Ezekiel 28:24

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor a hurting thorn of any that are round about them, that did despite unto them; and they shall know that I am the Lord Jehovah.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלֹֽא־יִהְיֶ֨ה ע֜וֹד לְבֵ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל סִלּ֤וֹן מַמְאִיר֙ וְק֣וֹץ מַכְאִ֔ב מִכֹּל֙ סְבִ֣יבֹתָ֔ם הַשָּׁאטִ֖ים אוֹתָ֑ם וְיָ֣דְע֔וּ כִּ֥י אֲנִ֖י אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃ ס

Transliteration

wə-lōʾ-yihyeh ʿôḏ lə-ḇêt yiśrāʾēl sillôn mamʾîr wə-qôṣ maḵʾîḇ mi-kkōl səḇîḇōtām ha-ššāʾṭîm ʾôtām wə-yāḏʿû kî ʾănî ʾăḏōnāy YHWH

Grammar Details

*wə-lōʾ*-*yihyeh*: conjunction + negative particle + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and there will not be
*ʿôḏ*: adverb - again/still/anymore
*lə-ḇêt*: preposition + noun masculine singular construct - for the house of
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*sillôn*: noun masculine singular - brier/thorn
*mamʾîr*: hiphil participle masculine singular - that causes pain
*wə-qôṣ*: conjunction + noun masculine singular - and thorn
*maḵʾîḇ*: hiphil participle masculine singular - that hurts
*mi-kkōl*: preposition + noun masculine singular - from all
*səḇîḇōtām*: noun feminine plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their surroundings
*ha-ššāʾṭîm*: definite article + qal participle masculine plural - the ones despising
*ʾôtām*: direct object marker + 3rd masculine plural suffix - them
*wə-yāḏʿû*: conjunction + qal perfect 3rd common plural - and they will know
*kî*: conjunction - that
*ʾănî*: 1st person singular pronoun - I am
*ʾăḏōnāy*: divine title - Lord/Master
*YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh/LORD

Word Meanings

*sillôn*: brier/thorn/prickle
*mamʾîr*: causing pain/pricking
*qôṣ*: thorn/bramble
*maḵʾîḇ*: causing hurt/pain
*ha-ššāʾṭîm*: the ones despising/scorning/treating with contempt

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Referenced Verses

Num 33:55 : 55 But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then shall those that ye let remain of them be as pricks in your eyes, and as thorns in your sides, and they shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.
Josh 23:13 : 13 know for a certainty that Jehovah your God will no more drive these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap unto you, and a scourge in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which Jehovah your God hath given you.
2 Cor 12:7 : 7 And by reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, that I should not be exalted overmuch, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, that I should not be exalted overmuch.
Isa 55:13 : 13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree; and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree: and it shall be to Jehovah for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
Jer 12:14 : 14 Thus saith Jehovah against all mine evil neighbors, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit: behold, I will pluck them up from off their land, and will pluck up the house of Judah from among them.
Ezek 2:6 : 6 And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.
Ezek 28:23 : 23 For I will send pestilence into her, and blood into her streets; and the wounded shall fall in the midst of her, with the sword upon her on every side; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
Ezek 28:26 : 26 And they shall live securely in it; Yes, they shall build houses, and plant vineyards, and shall live securely, when I have executed judgments upon all those that do them despite round about them; and they shall know that I am Jehovah their God.
Ezek 36:36-38 : 36 Then the nations that are left round about you shall know that I, Jehovah, have builded the ruined places, and planted that which was desolate: I, Jehovah, have spoken it, and I will do it. 37 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: For this, moreover, will I be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them: I will increase them with men like a flock. 38 As the flock for sacrifice, as the flock of Jerusalem in her appointed feasts, so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
Ezek 39:28 : 28 And they shall know that I am Jehovah their God, in that I caused them to go into captivity among the nations, and have gathered them unto their own land; and I will leave none of them any more there;
Mic 7:4 : 4 The best of them is as a brier; the most upright is [worse] than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen, even thy visitation, is come; now shall be their perplexity.
Rev 21:4 : 4 and he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, {G2071} nor pain, any more: the first things are passed away.
Judg 2:3 : 3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be [as thorns] in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.
Isa 35:9 : 9 No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast go up thereon; they shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk [there]:

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