Ezekiel 28:18

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מֵרֹ֣ב עֲוֺנֶ֗יךָ בְּעֶ֙וֶל֙ רְכֻלָּ֣תְךָ֔ חִלַּ֖לְתָּ מִקְדָּשֶׁ֑יךָ וָֽאוֹצִא־אֵ֤שׁ מִתּֽוֹכְךָ֙ הִ֣יא אֲכָלַ֔תְךָ וָאֶתֶּנְךָ֤ לְאֵ֙פֶר֙ עַל־הָאָ֔רֶץ לְעֵינֵ֖י כָּל־רֹאֶֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

mē-rōḇ ʿăwōneḵā bə-ʿewel rəḵulātəḵā ḥillaltā miqdāšeḵā wā-ʾôṣîʾ-ʾēš mi-ttôḵəḵā hîʾ ʾăḵālatḵā wā-ʾettenḵā lə-ʾēp̄er ʿal-hā-ʾāreṣ lə-ʿênê kol-rōʾeḵā

Grammar Details

• *mē-rōḇ*: preposition + noun masculine singular construct - from abundance of
• *ʿăwōneḵā*: noun masculine plural + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your iniquities
• *bə-ʿewel*: preposition + noun masculine singular construct - by injustice of
• *rəḵulātəḵā*: noun feminine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your trade
• *ḥillaltā*: piel perfect 2nd masculine singular - you profaned
• *miqdāšeḵā*: noun masculine plural + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your sanctuaries
• *wā-ʾôṣîʾ*-*ʾēš*: conjunction + hiphil imperfect 1st person singular + noun feminine singular - and I brought forth fire
• *mi-ttôḵəḵā*: preposition + noun masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - from your midst
• *hîʾ*: 3rd person feminine singular pronoun - it
• *ʾăḵālatḵā*: qal perfect 3rd feminine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - it consumed you
• *wā-ʾettenḵā*: conjunction + qal imperfect 1st person singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - and I made you
• *lə-ʾēp̄er*: preposition + noun masculine singular - to ashes
• *ʿal*-*hā-ʾāreṣ*: preposition + definite article + noun feminine singular - upon the earth
• *lə-ʿênê*: preposition + noun feminine dual construct - in the eyes of
• *kol*-*rōʾeḵā*: noun masculine singular construct + qal participle masculine plural + 2nd masculine singular suffix - all who see you

Word Meanings

• *ʿăwōn*: iniquity/sin/guilt
• *ʿewel*: injustice/unrighteousness/wrong
• *miqdāš*: sanctuary/holy place/sacred place
• *ʾēp̄er*: ashes/dust

Referenced Verses

• Mal 4:3 : 3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.
• Rev 18:8 : 8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
• Amos 1:9-9 : 9 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant: 10 But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof.
• Amos 1:14 : 14 But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind:
• Amos 2:2 : 2 But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:
• Amos 2:5 : 5 But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
• Judg 9:15 : 15 And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
• Judg 9:20 : 20 But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.
• Ezek 5:4 : 4 Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.
• Ezek 28:2 : 2 Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:
• Ezek 28:13-14 : 13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. 14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
• Ezek 28:16 : 16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
• Mark 8:36 : 36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
• 2 Pet 2:6 : 6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;