Ezekiel 33:29

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have made the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְיָדְע֖וּ כִּֽי־אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֑ה בְּתִתִּ֤י אֶת־הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ שְׁמָמָ֣ה וּמְשַׁמָּ֔ה עַ֥ל כָּל־תּוֹעֲבֹתָ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשֽׂוּ׃ ס

Transliteration

wəyādəʿû that-I YHWH in-my-tittî ʾet-the-ʾāreṣ šəmāmâ ûməšammâ upon all-tôʿăbōtām which ʿāśû.

Grammar Details

• *wəyādəʿû*: conjunction + qal perfect 3rd common plural - and they will know
• *YHWH*: proper noun - LORD
• *tittî*: qal infinitive construct with 1st common singular suffix - my giving
• *ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine singular - land/earth
• *šəmāmâ*: noun, feminine singular - desolation
• *ûməšammâ*: conjunction + noun, feminine singular - and waste/devastation
• *tôʿăbōtām*: noun, feminine plural construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their abominations
• *ʿāśû*: qal perfect 3rd common plural - they did/performed

Word Meanings

• *yādəʿû*: they will know/they will recognize/they will understand
• *šəmāmâ*: desolation/waste/devastation
• *məšammâ*: waste/devastation/horror
• *tôʿăbōtām*: their abominations/their detestable practices/their abhorrent deeds

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I make the land a desolate waste because of all the detestable things they have done.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then shall they know{H3045} that I am Jehovah,{H3068} when I have made{H5414} the land{H776} a desolation{H8077} and an astonishment,{H8077} because of all their abominations{H8441} which they have committed.{H6213}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then shall they know{H3045}{(H8804)} that I am the LORD{H3068}, when I have laid{H5414}{(H8800)} the land{H776} most{H4923} desolate{H8077} because of all their abominations{H8441} which they have committed{H6213}{(H8804)}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then shall they lerne to knowe, that I am the LORDE, whe I make the lode waist and desolate, because off all their abhominacions, that they haue wrought.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then shall they know that I am the Lord, when I haue laid ye land desolate & wast, because of al their abominations, that they haue committed.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then shall they knowe that I am the Lorde, when I make the land desolate and waste, because of all their abhominations that they haue wrought.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Then shall they know that I [am] the LORD, when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Then shall they know that I am Yahweh, when I have made the land a desolation and an astonishment, because of all their abominations which they have committed.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And they have known that I `am' Jehovah, In My making the land a desolation and an astonishment, For all their abominations that they have done.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then shall they know that I am Jehovah, when I have made the land a desolation and an astonishment, because of all their abominations which they have committed.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then shall they know that I am Jehovah, when I have made the land a desolation and an astonishment, because of all their abominations which they have committed.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then they will be certain that I am the Lord, when I have made the land a waste and a cause of wonder, because of all the disgusting things which they have done,

• World English Bible (2000)

  Then shall they know that I am Yahweh, when I have made the land a desolation and an astonishment, because of all their abominations which they have committed.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then they will know that I am the LORD when I turn the land into a desolate ruin because of all the abominable deeds they have committed.’

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 6:7 : 7 And the slain shall fall in your midst, and you shall know that I am the LORD.
• Ezek 6:11 : 11 Thus says the Lord GOD; Clap your hands, and stamp your foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.
• Ezek 7:27 : 27 The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled; I will do unto them according to their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
• Ezek 8:6-9 : 6 He said furthermore to me, Son of man, do you see what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel commits here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn yet again, and you shall see greater abominations. 7 And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold, a hole in the wall. 8 Then he said to me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had dug in the wall, behold, a door. 9 And he said to me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here. 10 So I went in and saw; and behold, every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed upon the wall all around. 11 And there stood before them seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up. 12 Then he said to me, Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the earth. 13 He said also to me, Turn yet again, and you shall see greater abominations that they do. 14 Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD'S house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz. 15 Then he said to me, Have you seen this, O son of man? turn yet again, and you shall see greater abominations than these.
• Ezek 22:2-9 : 2 Now, you son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Yes, you shall show her all her abominations. 3 Then say, Thus says the Lord GOD, The city sheds blood in its midst, that her time may come, and makes idols against herself to defile herself. 4 You have become guilty by the blood that you have shed, and have defiled yourself with your idols which you have made; and you have caused your days to draw near, and have come even to your years: therefore I have made you a reproach to the heathen, and a mocking to all countries. 5 Those who are near, and those who are far from you, shall mock you, who are infamous and much vexed. 6 Behold, the princes of Israel, every one, were in you using their power to shed blood. 7 In you they have treated father and mother with contempt: in your midst they have dealt oppressively with the stranger: in you they have wronged the fatherless and the widow. 8 You have despised My holy things, and have profaned My sabbaths. 9 In you are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in you they eat on the mountains: in the midst of you they commit lewdness. 10 In you they have uncovered their fathers' nakedness: in you they have humbled her who was set apart for impurity. 11 One has committed abomination with his neighbor's wife; another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and another in you has humbled his sister, his father's daughter. 12 In you they have taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken usury and increase, and you have greedily gained from your neighbors by extortion, and have forgotten Me, says the Lord GOD. 13 Behold, therefore I have struck My hand at your dishonest gain which you have made, and at the blood which has been in your midst. 14 Can your heart endure, or can your hands be strong, in the days when I shall deal with you? I the LORD have spoken it, and will do it. 15 And I will scatter you among the heathen, and disperse you in the countries, and will purge your filthiness out of you.
• Ezek 22:25-31 : 25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets in its midst, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in its midst. 26 Her priests have violated My law, and have profaned My holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and unholy, neither have they shown difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hidden their eyes from My sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. 27 Her princes in its midst are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain. 28 And her prophets have daubed them with untempered mortar, seeing false visions, and divining lies to them, saying, Thus says the Lord GOD, when the LORD has not spoken. 29 The people of the land have used oppression, and committed robbery, and have wronged the poor and needy: yes, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. 30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before Me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none. 31 Therefore have I poured out My indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, says the Lord GOD.
• Ezek 23:49 : 49 And they shall repay your lewdness upon you, and you shall bear the sins of your idols: and you shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
• Ezek 25:11 : 11 And I will execute judgments upon Moab; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
• Ezek 36:17-18 : 17 Son of man, when the house of Israel lived in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman. 18 Therefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols with which they had polluted it:
• Mic 6:9-9 : 9 The LORD'S voice cries to the city, and the man of wisdom will see Your name: Hear the rod, and who has appointed it. 10 Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the short measure that is abominable? 11 Shall I count them pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights? 12 For the rich men there are full of violence, the inhabitants have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
• Zeph 3:1-4 : 1 Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! 2 She did not obey the voice; she did not receive correction; she did not trust in the LORD; she did not draw near to her God. 3 Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they do not gnaw the bones until the morning. 4 Her prophets are light and treacherous people: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
• Exod 14:18 : 18 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gained honor over Pharaoh, over his chariots, and over his horsemen.
• 2 Kgs 17:9-9 : 9 The children of Israel secretly did things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built for themselves high places in all their cities, from the watchtower to the fortified city. 10 They set up images and groves on every high hill and under every green tree. 11 There they burned incense on all the high places, as the nations had done whom the LORD carried away before them; and they did wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger. 12 For they served idols, of which the LORD had said to them, You shall not do this thing. 13 Yet the LORD testified against Israel and against Judah, by all the prophets and by all the seers, saying, Turn from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets. 14 Nevertheless they would not listen, but stiffened their necks, like their fathers, who did not believe in the LORD their God. 15 They rejected his statutes and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; they followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves, and went after the nations that were around them, although the LORD had commanded them not to do like them. 16 They left all the commandments of the LORD their God, made for themselves cast images, even two calves, made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal. 17 They caused their sons and daughters to pass through the fire, practiced divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. 18 Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel and removed them from his sight; there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.
• 2 Chr 36:14-17 : 14 Moreover, all the leaders of the priests and the people transgressed greatly after all the abominations of the nations, and polluted the house of the LORD which he had sanctified in Jerusalem. 15 And the LORD God of their fathers sent warnings to them by his messengers, rising up early and sending them, because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place. 16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, until there was no remedy. 17 Therefore, he brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or young woman, old man, or aged; he gave them all into his hand.
• Ps 9:16 : 16 The LORD is known by the judgment he executes; the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
• Ps 83:17-18 : 17 Let them be confounded and troubled forever; yes, let them be put to shame and perish: 18 That men may know that you, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, are the most high over all the earth.
• Jer 5:1-9 : 1 Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if you can find a man, if there is anyone who executes judgment, who seeks the truth; and I will pardon it. 2 And though they say, The LORD lives; surely they swear falsely. 3 O LORD, are not your eyes upon the truth? You have stricken them, but they have not grieved; you have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return. 4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they do not know the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God. 5 I will go to the great men, and will speak to them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds. 6 Therefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: everyone that goes out from there shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings have increased. 7 How shall I pardon you for this? Your children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses. 8 They were like well-fed horses in the morning: everyone neighed after his neighbor's wife. 9 Shall I not visit for these things? says the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
• Jer 5:25-31 : 25 Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withheld good things from you. 26 For among my people are found wicked men: they lay in wait, as he who sets snares; they set a trap, they catch men. 27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they have become great, and grown rich. 28 They have grown fat, they shine: yes, they surpass the deeds of the wicked: they do not judge the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy they do not judge. 29 Shall I not visit for these things? says the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? 30 A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land; 31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will you do in the end thereof?