Ezekiel 11:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אֵלָ֑י בֶּן־אָדָ֕ם אֵ֣לֶּה הָאֲנָשִׁ֞ים הַחֹשְׁבִ֥ים אָ֛וֶן וְהַיֹּעֲצִ֥ים עֲצַת־רָ֖ע בָּעִ֥יר הַזֹּֽאת׃

Transliteration

wə-yōʾmer to-me ben-ʾādām these the-ʾănāšîm the-ḥōšəbîm ʾāwen and-the-yōʿăṣîm ʿăṣat-rāʿ in-the-ʿîr the-zōʾt

Grammar Details

*wə-yōʾmer*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said
*ben-ʾādām*: construct chain - son of man/human
*ʾănāšîm*: masculine plural noun - men
*ḥōšəbîm*: qal participle masculine plural - devising/thinking/planning
*ʾāwen*: masculine singular noun - iniquity/wickedness/trouble
*yōʿăṣîm*: qal participle masculine plural - advising/counseling
*ʿăṣat-rāʿ*: construct chain - counsel of evil
*ʿîr*: feminine singular noun - city
*zōʾt*: feminine singular demonstrative pronoun - this

Word Meanings

*ʾāwen*: iniquity/wickedness/trouble/sorrow/idolatry
*ʿăṣat-rāʿ*: evil counsel/wicked advice/malicious plan
*ḥōšəbîm*: thinking/planning/devising/designing

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Referenced Verses

Isa 30:1 : 1 Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
Jer 5:5 : 5 I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
Ps 2:1-2 : 1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
Ps 52:2 : 2 Thy tongue deviseth{H8799)} mischiefs; like a sharp{H8794)} razor, working{H8802)} deceitfully.
Esth 8:3 : 3 And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.
Ps 36:4 : 4 He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth{H8691)} himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth{H8799)} not evil.
Jer 18:18 : 18 Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
Mic 2:1-2 : 1 Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand. 2 And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
Isa 59:4 : 4 None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

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