronoun - you
*nəpāšîm*: feminine plural noun - souls
*lə-pōrəḥōt*: preposition + Qal participle feminine plural - like birds

Word Meanings

*kissətôt*: bands/pillows/magic bands
*məṣōdədôt*: hunting/trapping/ensnaring
*pōrəḥôt*: birds/flying things
*qāraʿtî*: I will tear/rip/pull apart
*šillaḥtî*: I will set free/release/let go

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ezek 13:15-16 : 15 Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered [mortar]; and I will say unto you, The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it; 16 [ to wit], the prophets of Israel that prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and that see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Ezek 13:18 : 18 and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the women that sew pillows upon all elbows, and make kerchiefs for the head of [persons of] every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and save souls alive for yourselves?
2 Tim 3:8-9 : 8 And even as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also withstand the truth. Men corrupted in mind, reprobate concerning the faith. 9 But they shall proceed no further. For their folly shall be evident unto all men, as theirs also came to be.
Ezek 13:8-9 : 8 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye have spoken falsehood, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord Jehovah. 9 And my hand shall be against the prophets that see false visions, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the council of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord Jehovah.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Ezek 13:21-23
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21Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
22Because with lies ye have grieved the heart of the righteous, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, and be saved alive;
23therefore ye shall no more see false visions, nor divine divinations: and I will deliver my people out of your hand; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
Ezek 13:17-19
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17And thou, son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people, that prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thou against them,
18and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the women that sew pillows upon all elbows, and make kerchiefs for the head of [persons of] every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and save souls alive for yourselves?
19And ye have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hearken unto lies.
Ezek 32:3-4
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3Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will spread out my net upon thee with a company of many peoples; and they shall bring thee up in my net.
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Ezek 17:20
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Ezek 34:10-11
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10Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my sheep at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the sheep; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; and I will deliver my sheep from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.
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Ezek 39:3-4
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Ezek 21:29
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Ezek 23:46
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Hos 7:12
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Zech 11:4
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Jer 19:7
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13Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because they say unto you, Thou [land] art a devourer of men, and hast been a bereaver of thy nation;
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Ezek 13:8-9
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8Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye have spoken falsehood, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord Jehovah.
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Jer 25:34
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Ezek 22:13
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Ezek 5:11
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Ezek 11:21
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Ezek 6:4
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Ezek 12:14
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Lev 26:30
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Jer 23:2
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Ezek 34:16
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Ezek 25:7
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Ezek 24:16
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Ezek 24:21
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Jer 30:16
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Amos 9:4
67%
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Jer 34:20
67%
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