Ezekiel 7:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

Also, you son of man, thus says the Lord GOD to the land of Israel: An end, the end has come upon the four corners of the land.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאַתָּ֣ה בֶן־אָדָ֗ם כֹּה־אָמַ֞ר אֲדֹנָ֧י יְהוִ֛ה לְאַדְמַ֥ת יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל קֵ֑ץ בָּ֣א הַקֵּ֔ץ עַל־אַרְבַּ֖ע כַּנְפ֥וֹת הָאָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

wə-ʾattāh ben-ʾādām kōh-ʾāmar ʾăḏōnāy YHWH lə-ʾaḏmaṯ Yiśrāʾēl qēṣ bāʾ ha-qēṣ ʿal-ʾarbaʿ kanp̱ôṯ hā-ʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

• *wə-ʾattāh*: conjunction + 2nd masculine singular pronoun - and you
• *ben*-*ʾādām*: construct chain - son of man/humankind
• *kōh*-*ʾāmar*: adverb + qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - thus says/said
• *ʾăḏōnāy*: noun with 1st plural suffix, divine title - my Lord
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
• *lə-ʾaḏmaṯ*: preposition + construct noun, feminine singular - to land/soil of
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun
• *qēṣ*: masculine noun, singular - end
• *bāʾ*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - has come
• *ha-qēṣ*: definite article + masculine noun, singular - the end
• *ʿal*-*ʾarbaʿ*: preposition + cardinal number, feminine - upon four
• *kanp̱ôṯ*: noun, feminine plural construct - corners/wings/edges of
• *hā-ʾāreṣ*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the land/earth

Word Meanings

• *ʾaḏmaṯ*: land/soil/ground/territory
• *qēṣ*: end/limit/boundary
• *kanp̱ôṯ*: corners/wings/edges/extremities
• *ʾāreṣ*: land/earth/ground/territory

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  And you, son of man, this is what the Sovereign LORD says to the land of Israel: 'The end is here! The end has come upon the four corners of the land.'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And thou, son of man, thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto the land of Israel, An end: the end is come upon the four corners of the land.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  The I call, O thou sonne off man. Thus saieth the LORDE God vnto the londe off Israel: The ende commeth, yee verely the ende commeth vpon all the foure corners off the earth.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Also thou sonne of man, thus saith the Lord God, An ende is come vnto the lande of Israel: the ende is come vpon the foure corners of the lande.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And thou sonne of man, thus saith the Lorde God, an ende is come vnto the lande of Israel: yea veryly the ende commeth vpon the foure corners of the lande.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You, son of man, thus says the Lord Yahweh to the land of Israel, An end: the end is come on the four corners of the land.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  An end, come hath the end on the four corners of the land.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And thou, son of man, thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto the land of Israel, An end: the end is come upon the four corners of the land.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And thou, son of man, thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto the land of Israel, An end: the end is come upon the four corners of the land.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And you, son of man, say, This is what the Lord has said to the land of Israel: An end has come, the end has come on the four quarters of the land.

• World English Bible (2000)

  You, son of man, thus says the Lord Yahweh to the land of Israel, An end: the end is come on the four corners of the land.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “You, son of man– this is what the Sovereign LORD says to the land of Israel: An end! The end is coming on the four corners of the land!

Referenced Verses

• Amos 8:2 : 2 And He said, Amos, what do you see? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then the LORD said to me, The end has come upon my people Israel; I will not pass by them anymore.
• Amos 8:10 : 10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; I will bring sackcloth upon all waists, and baldness upon every head; I will make it like mourning for an only son, and the end of it like a bitter day.
• Lam 4:18 : 18 They hunted our steps, so that we could not walk in our streets; our end drew near, our days were fulfilled, for our end came.
• Ezek 7:3 : 3 Now the end has come upon you, and I will send my anger upon you, and will judge you according to your ways, and will repay you for all your abominations.
• Ezek 7:5-6 : 5 Thus says the Lord GOD: An evil, a singular evil, behold, has come. 6 An end has come, the end has come; it watches for you; behold, it has come.
• Ezek 11:13 : 13 And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord GOD! will you make a complete end of the remnant of Israel?
• Ezek 12:22 : 22 Son of man, what is that proverb that you have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision fails?
• Ezek 21:2 : 2 Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and drop your word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,
• Ezek 40:2 : 2 In the visions of God, He brought me into the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, on which was something like the structure of a city to the south.
• Gen 6:13 : 13 And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
• Deut 32:20 : 20 And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very perverse generation, children in whom there is no faith.
• 2 Chr 34:7 : 7 And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and beaten the graven images into powder and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.
• Jer 5:31 : 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?
• Jer 51:13 : 13 You who dwell upon many waters, abundant in treasures, your end has come, and the measure of your covetousness.
• Lam 1:9 : 9 Her filthiness is in her skirts; she does not remember her last end; therefore she came down astonishingly: she had no comforter. O LORD, behold my affliction, for the enemy has magnified himself.
• Matt 24:6 : 6 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled, for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
• Matt 24:13-14 : 13 But he who endures to the end will be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all nations, and then the end will come.
• 1 Pet 4:7 : 7 But the end of all things is at hand: be therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.