Ezekiel 25:14

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel: and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my fury; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord GOD.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְנָתַתִּ֨י אֶת־נִקְמָתִ֜י בֶּאֱד֗וֹם בְּיַד֙ עַמִּ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְעָשׂ֣וּ בֶאֱד֔וֹם כְּאַפִּ֖י וְכַחֲמָתִ֑י וְיָֽדְעוּ֙ אֶת־נִקְמָתִ֔י נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃

Transliteration

wənātattî ʾet-niqmātî beʾĕdôm bəyad ʿammî yiśrāʾēl wəʿāśû beʾĕdôm kəʾappî wəkaḥămātî wəyādəʿû ʾet-niqmātî nəʾum ʾădōnāy YHWH

Grammar Details

• *wənātattî*: waw conjunction + qal perfect, 1st common singular - and I will put
• *ʾet*-*niqmātî*: direct object marker + noun feminine singular construct + 1st common singular suffix - my vengeance
• *beʾĕdôm*: preposition + proper noun - to Edom
• *bəyad*: preposition + noun feminine singular construct - by the hand of
• *ʿammî*: noun masculine singular construct + 1st common singular suffix - my people
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *wəʿāśû*: waw conjunction + qal perfect, 3rd common plural - and they will do
• *kəʾappî*: preposition + noun masculine singular construct + 1st common singular suffix - according to my anger
• *wəkaḥămātî*: waw conjunction + preposition + noun feminine singular construct + 1st common singular suffix - and according to my wrath
• *wəyādəʿû*: waw conjunction + qal perfect, 3rd common plural - and they will know
• *nəʾum*: noun masculine singular construct - declaration of
• *ʾădōnāy* *YHWH*: divine title + name - Lord YHWH/Sovereign LORD

Word Meanings

• *wənātattî* *ʾet*-*niqmātî*: I will put my vengeance/I will execute my retribution
• *kəʾappî* *wəkaḥămātî*: according to my anger and my wrath/with my fierce rage
• *nəʾum*: declaration of/utterance of/oracle of

Referenced Verses

• Isa 11:14 : 14 But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.
• Isa 63:1-6 : 1 Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. 2 Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat? 3 I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. 4 For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come. 5 And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me. 6 And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.
• Jer 49:2 : 2 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the LORD.
• Ezek 35:11 : 11 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will even do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I have judged thee.
• Nah 1:2-4 : 2 God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. 3 The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. 4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
• Heb 10:30-31 : 30 For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
• Rev 6:16-17 : 16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
• Gen 27:29 : 29 Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
• Deut 32:35-36 : 35 To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste. 36 For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.
• Ps 58:10-11 : 10 The righteous shall rejoice{H8799)} when he seeth{H8804)} the vengeance: he shall wash{H8799)} his feet in the blood of the wicked. 11 So that a man shall say{H8799)}, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth{H8802)} in the earth.