Joel 2:27

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וִידַעְתֶּ֗ם כִּ֣י בְקֶ֤רֶב יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אָ֔נִי וַאֲנִ֛י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם וְאֵ֣ין ע֑וֹד וְלֹא־יֵבֹ֥שׁוּ עַמִּ֖י לְעוֹלָֽם׃ ס

Transliteration

And-vîdaʿtem that in-qereb Yisrāʾēl ʾānî and-ʾănî YHWH ʾĕlōhêkhem and-none ʿôd and-not-yēbōshû ʿammî to-ʿôlām.

Grammar Details

• *vîdaʿtem*: qal perfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you will know
• *qereb*: masculine singular construct - midst of
• *Yisrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *ʾānî*: 1st person singular pronoun - I
• *ʾănî*: 1st person singular pronoun - I
• *YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
• *ʾĕlōhêkhem*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your God
• *ʿôd*: adverb - again/still/further
• *yēbōshû*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will be ashamed
• *ʿammî*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my people
• *ʿôlām*: masculine singular noun - forever/eternity

Word Meanings

• *vîdaʿtem*: you will know/recognize/understand
• *qereb*: midst of/among/within
• *yēbōshû*: they will be ashamed/be disappointed/be confounded

Referenced Verses

• Joel 3:17 : 17 So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.
• Lev 26:11-12 : 11 And I will set my tabernac among you: and my soul shall not abhor you. 12 And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my peop.
• Ezek 37:26-28 : 26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore. 27 My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 28 And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.
• Joel 2:26 : 26 And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.
• Zeph 3:17 : 17 The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
• 2 Cor 6:16 : 16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
• Deut 23:14 : 14 For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to liver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.
• Ps 46:5 : 5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
• Ps 68:18 : 18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.
• Isa 12:6 : 6 Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
• Isa 45:5 : 5 I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
• Rev 21:3 : 3 And I heard a gat voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
• Ezek 39:28 : 28 Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.
• Ezek 39:22 : 22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward.
• 1 Pet 2:6 : 6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
• Isa 45:18 : 18 For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.
• Isa 45:21-22 : 21 Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. 22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
• Isa 53:6 : 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.