Ezekiel 5:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; from it a fire shall come forth into all the house of Israel.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּמֵהֶם֙ ע֣וֹד תִּקָּ֔ח וְהִשְׁלַכְתָּ֤ אוֹתָם֙ אֶל־תּ֣וֹךְ הָאֵ֔שׁ וְשָׂרַפְתָּ֥ אֹתָ֖ם בָּאֵ֑שׁ מִמֶּ֥נּוּ תֵצֵא־אֵ֖שׁ אֶל־כָּל־בֵּ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Transliteration

û-mēhem ʿôd tiqqāḥ wə-hišlaktā ʾôtām ʾel-tôk hā-ʾēš wə-śāraptā ʾōtām bā-ʾēš mimmennû tēṣêʾ-ʾēš ʾel-kol-bêt yiśrāʾēl

Grammar Details

• û-*mēhem*: conjunction + preposition + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and from them
• *ʿôd*: adverb - again/more/further
• *tiqqāḥ*: qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you shall take
• wə-*hišlaktā*: conjunction + hiphil perfect 2nd person masculine singular - and you shall throw
• *ʾôtām*: direct object marker + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - them
• *ʾel-tôk*: preposition + construct noun - to the midst of
• *hā-ʾēš*: definite article + feminine singular noun - the fire
• wə-*śāraptā*: conjunction + qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - and you shall burn
• *ʾōtām*: direct object marker + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - them
• *bā-ʾēš*: preposition + definite article + feminine singular noun - in the fire
• *mimmennû*: preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - from it
• *tēṣêʾ-ʾēš*: qal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular + feminine singular noun - will come out fire
• *ʾel-kol-bêt*: preposition + noun + construct noun - to all house of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel

Word Meanings

• *hišlaktā*: throw/cast/fling
• *tôk*: midst/middle/center
• *tēṣêʾ*: go out/come forth/proceed

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Then take some of these again, throw them into the fire, and burn them. From it, a fire will spread to all the house of Israel.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And of these again shalt thou take, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; therefrom shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  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.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then take a curtesy of it, and cast it in the myddest of ye fyre, and burne it in the fyre. Out of the same fyre shall there go a flame, vpon the whole house of Israel.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then take of them againe and cast them into the middes of the fire, and burne them in the fire: for thereof shall a fire come foorth into all the house of Israel.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Of them yet shalt thou take, and cast them into the middest of the fire, & burne them in the fire: therof shall a fire come foorth into all the house of Israel.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Of these again shall you take, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; from it shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and of them thou dost take again, and hast cast them unto the midst of the fire, and hast burned them in the fire -- out of it cometh forth a fire unto all the house of Israel.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And of these again shalt thou take, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; therefrom shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And of these again shalt thou take, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; therefrom shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And again take some of these and put them in the fire, burning them up in the fire; and say to all the children of Israel,

• World English Bible (2000)

  Of these again you shall take, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; from it shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Again, take more of them and throw them into the fire, and burn them up. From there a fire will spread to all the house of Israel.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 25:25 : 25 But in the seventh month, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal seed, came with ten men, and struck Gedaliah so that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.
• Jer 4:4 : 4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, you men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn so that no one can quench it, because of the evil of your deeds.
• Jer 41:1-9 : 1 Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of royal seed, and the princes of the king, even ten men with him, came to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam at Mizpah; and there they ate bread together in Mizpah. 2 Then Ishmael the son of Nethaniah arose, and the ten men who were with him, and struck Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword, and killed him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land. 3 Ishmael also killed all the Jews who were with him, even with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans who were found there, and the men of war. 4 And it came to pass the second day after he had killed Gedaliah, and no one knew it, 5 That there came certain men from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even eighty men, with their beards shaved, and their clothes torn, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD. 6 And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went: and it came to pass, as he met them, he said to them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. 7 And it was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah killed them, and cast them into the midst of the pit, he, and the men who were with him. 8 But ten men were found among them who said to Ishmael, Do not kill us: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and barley, and oil, and honey. So he spared them, and did not kill them among their brethren. 9 Now the pit where Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men, whom he had killed because of Gedaliah, was the one which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with those who were killed. 10 Then Ishmael carried away captive all the rest of the people who were at Mizpah, even the king's daughters, and all the people who remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites. 11 But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done, 12 Then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon. 13 Now it came to pass, that when all the people who were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, then they were glad. 14 So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah turned around and went to Johanan the son of Kareah. 15 But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the Ammonites. 16 Then Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, took all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after he had killed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought back from Gibeon: 17 And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt, 18 Because of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had killed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had made governor in the land.
• Jer 48:45 : 45 Those who fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force; but a fire shall come out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.
• Jer 52:30 : 30 In the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty-five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.