Ezekiel 21:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְמַ֨עַן טְבֹ֤חַ טֶ֙בַח֙ הוּחַ֔דָּה לְמַעַן־הֱיֵה־לָ֥הּ בָּ֖רָק מֹרָ֑טָּה א֣וֹ נָשִׂ֔ישׂ שֵׁ֥בֶט בְּנִ֖י מֹאֶ֥סֶת כָּל־עֵֽץ׃

Transliteration

For-maʿan ṭəḇōaḥ ṭeḇaḥ hûḥaddāh for-maʿan-be-to-it bārāq mōrāṭṭāh or nāśîś šēḇeṭ bənî mōʾeseṯ all-ʿēṣ.

Grammar Details

*maʿan*: conjunction - purpose/in order that
*ṭəḇōaḥ*: qal infinitive construct - to slaughter
*ṭeḇaḥ*: masculine singular - slaughter
*hûḥaddāh*: hophal perfect 3rd feminine singular - it is sharpened
*bārāq*: masculine singular - lightning/flash
*mōrāṭṭāh*: pual perfect 3rd feminine singular - it is polished
*nāśîś*: qal imperfect 1st common plural - we rejoice
*šēḇeṭ*: masculine singular construct - rod/staff of
*bənî*: masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my son
*mōʾeseṯ*: qal participle feminine singular - despising/rejecting
*ʿēṣ*: masculine singular - tree/wood

Word Meanings

*maʿan*: purpose/in order that/for the sake of
*ṭəḇōaḥ*: slaughter/butcher/kill
*ṭeḇaḥ*: slaughter/massacre/slaying
*bārāq*: lightning/flash/glitter
*nāśîś*: rejoice/be glad/exult
*šēḇeṭ*: rod/staff/scepter/tribe
*mōʾeseṯ*: despising/rejecting/scorning
*ʿēṣ*: tree/wood/timber

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Referenced Verses

Jer 17:27 : 27 But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.
Ezek 21:7 : 7 And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezek 21:10 : 10 It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree.
Ezek 21:22 : 22 At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort.
Ezek 21:28 : 28 And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is furbished, to consume because of the glittering:
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.
Ezek 20:47 : 47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
2 Sam 17:10 : 10 And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men.
Ps 22:14 : 14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

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6Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.
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