Ezekiel 39:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

so that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall make fires of the weapons; and they shall plunder those that plundered them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלֹֽא־יִשְׂא֨וּ עֵצִ֜ים מִן־הַשָּׂדֶ֗ה וְלֹ֤א יַחְטְבוּ֙ מִן־הַיְּעָרִ֔ים כִּ֥י בַנֶּ֖שֶׁק יְבַֽעֲרוּ־אֵ֑שׁ וְשָׁלְל֣וּ אֶת־שֹׁלְלֵיהֶ֗ם וּבָֽזְזוּ֙ אֶת־בֹּ֣זְזֵיהֶ֔ם נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה

Transliteration

And they shall not yiśəʾû ʿēṣîm from the śādeh and they shall not yaḥṭəbû from the yəʿārîm, for with the nešeq they shall yəbaʿărû-ʾēš; and they shall šāləlû their šōləlêhem and bāzəzû their bōzəzêhem, nəʾum ʾădōnāy YHWH

Grammar Details

*yiśəʾû*: qal imperfect, 3rd plural - they will carry/take/lift
*ʿēṣîm*: noun, masculine plural - wood/trees
*śādeh*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the field
*yaḥṭəbû*: qal imperfect, 3rd plural - they will cut/hew/chop
*yəʿārîm*: noun, masculine plural with definite article - the forests
*nešeq*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the weapon/armor
*yəbaʿărû*: piel imperfect, 3rd plural - they will burn/kindle
*ʾēš*: noun, feminine singular - fire
*šāləlû*: qal perfect, 3rd plural - they will plunder/spoil
*šōləlêhem*: qal participle, masculine plural with 3rd plural suffix - their plunderers
*bāzəzû*: qal perfect, 3rd plural - they will despoil/plunder
*bōzəzêhem*: qal participle, masculine plural with 3rd plural suffix - their despoilers
*nəʾum*: noun, masculine singular construct - declaration of
*ʾădōnāy*: noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person suffix - my Lord
*YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh

Word Meanings

*yaḥṭəbû*: cut/hew/chop wood
*šāləlû*: plunder/spoil/take as spoil
*bāzəzû*: despoil/plunder/take as booty

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Referenced Verses

Isa 33:1 : 1 Woe to thee that destroyest, and thou wast not destroyed; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! When thou hast ceased to destroy, thou shalt be destroyed; and when thou hast made an end of dealing treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
Isa 14:2 : 2 And the peoples shall take them, and bring them to their place; and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of Jehovah for servants and for handmaids: and they shall take them captive whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
Mic 5:8 : 8 And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep; who, if he go through, treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and there is none to deliver.
Hab 2:8 : 8 Because thou hast plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder thee, because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all that dwell therein.
Hab 3:8 : 8 Was Jehovah displeased with the rivers? Was thine anger against the rivers, Or thy wrath against the sea, That thou didst ride upon thy horses, Upon thy chariots of salvation?
Zeph 2:9-9 : 9 Therefore as I live, saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall make a prey of them, and the remnant of my nation shall inherit them. 10 This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of Jehovah of hosts.
Matt 7:2 : 2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured unto you.
Rev 13:10 : 10 If any man [is] for captivity, into captivity he goeth: if any man shall kill with the sword, with the sword must he be killed. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
Rev 18:6 : 6 Render unto her even as she rendered, {G5213} and double [unto her] the double according to her works: in the cup which she mingled, mingle unto her double.
Exod 3:22 : 22 but every woman shall ask of her neighbor, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall despoil the Egyptians.
Exod 12:36 : 36 and Jehovah gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. And they despoiled the Egyptians.

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