Ezekiel 5:10

KJV1611 – Modern English

Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in your midst, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in you, and the whole remnant of you I will scatter into all the winds.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לָכֵ֗ן אָב֞וֹת יֹאכְל֤וּ בָנִים֙ בְּתוֹכֵ֔ךְ וּבָנִ֖ים יֹאכְל֣וּ אֲבוֹתָ֑ם וְעָשִׂ֤יתִי בָךְ֙ שְׁפָטִ֔ים וְזֵרִיתִ֥י אֶת־כָּל־שְׁאֵרִיתֵ֖ךְ לְכָל־רֽוּחַ׃

Transliteration

lākēn ʾābôt yōʾkəlû bānîm bətôkēk û-bānîm yōʾkəlû ʾăbôtām wə-ʿāśîtî bāk šəpāṭîm wə-zērîtî ʾet-kol-šəʾērîtēk lə-kol-rûaḥ

Grammar Details

• *lākēn*: adverb - therefore
• *ʾābôt*: masculine plural noun - fathers
• *yōʾkəlû*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they will eat
• *bānîm*: masculine plural noun - sons
• *bətôkēk*: preposition + noun + 2nd person feminine singular suffix - in your midst
• û-*bānîm*: conjunction + masculine plural noun - and sons
• *ʾăbôtām*: masculine plural noun + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their fathers
• wə-*ʿāśîtî*: conjunction + qal perfect 1st person singular - and I will execute
• *bāk*: preposition + 2nd person feminine singular suffix - in you
• *šəpāṭîm*: masculine plural noun - judgments
• wə-*zērîtî*: conjunction + piel perfect 1st person singular - and I will scatter
• *ʾet-kol-šəʾērîtēk*: direct object marker + construct noun + feminine singular noun + 2nd person feminine singular suffix - all your remnant
• *lə-kol-rûaḥ*: preposition + construct noun + feminine singular noun - to every wind

Word Meanings

• *šəpāṭîm*: judgments/punishments
• *zērîtî*: scatter/winnow/disperse
• *šəʾērîtēk*: your remnant/remainder/surviving portion
• *rûaḥ*: wind/direction/spirit

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Therefore, fathers will eat their sons among you, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments on you and scatter all your survivors to every wind.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Therefore the fathers{H1} shall eat{H398} the sons{H1121} in the midst{H8432} of thee, and the sons{H1121} shall eat{H398} their fathers;{H1} and I will execute{H6213} judgments{H8201} on thee; and the whole remnant{H7611} of thee will I scatter{H2219} unto all the winds.{H7307}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Therefore the fathers{H1} shall eat{H398}{(H8799)} the sons{H1121} in the midst{H8432} of thee, and the sons{H1121} shall eat{H398}{(H8799)} their fathers{H1}; and I will execute{H6213}{(H8804)} judgments{H8201} in thee, and the whole remnant{H7611} of thee will I scatter{H2219}{(H8765)} into all the winds{H7307}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For in the the fathers shal be fayne to eate their owne sonnes, and the sonnes their owne fathers. Soch a courte will I kepe in the, and the whole remnaunt will I scatre in to all the wyndes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For in the middes of thee, the fathers shall eate their sonnes, and the sonnes shall eate their fathers, and I will execute iudgement in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the windes.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For in thee the fathers shalbe fayne to eate their owne sonnes, and the sonnes their owne fathers, I wyll execute iudgement in thee, and the whole remnaunt of thee wyll I scatter into all the wyndes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of you, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments on you; and the whole remnant of you will I scatter to all the winds.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Therefore fathers do eat sons in thy midst, And sons eat their fathers, And I have done in thee judgments, And have scattered all thy remnant to every wind.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments on thee; and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter unto all the winds.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments on thee; and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter unto all the winds.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For this cause fathers will take their sons for food among you, and sons will make a meal of their fathers; and I will be judge among you, and all the rest of you I will send away to every wind.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of you, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments on you; and the whole remnant of you will I scatter to all the winds.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Therefore fathers will eat their sons within you, Jerusalem, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments on you, and I will scatter any survivors to the winds.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 28:64 : 64 And the LORD shall scatter you among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there you shall serve other gods, which neither you nor your fathers have known, even wood and stone.
• Ezek 12:14 : 14 And I will scatter toward every wind all who are around him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.
• Zech 2:6 : 6 Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, says the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of heaven, says the LORD.
• Ezek 36:19 : 19 And I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.
• Lev 26:29 : 29 And you shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall you eat.
• Ps 44:11 : 11 You have given us like sheep appointed for food, and have scattered us among the heathen.
• Jer 19:9 : 9 And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend during the siege and distress, with which their enemies, and those who seek their lives, shall distress them.
• Ezek 5:2 : 2 You shall burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and you shall take a third part, and strike around it with a knife: and a third part you shall scatter to the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.
• Ezek 5:12 : 12 A third part of you shall die with pestilence, and with famine they shall be consumed in your midst: and a third part shall fall by the sword around you; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.
• Ezek 6:8 : 8 Yet I will leave a remnant, that you may have some who escape the sword among the nations, when you are scattered through the countries.
• Lam 2:20 : 20 Behold, O Lord, and consider to whom You have done this. Shall the women eat their offspring, the children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
• Lam 4:10 : 10 The hands of the compassionate women have cooked their own children; they were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
• Lev 26:33 : 33 And I will scatter you among the nations, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
• Amos 9:9 : 9 For behold, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.
• Zech 7:14 : 14 But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations they had not known. Thus the land became desolate after them, so that no man passed through nor returned: for they made the pleasant land desolate.
• Jer 9:16 : 16 I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them.
• Ezek 22:15 : 15 And I will scatter you among the heathen, and disperse you in the countries, and will purge your filthiness out of you.
• Ezek 20:23 : 23 I lifted up my hand to them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;
• Luke 21:24 : 24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trampled down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
• Deut 4:27 : 27 And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and you shall be left few in number among the heathen, where the LORD shall lead you.
• Deut 28:53-57 : 53 And you shall eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons and your daughters, which the LORD your God has given you, in the siege, and in the distress, with which your enemies shall distress you: 54 So that the man who is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave: 55 So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he has nothing left him in the siege, and in the distress, with which your enemies shall distress you in all your gates. 56 The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter, 57 And toward her young one that comes out from between her feet, and toward her children who she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and distress, with which your enemy shall distress you in your gates.
• Deut 32:26 : 26 I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:
• 2 Kgs 6:29 : 29 So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said to her on the next day, Give your son, that we may eat him: and she has hidden her son.
• Neh 1:8 : 8 Remember, I beg You, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, If you transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:
• Jer 44:12 : 12 And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from the least even to the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.
• Jer 50:17 : 17 Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven them away: first the king of Assyria has devoured him; and last this Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones.
• Isa 9:20 : 20 And he will snatch on the right hand and be hungry; and he will eat on the left hand and not be satisfied; they will eat every man the flesh of his own arm.
• Isa 49:26 : 26 And I will feed them that oppress you with their own flesh; and they shall be drunk with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.