Ezekiel 25:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thou hast clapped thy hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced with all the despite of thy soul against the land of Israel;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֣י כֹ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה יַ֚עַן מַחְאֲךָ֣ יָ֔ד וְרַקְעֲךָ֖ בְּרָ֑גֶל וַתִּשְׂמַ֤ח בְּכָל־שָֽׁאטְךָ֙ בְּנֶ֔פֶשׁ אֶל־אַדְמַ֖ת יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Transliteration

kî kōh ʾāmar ʾădōnāy YHWH yaʿan maḥʾăkā yād wə-raqʿăkā bərāgel wa-tiśmaḥ bəkāl-šāʾṭəkā bənepeš ʾel-ʾadmat yiśrāʾēl

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*kōh*: adverb - thus
*ʾāmar*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - said
*ʾădōnāy* *YHWH*: divine title + name - Lord YHWH/Sovereign LORD
*yaʿan*: conjunction - because
*maḥʾăkā*: qal infinitive construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your clapping
*yād*: noun feminine singular - hand
*wə-raqʿăkā*: waw conjunction + qal infinitive construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - and your stamping
*bərāgel*: preposition + noun feminine singular - with foot
*wa-tiśmaḥ*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - and you rejoiced
*bəkāl*-*šāʾṭəkā*: preposition + noun + noun masculine singular construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - with all your contempt
*bənepeš*: preposition + noun feminine singular - in soul/with inner feeling
*ʾel*-*ʾadmat*: preposition + noun feminine construct - against the land of
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel

Word Meanings

*maḥʾăkā* *yād*: your clapping of hand/your applauding/your gesture of joy
*raqʿăkā* *bərāgel*: your stamping with foot/your gestures of scorn
*šāʾṭəkā* *bənepeš*: your contempt in soul/your deep-seated disdain/your heartfelt scorn

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Referenced Verses

Obad 1:12 : 12 But look not thou on the day of thy brother in the day of his disaster, and rejoice not over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither speak proudly in the day of distress.
Zeph 2:8 : 8 I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, wherewith they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.
Zeph 2:10 : 10 This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of Jehovah of hosts.
Nah 3:19 : 19 There is no assuaging of thy hurt: thy wound is grievous: all that hear the report of thee clap their hands over thee; for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?
Job 27:23 : 23 Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place.
Ezek 6:11 : 11 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Smite with thy hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas! because of all the evil abominations of the house of Israel; for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.
Ezek 25:15 : 15 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with despite of soul to destroy with perpetual enmity;
Ezek 36:5 : 5 therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the nations, and against all Edom, that have appointed my land unto themselves for a possession with the joy of all their heart, with despite of soul, to cast it out for a prey.
Neh 4:3-4 : 3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they are building, if a fox go up, he shall break down their stone wall. 4 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn back their reproach upon their own head, and give them up for a spoil in a land of captivity;
Ezek 35:15 : 15 As thou didst rejoice over the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Edom, even all of it; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
Job 34:37 : 37 For he addeth rebellion unto his sin; He clappeth his hands among us, And multiplieth his words against God.
Prov 24:17 : 17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, And let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown;
Jer 48:27 : 27 For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for as often as thou speakest of him, thou waggest the head.
Lam 2:15 : 15 All that pass by clap their hands at thee; They hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, [saying], Is this the city that men called The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
Zeph 2:15 : 15 This is the joyous city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none besides me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Ezek 25:7
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7therefore, behold, I have stretched out my hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the nations; and I will cut thee off from the peoples, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah.
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5And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the children of Ammon a couching-place for flocks: and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
Ezek 25:3
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3and say unto the children of Ammon, Hear the word of the Lord Jehovah: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was made desolate; and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity:
Ezek 35:10-15
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10Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas Jehovah was there:
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12And thou shalt know that I, Jehovah, have heard all thy revilings which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to devour.
13And ye have magnified yourselves against me with your mouth, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard it.
14Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate.
15As thou didst rejoice over the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Edom, even all of it; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
Ezek 25:12-15
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12Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because that Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and revenged himself upon them;
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14And 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.
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Ezek 36:4-7
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4therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Jehovah: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah to the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes and to the cities that are forsaken, which are become a prey and derision to the residue of the nations that are round about;
5therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the nations, and against all Edom, that have appointed my land unto themselves for a possession with the joy of all their heart, with despite of soul, to cast it out for a prey.
6Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my wrath, because ye have borne the shame of the nations:
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7Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye are turbulent more than the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept mine ordinances, neither have done after the ordinances of the nations that are round about you;
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14Moreover I will make thee a desolation and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.
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Zeph 2:10
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10This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of Jehovah of hosts.
Zeph 2:15
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15This is the joyous city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none besides me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.
Ezek 38:19
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Ezek 15:8
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8And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Jer 49:2
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2Therefore, 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 35:5
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5Because thou hast had a perpetual enmity, and hast given over the children of Israel to the power of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time of the iniquity of the end;
Ezek 25:17
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17And I will execute great vengeance upon them with wrathful rebukes; and they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.
Ezek 33:28-29
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28And I will make the land a desolation and an astonishment; and the pride of her power shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, so that none shall pass through.
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11Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: An adversary [there shall be], even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be plundered.
Ezek 22:31
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Ezek 16:43
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Ezek 36:32
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32Not for your sake do I [this], saith the Lord Jehovah, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel.
Ezek 7:27
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Ezek 23:46
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2 Kgs 19:22
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22Whom hast thou defied and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice and lifted up thine eyes on high? [even] against the Holy One of Israel.
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