Ezekiel 14:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְנָתַתִּ֨י פָנַ֜י בָּאִ֣ישׁ הַה֗וּא וַהֲשִֽׂמֹתִ֙יהוּ֙ לְא֣וֹת וְלִמְשָׁלִ֔ים וְהִכְרַתִּ֖יו מִתּ֣וֹךְ עַמִּ֑י וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ם כִּֽי־אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ ס

Transliteration

And-wə-nāṯattî p̄ānay against-the-ʾîš the-hahûʾ and-wa-hăśimōṯîhû for-ʾôṯ and-for-məšālîm and-wə-hikrattîw from-midst of-ʿammî and-wîḏaʿtem that-I YHWH.

Grammar Details

• *wə-nāṯattî*: waw consecutive + qal perfect, 1st common singular - and I will set
• *p̄ānay*: masculine plural construct + 1st common singular suffix - my face
• *ʾîš*: masculine singular - man
• *hahûʾ*: demonstrative adjective with definite article - that
• *wa-hăśimōṯîhû*: waw consecutive + hiphil perfect, 1st common singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and I will make him
• *ʾôṯ*: common feminine singular - sign
• *məšālîm*: masculine plural - proverbs/bywords
• *wə-hikrattîw*: waw consecutive + hiphil perfect, 1st common singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and I will cut him off
• *ʿammî*: masculine singular + 1st common singular suffix - my people
• *wîḏaʿtem*: waw consecutive + qal perfect, 2nd masculine plural - and you will know
• *YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD
• ס: paragraph marker

Word Meanings

• *nāṯattî*: set/establish/direct
• *p̄ānay*: my face/my presence/my attention
• *hăśimōṯîhû*: make him/set him/place him
• *ʾôṯ*: sign/token/omen
• *məšālîm*: proverbs/bywords/object lessons
• *hikrattîw*: cut him off/remove him/destroy him

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 5:15 : 15 So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it.
• Ezek 15:7 : 7 And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.
• Jer 44:11 : 11 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah.
• Ezek 6:7 : 7 And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
• Isa 65:15 : 15 And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:
• Lev 17:10 : 10 And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
• Deut 28:37 : 37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.
• Ps 34:16 : 16 The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
• Ps 37:22 : 22 For such as be blessed of him shall inherit{H8799)} the earth; and they that be cursed{H8794)} of him shall be cut off{H8735)}.
• Ps 44:13-14 : 13 Thou makest{H8799)} us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us. 14 Thou makest{H8799)} us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
• Lev 20:3-6 : 3 And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name. 4 And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not: 5 Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people. 6 And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
• Lev 22:3 : 3 Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I am the LORD.
• Lev 26:17 : 17 And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.
• Num 19:20 : 20 But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.
• Num 26:10 : 10 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign.
• Jer 21:10 : 10 For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
• Jer 24:9 : 9 And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.
• Jer 29:22 : 22 And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;
• Ezek 13:23 : 23 Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
• Rom 11:22 : 22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
• 1 Cor 10:11 : 11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.