Ezekiel 7:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַחֶ֣רֶב בַּח֔וּץ וְהַדֶּ֥בֶר וְהָרָעָ֖ב מִבָּ֑יִת אֲשֶׁ֤ר בַּשָּׂדֶה֙ בַּחֶ֣רֶב יָמ֔וּת וַאֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּעִ֔יר רָעָ֥ב וָדֶ֖בֶר יֹאכֲלֶֽנּוּ׃

Transliteration

ha-ḥereḇ ba-ḥûṣ wə-ha-deḇer wə-hā-rāʿāḇ mi-bāyiṯ ʾăšer ba-śāḏeh ba-ḥereḇ yāmûṯ wa-ʾăšer bā-ʿîr rāʿāḇ wā-ḏeḇer yōʾăḵălennû

Grammar Details

*ha-ḥereḇ*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the sword
*ba-ḥûṣ*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - in the outside/street
*wə-ha-deḇer*: conjunction + definite article + noun, masculine singular - and the pestilence
*wə-hā-rāʿāḇ*: conjunction + definite article + noun, masculine singular - and the famine
*mi-bāyiṯ*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - from within/inside
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - who/which/that
*ba-śāḏeh*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - in the field
*ba-ḥereḇ*: preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - by the sword
*yāmûṯ*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will die
*wa-ʾăšer*: conjunction + relative pronoun - and who/which/that
*bā-ʿîr*: preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - in the city
*rāʿāḇ*: noun, masculine singular - famine
*wā-ḏeḇer*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and pestilence
*yōʾăḵălennû*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - will devour him

Word Meanings

*ḥereḇ*: sword/knife/weapon
*ḥûṣ*: outside/street/field
*deḇer*: pestilence/plague/disease
*rāʿāḇ*: famine/hunger
*bāyiṯ*: house/inside/within
*śāḏeh*: field/countryside/open land
*ʿîr*: city/town
*yōʾăḵălennû*: devour/consume/eat him

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Referenced Verses

Jer 14:18 : 18 If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.
Lam 1:20 : 20 Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.
Ezek 5:12 : 12 A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.
Ezek 6:12 : 12 He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my fury upon them.
Jer 15:2-3 : 2 And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity. 3 And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.
Deut 32:23-25 : 23 I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them. 24 They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust. 25 The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Jer 21:9
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9He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey.
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11Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.
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2And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity.
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