Ezekiel 22:31

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I brought upon their heads, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וָאֶשְׁפֹּ֤ךְ עֲלֵיהֶם֙ זַעְמִ֔י בְּאֵ֥שׁ עֶבְרָתִ֖י כִּלִּיתִ֑ים דַּרְכָּם֙ בְּרֹאשָׁ֣ם נָתַ֔תִּי נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהֹוִֽה׃ פ

Transliteration

So I wāʾešpōḵ upon them my zaʿmî, with ʾēš my ʿeḇrāṯî I have killîṯîm; their darkām on their rōʾšām I have nāṯattî, nəʾum ʾăḏōnāy YHWH. p

Grammar Details

*wāʾešpōḵ*: qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 1st singular - 'I poured out'
*zaʿmî*: masculine singular noun with 1st singular suffix - 'my indignation'
*ʾēš*: feminine singular noun - 'fire'
*ʿeḇrāṯî*: feminine singular noun with 1st singular suffix - 'my wrath'
*killîṯîm*: piel perfect, 1st singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - 'I consumed them'
*darkām*: feminine singular noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - 'their way'
*rōʾšām*: masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - 'their head'
*nāṯattî*: qal perfect, 1st singular - 'I have given/placed'
*nəʾum*: construct masculine singular noun - 'declaration of'
*ʾăḏōnāy*: noun with 1st plural suffix as divine title - 'my Lord'
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - 'Yahweh/LORD'
*p*: Hebrew paragraph marker

Word Meanings

*wāʾešpōḵ*: I poured out/I spilled
*zaʿmî*: my indignation/my fury/my wrath
*ʿeḇrāṯî*: my wrath/my fury/my overflowing anger
*killîṯîm*: I consumed them/I destroyed them/I finished them
*darkām* on their *rōʾšām*: their way on their head (idiom for retribution)

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Referenced Verses

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 9:10 : 10 And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will bring their way upon their head.
Ezek 16:43 : 43 Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast raged against me in all these things; therefore, behold, I also will bring thy way upon thy head, saith the Lord Jehovah: and thou shalt not commit this lewdness with all thine 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.
Rom 2:8-9 : 8 but unto them that are factious, and obey not the truth, but obey unrighteousness, [shall be] wrath and indignation, 9 tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that worketh evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek;
Ezek 22:21-22 : 21 Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you with the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof. 22 As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I, Jehovah, have poured out my wrath upon you.
Ezek 11:21 : 21 But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord Jehovah.

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