Ezekiel 13:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לָכֵ֞ן כֹּה־אָמַ֣ר ׀ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֗ה הִנְנִ֤י אֶל־כִּסְּתוֹתֵיכֶ֙נָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אַ֠תֵּנָה מְצֹדְד֨וֹת שָׁ֤ם אֶת־הַנְּפָשׁוֹת֙ לְפֹ֣רְח֔וֹת וְקָרַעְתִּ֣י אֹתָ֔ם מֵעַ֖ל זְרוֹעֹֽתֵיכֶ֑ם וְשִׁלַּחְתִּי֙ אֶת־הַנְּפָשׁ֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתֶּ֛ם מְצֹדְד֥וֹת אֶת־נְפָשִׁ֖ים לְפֹרְחֹֽת׃

Transliteration

lāḵēn kōh-ʾāmar ʾĂdōnāy YHWH hinənî ʾel-kissətôtêḵenāh ʾăšer ʾattēnāh məṣōdədôt šām ʾet-ha-nnəpāšôt lə-pōrəḥôt wə-qāraʿtî ʾōtām mēʿal zərôʿōtêḵem wə-šillaḥtî ʾet-ha-nnəpāšôt ʾăšer ʾattem məṣōdədôt ʾet-nəpāšîm lə-pōrəḥōt

Grammar Details

*lāḵēn*: conjunction - therefore
*kōh*: adverb - thus
*ʾāmar*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - said/says
*ʾĂdōnāy*: noun + 1st person plural suffix used as divine title - my Lord
*YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh/LORD
*hinənî*: interjection + 1st person singular suffix - behold me
*ʾel*: preposition - against
*kissətôtêḵenāh*: feminine plural noun + 2nd feminine plural suffix - your bands/pillows
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which
*ʾattēnāh*: 2nd feminine plural independent pronoun - you
*məṣōdədôt*: Piel participle feminine plural - hunting
*šām*: adverb - there
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*ha-nnəpāšôt*: article + feminine plural noun - the souls
*lə-pōrəḥôt*: preposition + Qal participle feminine plural - like birds
*wə-qāraʿtî*: conjunction + Qal perfect 1st person singular - I will tear
*ʾōtām*: direct object marker + 3rd masculine plural suffix - them
*mēʿal*: preposition - from
*zərôʿōtêḵem*: feminine plural noun + 2nd feminine plural suffix - your arms
*wə-šillaḥtî*: conjunction + Piel perfect 1st person singular - I will set free
*ʾattem*: 2nd plural independent pronoun - you
*nəpāšîm*: feminine plural noun - souls
*lə-pōrəḥōt*: preposition + Qal participle feminine plural - like birds

Word Meanings

*kissətôt*: bands/pillows/magic bands
*məṣōdədôt*: hunting/trapping/ensnaring
*pōrəḥôt*: birds/flying things
*qāraʿtî*: I will tear/rip/pull apart
*šillaḥtî*: I will set free/release/let go

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ezek 13:15-16 : 15 Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered morter, and will say unto you, The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it; 16 To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezek 13:18 : 18 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you?
2 Tim 3:8-9 : 8 {G3739} Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. 9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.
Ezek 13:8-9 : 8 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord GOD. 9 And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

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Ezek 13:17-19
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17Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people, which prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thou against them,
18And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you?
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Ezek 12:14
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Ezek 34:16
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