Ezekiel 25:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel; and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my wrath; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord Jehovah.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְנָתַתִּ֨י אֶת־נִקְמָתִ֜י בֶּאֱד֗וֹם בְּיַד֙ עַמִּ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְעָשׂ֣וּ בֶאֱד֔וֹם כְּאַפִּ֖י וְכַחֲמָתִ֑י וְיָֽדְעוּ֙ אֶת־נִקְמָתִ֔י נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃

Transliteration

wənātattî ʾet-niqmātî beʾĕdôm bəyad ʿammî yiśrāʾēl wəʿāśû beʾĕdôm kəʾappî wəkaḥămātî wəyādəʿû ʾet-niqmātî nəʾum ʾădōnāy YHWH

Grammar Details

• *wənātattî*: waw conjunction + qal perfect, 1st common singular - and I will put
• *ʾet*-*niqmātî*: direct object marker + noun feminine singular construct + 1st common singular suffix - my vengeance
• *beʾĕdôm*: preposition + proper noun - to Edom
• *bəyad*: preposition + noun feminine singular construct - by the hand of
• *ʿammî*: noun masculine singular construct + 1st common singular suffix - my people
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *wəʿāśû*: waw conjunction + qal perfect, 3rd common plural - and they will do
• *kəʾappî*: preposition + noun masculine singular construct + 1st common singular suffix - according to my anger
• *wəkaḥămātî*: waw conjunction + preposition + noun feminine singular construct + 1st common singular suffix - and according to my wrath
• *wəyādəʿû*: waw conjunction + qal perfect, 3rd common plural - and they will know
• *nəʾum*: noun masculine singular construct - declaration of
• *ʾădōnāy* *YHWH*: divine title + name - Lord YHWH/Sovereign LORD

Word Meanings

• *wənātattî* *ʾet*-*niqmātî*: I will put my vengeance/I will execute my retribution
• *kəʾappî* *wəkaḥămātî*: according to my anger and my wrath/with my fierce rage
• *nəʾum*: declaration of/utterance of/oracle of

Referenced Verses

• Isa 11:14 : 14 And they shall fly down upon the shoulder of the Philistines on the west; together shall they despoil the children of the east: they shall put forth their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.
• Isa 63:1-6 : 1 Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, marching in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. 2 Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winevat? 3 I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the peoples there was no man with me: yea, I trod them in mine anger, and trampled them in my wrath; and their lifeblood is sprinkled upon my garments, and I have stained all my raiment. 4 For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redeemed is come. 5 And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my wrath, it upheld me. 6 And I trod down the peoples in mine anger, and made them drunk in my wrath, and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.
• Jer 49:2 : 2 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard against Rabbah of the children of Ammon; and it shall become a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel possess them that did possess him, saith Jehovah.
• Ezek 35:11 : 11 therefore, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast showed out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I shall judge thee.
• Nah 1:2-4 : 2 Jehovah is a jealous God and avengeth; Jehovah avengeth and is full of wrath; Jehovah taketh vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth [wrath] for his enemies. 3 Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means clear [the guilty]: Jehovah hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. 4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel; and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
• Heb 10:30-31 : 30 For we know him that said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense. {G3004} {G2962} And again, The Lord shall judge his people. 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
• Rev 6:16-17 : 16 and they say to the mountains and to the rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 17 for the great day of their wrath is come; and who is able to stand?
• Gen 27:29 : 29 Let peoples serve thee, And nations bow down to thee: Be lord over thy brethren, And let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: Cursed be every one that curseth thee, And blessed be every one that blesseth thee.
• Deut 32:35-36 : 35 Vengeance is mine, and recompense, At the time when their foot shall slide: For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things that are to come upon them shall make haste. 36 For Jehovah will judge his people, And repent himself for his servants; When he seeth that [their] power is gone, And there is none [remaining], shut up or left at large.
• Ps 58:10-11 : 10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked; 11 So that men shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: Verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.