Ezekiel 22:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Can thy heart endure, or can thy hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I, Jehovah, have spoken it, and will do it.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֲיַעֲמֹ֤ד לִבֵּךְ֙ אִם־תֶּחֱזַ֣קְנָה יָדַ֔יִךְ לַיָּמִ֕ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲנִ֖י עֹשֶׂ֣ה אוֹתָ֑ךְ אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה דִּבַּ֥רְתִּי וְעָשִֽׂיתִי׃

Transliteration

Will yaʿămōḏ your libbēḵ if-teḥĕzaqnāh your yāḏayiḵ for the yāmîm which I ʿōśeh with you? I YHWH have dibbartî and ʿāśîṯî

Grammar Details

• *yaʿămōḏ*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - 'it will stand/endure'
• *libbēḵ*: masculine singular noun with 2nd feminine singular suffix - 'your heart'
• *teḥĕzaqnāh*: qal imperfect, 3rd feminine plural - 'they will be strong'
• *yāḏayiḵ*: feminine dual noun with 2nd feminine singular suffix - 'your hands'
• *yāmîm*: masculine plural noun with definite article - 'the days'
• *ʿōśeh*: qal participle, masculine singular - 'doing/dealing'
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - 'Yahweh/LORD'
• *dibbartî*: piel perfect, 1st singular - 'I have spoken'
• *ʿāśîṯî*: qal perfect, 1st singular - 'I have done/will do'

Word Meanings

• *yaʿămōḏ*: will stand/will endure/will remain firm
• *libbēḵ*: your heart/your courage/your resolve
• *teḥĕzaqnāh*: will be strong/will prevail/will hold firm
• *yāḏayiḵ*: your hands/your strength/your power
• *yāmîm*: days/time period

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 17:24 : 24 And all the trees of the field shall know that I, Jehovah, have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish; I, Jehovah, have spoken and have done it.
• Ezek 21:7 : 7 And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt say, Because of the tidings, for it cometh; and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and it shall be done, saith the Lord Jehovah.
• Ezek 24:14 : 14 I, Jehovah, have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it: I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord Jehovah.
• Ezek 28:9 : 9 Will you yet say before him that slays you, I am God? but you are man, and not God, in the hand of him that woundeth you.
• Mark 13:31 : 31 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
• 1 Cor 10:22 : 22 Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
• Heb 10:31 : 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
• 1 Sam 15:29 : 29 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent.
• Job 40:9 : 9 Or hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
• Isa 31:3 : 3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit: and when Jehovah shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall stumble, and he that is helped shall fall, and they all shall be consumed together.
• Isa 45:9 : 9 Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
• Jer 13:21 : 21 What wilt thou say, when he shall set over thee as head those whom thou hast thyself taught to be friends to thee? shall not sorrows take hold of thee, as of a woman in travail?
• Ezek 5:13 : 13 Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my wrath toward them to rest, and I shall be comforted; and they shall know that I, Jehovah, have spoken in my zeal, when I have accomplished my wrath upon them.