Ezekiel 29:16

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

It will no longer be a source of confidence for the house of Israel, bringing their guilt to mind when they turn to Egypt for help. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלֹ֣א יִֽהְיֶה־עוֹד֩ לְבֵ֨ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל לְמִבְטָח֙ מַזְכִּ֣יר עָוֺ֔ן בִּפְנוֹתָ֖ם אַחֲרֵיהֶ֑ם וְיָ֣דְע֔וּ כִּ֥י אֲנִ֖י אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה

Transliteration

wə-not yihyeh-ʿôḏ to bêt yiśrāʾēl to miḇṭāḥ mazkîr ʿāwōn in pənôtām after them wə-yāḏəʿû that I am ʾăḏōnāy YHWH

Grammar Details

• *yihyeh*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it will be
• *ʿôḏ*: adverb - again/still/anymore
• *bêt*: noun, masculine singular construct - house of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *miḇṭāḥ*: noun, masculine singular - confidence/trust
• *mazkîr*: verb, hiphil participle, masculine singular - bringing to remembrance/reminding of
• *ʿāwōn*: noun, masculine singular - iniquity/sin/guilt
• *pənôtām*: verb, qal infinitive construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their turning
• *wə-yāḏəʿû*: conjunction + verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - and they will know
• *ʾăḏōnāy*: noun, masculine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my Lord
• *YHWH*: proper noun - divine name

Word Meanings

• *miḇṭāḥ*: confidence/trust/security
• *mazkîr ʿāwōn*: bringing iniquity to remembrance/reminding of guilt/causing sin to be recalled
• *pənôtām*: their turning/their looking/their facing

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them: but they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which brings their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them: but they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them: but they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And it shall be no more the confidence{H4009} of the house{H1004} of Israel,{H3478} bringing{H2142} iniquity{H5771} to remembrance,{H2142} when they turn to look{H6437} after{H310} them: and they shall know{H3045} that I am the Lord{H136} Jehovah.{H3069}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And it shall be no more the confidence{H4009} of the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478}, which bringeth{H2142} their iniquity{H5771} to remembrance{H2142}{(H8688)}, when they shall look{H6437}{(H8800)} after{H310} them: but they shall know{H3045}{(H8804)} that I am the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  that they shall nomore rule the Heithen. They shall nomore be an hope vnto the house off Israel, nether prouoke the enymore to wickednesse, to cause them turne backe, and to folowe them: ad they shal knowe, that I am the LORDE God.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, to bring their iniquitie to remembrance by looking after them, so shall they knowe, that I am the Lord God.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And they shalbe no more vnto the house of Israel a trust whiche bringeth their iniquitie to remembraunce, when they shall loke after them: & they shal knowe that I am the Lorde God.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which bringeth [their] iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them: but they shall know that I [am] the Lord GOD.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  It shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, bringing iniquity to memory, when they turn to look after them: and they shall know that I am the Lord Yahweh.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And it is no more to the house of Israel for a confidence, Bringing iniquity to remembrance, By their turning after them, And they have known that I `am' the Lord Jehovah.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, bringing iniquity to remembrance, when they turn to look after them: and they shall know that I am the Lord Jehovah.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, bringing iniquity to remembrance, when they turn to look after them: and they shall know that I am the Lord Jehovah.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And Egypt will no longer be the hope of the children of Israel, causing sin to come to mind when their eyes are turned to them: and they will be certain that I am the Lord.

• World English Bible (2000)

  It shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, bringing iniquity to memory, when they turn to look after them: and they shall know that I am the Lord Yahweh."'"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  It will never again be Israel’s source of confidence, but a reminder of how they sinned by turning to Egypt for help. Then they will know that I am the Sovereign LORD.’”

Referenced Verses

• Hos 8:13 : 13 They offer sacrifices as gifts for me and eat the meat, but the LORD does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sins; they will return to Egypt.
• Ezek 29:6-7 : 6 Then all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. 7 When they grasped you with their hands, you splintered and tore all their shoulders; and when they leaned on you, you broke, making their backs give way.
• Isa 20:5 : 5 Then they will be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush, their hope, and Egypt, their pride.
• Isa 64:9 : 9 Your holy cities have become a wilderness; Zion has become a wasteland, Jerusalem a desolation.
• Jer 14:10 : 10 This is what the LORD says about this people: They love to wander; they do not restrain their feet. So the LORD does not accept them; now He will remember their guilt and punish their sins.
• Lam 4:17 : 17 Our eyes still fail as we look in vain for help; we have watched eagerly for a nation that could not save us.
• Ezek 21:23 : 23 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying:
• Ezek 28:22-24 : 22 and say, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, Sidon, and I will display My glory in your midst. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I execute judgments against her and reveal My holiness through her. 23 I will send a plague upon her and bloodshed in her streets. The slain will fall in her midst by the sword that attacks her from every side. Then they will know that I am the LORD. 24 No longer will the people of Israel have among them a pricking brier or a painful thorn from any of their neighbors who scorn them. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.
• Ezek 28:26 : 26 They will live there in safety, build houses, and plant vineyards. They will live securely when I execute judgments on all their neighbors who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the LORD their God.
• Ezek 17:15-17 : 15 But he rebelled against him by sending his messengers to Egypt to obtain horses and a great army. Will he prosper? Will he escape if he does such things? Can a person break a covenant and still escape? 16 As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, in the place where the king who made him king resides—whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke—there in Babylon he will die. 17 Pharaoh and his mighty army and great company will not help him in battle, when mounds are heaped up and siege walls are built to destroy many people.
• Jer 37:5-7 : 5 Pharaoh's army had marched out of Egypt, and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report about them, they withdrew from the city. 6 Then the word of the LORD came to the prophet Jeremiah: 7 This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: You are to tell this to the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of me: 'Pharaoh's army, which has marched out to help you, will return to its own land, to Egypt.'
• Jer 2:18-19 : 18 Now why go to Egypt to drink water from the Nile? And why go to Assyria to drink water from the river? 19 Your own wickedness will discipline you; your backslidings will rebuke you. Consider and see how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of me,” declares the Lord, the LORD Almighty.
• Jer 2:36-37 : 36 Why do you go about changing your direction so much? You will be disappointed by Egypt as you were by Assyria. 37 You will also leave that place with your hands on your head, for the LORD has rejected those you trust; you will not prosper through them.
• Isa 30:1-6 : 1 Woe to rebellious children, declares the LORD, who carry out plans that are not mine and make alliances without my Spirit, adding sin to sin. 2 They set out to go down to Egypt without consulting me, seeking protection in Pharaoh's stronghold and taking refuge in the shadow of Egypt. 3 But Pharaoh's protection will be your shame, and refuge in the shadow of Egypt will bring humiliation. 4 Though their officials are at Zoan and their envoys have arrived at Hanes, 5 all will be ashamed of a people that cannot profit them, bringing neither help nor benefit, but only shame and disgrace. 6 An oracle concerning the animals of the Negev: Through a land of trouble and distress, of lions, lionesses, adders, and flying serpents, they carry their wealth on donkeys’ backs and their treasures on the humps of camels to a people who will not help them.
• Isa 31:1-3 : 1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, relying on horses and trusting in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are strong, but who do not look to the Holy One of Israel and do not seek the LORD. 2 Yet He is wise and brings disaster; He does not take back His words. He will rise against the house of evildoers and against the help of those who practice wickedness. 3 The Egyptians are human and not God; their horses are flesh and not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, both the helper will stumble and the one being helped will fall; they will all perish together.
• Isa 36:4-6 : 4 The Rabshakeh said to them, 'Say to Hezekiah: This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What is this confidence you rely on? 5 You say—it’s only empty words—‘I have advice and strength for war.’ But now, on whom do you trust that you have rebelled against me? 6 Look, you trust in the staff of this broken reed, Egypt, which if anyone leans on it, it will pierce their hand and wound them. So is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all who trust in him.
• Num 5:15 : 15 The man shall bring his wife to the priest, along with an offering on her behalf: a tenth of an ephah of barley flour. He shall not pour oil on it or put frankincense on it, because it is a grain offering for jealousy, a grain offering of remembrance to bring iniquity to mind.
• 1 Kgs 17:18 : 18 She said to Elijah, "What have I to do with you, man of God? Have you come to bring my sin to remembrance and to kill my son?"
• Ps 25:7 : 7 Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love, remember me, for the sake of your goodness, O LORD.
• Ps 79:8 : 8 Do not hold against us the sins of our ancestors; may Your mercy come quickly to meet us, for we are in desperate need.
• Ezek 29:9 : 9 The land of Egypt will become a desolate waste. Then they will know that I am the LORD. Because he said, 'The Nile is mine; I made it,'
• Ezek 29:21 : 21 On that day I will cause a horn to sprout for the house of Israel, and I will open your mouth among them. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
• Hos 5:13 : 13 When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, Ephraim went to Assyria and sent to the great king for help. But he cannot heal you or cure your wound.
• Hos 7:11 : 11 Ephraim is like a dove—easily deceived, without understanding. They call to Egypt; they go to Assyria.
• Hos 9:9 : 9 They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah. He will remember their iniquity; He will punish their sins.
• Hos 12:1 : 1 Ephraim has surrounded me with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit. But Judah still walks with God and is faithful to the Holy One.
• Hos 14:3 : 3 Take words with you and return to the LORD. Say to him: 'Forgive all our sins and receive us graciously, that we may offer the sacrifice of our lips.'
• Heb 10:3 : 3 But instead, these sacrifices serve as a reminder of sins year after year.
• Heb 10:17 : 17 Then He adds: 'Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no longer.'
• Rev 16:19 : 19 The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. Babylon the Great was remembered before God, and He gave her the cup filled with the wine of the fury of His wrath.