Ezekiel 20:41

Bishops' Bible (1568)

I wyll accept your sweete sauour, when I bryng you from the nations, & gather you together out of the landes wherin ye haue ben scattered, that I may be halowed in you before the heathen.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּרֵ֣יחַ נִיחֹחַ֮ אֶרְצֶ֣ה אֶתְכֶם֒ בְּהוֹצִיאִ֤י אֶתְכֶם֙ מִן־הָ֣עַמִּ֔ים וְקִבַּצְתִּ֣י אֶתְכֶ֔ם מִן־הָ֣אֲרָצ֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר נְפֹצֹתֶ֖ם בָּ֑ם וְנִקְדַּשְׁתִּ֥י בָכֶ֖ם לְעֵינֵ֥י הַגּוֹיִֽם׃

Transliteration

bərêaḥ nîḥōaḥ ʾerṣeh ʾeṯḵem bəhôṣîʾî ʾeṯḵem min-hāʿammîm wəqibbaṣtî ʾeṯḵem min-hāʾărāṣôṯ ʾăšer nəp̄ōṣōṯem bām wəniqḏaštî ḇāḵem ləʿênê haggôyim

Grammar Details

• *bərêaḥ*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - with fragrance of
• *nîḥōaḥ*: noun, masculine singular - soothing/pleasing
• *ʾerṣeh*: qal imperfect, 1st singular - I will accept/be pleased with
• *ʾeṯḵem*: direct object marker + 2nd masculine plural suffix - you
• *bəhôṣîʾî*: preposition + hiphil infinitive construct + 1st singular suffix - when I bring out
• *min*: preposition - from
• *hāʿammîm*: definite article + noun, masculine plural - the peoples
• *wəqibbaṣtî*: conjunction + piel perfect, 1st singular - and I will gather
• *hāʾărāṣôṯ*: definite article + noun, feminine plural - the lands/countries
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/where
• *nəp̄ōṣōṯem*: niphal perfect, 2nd masculine plural - you were scattered
• *bām*: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - in them
• *wəniqḏaštî*: conjunction + niphal perfect, 1st singular - and I will be sanctified
• *ḇāḵem*: preposition + 2nd masculine plural suffix - among you
• *ləʿênê*: preposition + noun, feminine dual construct - before eyes of
• *haggôyim*: definite article + noun, masculine plural - the nations

Word Meanings

• *bərêaḥ* *nîḥōaḥ*: with a pleasing aroma/with a soothing fragrance/with a sweet smell
• *ʾerṣeh*: I will accept/I will be pleased with/I will favor
• *bəhôṣîʾî*: when I bring out/when I lead out/when I extract
• *hāʿammîm*: the peoples/the nations/the populations
• *wəqibbaṣtî*: and I will gather/and I will collect/and I will assemble
• *nəp̄ōṣōṯem*: you were scattered/you were dispersed/you were spread
• *wəniqḏaštî*: and I will be sanctified/and I will be shown holy/and I will be hallowed
• *ləʿênê*: before the eyes of/in the sight of/in view of

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 28:25 : 25 Thus sayth the Lorde God: When I gather the houshold of Israel together againe from the nations among whom they be scattered, then shall I be sanctified in them in the sight of the gentiles, and they shall dwell in the lande that I gaue to my seruaunt Iacob.
• Ezek 11:17 : 17 Tell them also, thus saith the Lorde God, I wyll gather you agayne out of the nations, and bryng you from the countreis where ye be scattered, and I wyll geue you the lande of Israel agayne.
• Isa 5:16 : 16 But the Lorde of hoastes shalbe exalted in iudgement, and God that is holy is sanctified in ryghteousnesse.
• Isa 27:12-13 : 12 And in that day shall the Lorde make a threshing, from the middest of the riuer Euphrates, vnto the riuer of Egypt, and ye chyldren of Israel shalbe gathered together one to another. 13 In that day shall the great trumpe be blowne, so that they which were lost in the lande of Assyria, and they that were banished in the lande of Egypt, shall come and worship the Lorde in the holye mount of Hierusalem.
• Ezek 38:23 : 23 Thus will I be magnified, sanctified, and knowen in the eyes of many nations: and they shall knowe that I am the Lorde.
• Ezek 28:22 : 22 And speake, thus sayth the Lord God: Beholde O Sidon, I will vpon thee, aud I wilbe glorified in thee: that it may be knowen howe that I am the Lord when I shal haue executed iudgementes in her, & shalbe sanctified in her.
• Ezek 39:27-29 : 27 And when I haue brought them againe from among the people, when I haue gathered them together out of their enemies landes, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations: 28 Then shall they knowe that I am the Lorde their God, which caused them to be led into captiuitie among the heathen, but haue gathered them againe into their owne land, and not left one of them any more there. 29 After that wil I hyde my face no more from them, but will powre out my spirite vpon the house of Israel, sayth the Lorde God.
• Amos 9:14 : 14 And I wil bring againe the captiuitie of my people of Israel, and they shall buyld the wast cities, and inhabite them: and they shall plante vineyardes, and drinke the wine therof, they shall also make gardens, and eate the fruites of them.
• Obad 1:17-21 : 17 But vpon mount Sion shalbe deliueraunce, and it shalbe holy, and the house of Iacob shal possesse their possessions. 18 And the house of Iacob shalbe a fire, and the house of Ioseph a flambe, and the house of Esau as stubble, and they shall kindle in them and deuoure them, and there shalbe no remnaunt of the house of Esau: for the Lorde hath spoken it. 19 And they shall possesse the south side of the mount of Esau, and the plaine of the Philistines, and they shall possesse the fieldes of Ephraim, and the fieldes of Samaria, and Beniamin shall haue Gilead. 20 And the captiuitie of his hoast of the children of Israel, which were among the Chanaanites shall possesse vnto Zarephath, and the captiuitie of Hierusalem which is in Sepharad, shall possesse the cities of the south. 21 And they that shall saue, shall come vp to mount Sion to iudge the mount of Esau, and the kingdome shalbe the Lordes.
• Mic 7:12-16 : 12 And at that time shall they come vnto thee from Assur, from the strong cities, and from the strong holdes, euen vnto the riuer: from the one sea to the other, and from mountayne to mountayne. 13 Notwithstanding, the land must be wasted, because of them that dwell therin, and for the fruites of their owne imaginations. 14 Therfore feede thy people with thy rod, the flocke of thyne heritage whiche dwel desolate in the wood, that they may be fed vpon the mount of Carmel, Basan, and Gilead, as aforetime. 15 Maruelous thinges wil I shewe thee, like as when thou camest out of the lande of Egypt. 16 This shall the heathen see, and be ashamed for all their power: so that they shall lay their hande vpon their mouth, and stoppe their eares.
• Luke 2:14 : 14 Glorie to God on hye, and peace on the earth, and vnto men a good wyll.
• Eph 5:2 : 2 And walke ye in loue, euen as Christe hath loued vs, and hath geuen hym selfe for vs an offering and a sacrifice of a sweete smellyng sauour to God.
• Phil 4:18 : 18 But I haue receaued al, & haue plentie. I was euen fylled after that I had receaued of Epaphroditus the thynges which were sent from you, an odoure of a sweete smel, a sacrifice acceptable, plesaunt to God.
• 1 Pet 3:15 : 15 But sanctifie the Lorde God in your heartes. Be redy alwayes to geue an aunswere to euery man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you,
• Jer 23:3 : 3 And I wyll gather together the remnaunt of my flocke from all landes that I had driuen them vnto, and will bring them agayne to their foldes, that they may growe and increase.
• Jer 30:3 : 3 For lo, the tyme commeth saith the Lorde, that I wyll bryng agayne the prisoners of my people of Israel and Iuda saith the Lorde: for I wyll restore them vnto the lande that I gaue to their fathers, and they shall haue it in possession.
• Jer 30:18 : 18 For thus saith the Lorde, Beholde I wyll bryng agayne the captiuitie of Iacobs tentes, and defende his dwellyng place: the citie shalbe builded in her olde estate, and the houses shall haue their ryght foundation.
• Jer 32:37 : 37 Beholde, I wyll gather them together from all landes, wherein I haue scattred them in my wrath in fearefull and great displeasure, and wyll bryng them agayne vnto this place, where they shall dwell safely:
• Ezek 6:13 : 13 And so shall ye knowe that I am the Lorde, when their slayne men shalbe among their idols rounde about their aulters, vpon euery hye hyll, and toppes of mountaynes, and vnder euery greene tree, and vnder euery thicke oke, euen in the places where they dyd offer sweete sauour to all their idols.
• Gen 8:21 : 21 And the Lorde smelled a sweete or quiet sauour, and the Lord sayde in his heart: I wyll not hencefoorth curse the grounde any more for mans sake, for the imagination of mans heart is euyll euen from his youth: neyther wyll I smyte any more euery thyng lyuyng, as I haue done.
• Lev 1:9 : 9 But the inwardes and the legges thereof shall he washe in water, & the priest shall burne all in the aulter, that they may be a burnt sacrifice, an offeryng made by fire for a sweete odour vnto the Lorde.
• Lev 1:13 : 13 But he shall washe the inwardes and the legges with water, and the priest shall bryng altogether, and burne it vpon the aulter for a burnt offeryng, an oblation made by fire for a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde.
• Lev 1:17 : 17 And he shall breake the wynges of it, but plucke them not asunder: And the priest shal burne it vpon the aulter, euen vpon the wood that is vpon the fire, that it may be a burnt offeryng, an oblation made by fire for a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde.
• Lev 10:3 : 3 Then Moyses sayde vnto Aaron: This is it that the Lorde spake, saying: I wyll be sanctified in them that come nye me, and before all the people I wylbe glorified. And Aaron helde his peace.
• Isa 11:11-16 : 11 At the same time shall the Lord take in hande agayne to recouer the remnaunt of his people, whiche shalbe left aliue from the Assirians, Egyptians, Arabians, Morians, Elamites, Chaldees, Antiochians, & from the Ilandes of the sea, 12 And he shall set vp a token among the gentiles, and gather together the dispearsed of Israel, yea and the outcastes of Iuda from the foure corners of the worlde. 13 The hatred of Ephraim also and enemies of Iuda shalbe cleane rooted out: Ephraim shall beare none euyll wyll to Iuda, & Iuda shall not vexe Ephraim. 14 But they both together shall flee vppon the shoulders of the Philistines towarde the west, and spoyle them together that dwell towarde the east: The Idumites and the Moabites shal come vnder their handes, and the Amonites shalbe obedient vnto them. 15 The Lord also shal cleaue the tongues of the Egyptians sea, and with his mightie winde shall he lyft vp his hand ouer Nilus, and shall smyte his seuen streames, and make men go ouer drye shod. 16 And thus shall there be a way for his people that remayneth from the Assirians, lyke as it happened to the Israelites what tyme they departed out of the lande of Egypt.
• Ezek 20:28 : 28 For after I had brought them into the lande, for the which I lifted vp my hande to geue it vnto them, when they sawe euery hie hil, & all thicke trees, they offered there their sacrifices, & there they presented their offering of anger, there also they made their sweete sauours, and powred out their wine offerynges.
• Ezek 34:19 : 19 Thus my sheepe must be faine to eate the thing that ye haue troden downe with your feete, and to drinke it that ye with your feete haue defiled.
• Ezek 36:23-24 : 23 Therefore I wyll halowe my great name againe, which among the gentiles is polluted, for ye your selues haue dishonoured it among them: & the gentiles shall know that I am the Lorde saith the Lorde God, when I shalbe sanctified in you before your eyes. 24 As for you, I wyll take you from among the heathen, and gather you together out of all countreys, and bring you againe into your owne lande.
• Ezek 37:25 : 25 They shall dwell in the lande that I gaue vnto Iacob my seruaunt, wheras your fathers also haue dwelt, yea euen in the same land shal they, their children, & their childers children dwell for euermore: and my seruaunt Dauid shalbe their prince for euer.
• Ezek 38:8 : 8 After many dayes thou shalt be visited, and in the latter yeres thou shalt come into the lande that hath ben turned and cost with the sworde, and gathered together againe out of many people vpon the mountaynes of Israel, which haue ben alwayes subiect to waste: but it is brought out of the people, and they dwell all safe.