Ezekiel 22:16

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

You will be profaned within yourself in the sight of the nations; then you will know that I am the LORD.’”

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְנִחַ֥לְתְּ בָּ֖ךְ לְעֵינֵ֣י גוֹיִ֑ם וְיָדַ֖עַתְּ כִּֽי־אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ פ

Transliteration

And you will be niḥalt in you before ʿênê gôyim, and you shall yāḏaʿat that-I am YHWH. p

Grammar Details

• *niḥalt*: niphal perfect, 2nd feminine singular - 'you will be profaned/inherit'
• *ʿênê*: construct feminine dual noun - 'eyes of'
• *gôyim*: masculine plural noun - 'nations'
• *yāḏaʿat*: qal perfect, 2nd feminine singular - 'you will know'
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - 'Yahweh/LORD'
• *p*: Hebrew paragraph marker

Word Meanings

• *niḥalt*: will be profaned/will be defiled/will inherit/will possess yourself (text ambiguous, could be from either נחל 'to inherit' or חלל 'to profane')

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 6:7 : 7 The slain will fall among you and then you will know that I am the LORD.
• Ezek 7:24 : 24 I will bring the most wicked of the nations and they will take possession of their houses. I will put an end to the arrogance of the strong, and their sanctuaries will be desecrated.
• Ps 83:18 : 18 Then they will know that you alone are the LORD, the Most High over all the earth.
• Isa 37:20 : 20 Now, O LORD our God, rescue us from his power, so all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the LORD.”
• Isa 43:28 : 28 So I defiled your holy princes, and handed Jacob over to destruction, and subjected Israel to humiliating abuse.”
• Isa 47:6 : 6 I was angry at my people; I defiled my special possession and handed them over to you. You showed them no mercy; you even placed a very heavy burden on old people.
• Exod 8:22 : 22 But on that day I will mark off the land of Goshen, where my people are staying, so that no swarms of flies will be there, that you may know that I am the LORD in the midst of this land.
• 1 Kgs 20:13 : 13 The Lord Delivers Israel Now a prophet visited King Ahab of Israel and said,“This is what the LORD has said,‘Do you see this huge army? Look, I am going to hand it over to you this very day. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”
• 1 Kgs 20:28 : 28 The prophet visited the king of Israel and said,“This is what the LORD has said:‘Because the Syrians said,“The LORD is a god of the mountains and not a god of the valleys,” I will deliver this entire huge army into to your control. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
• Ps 9:16 : 16 The LORD revealed himself; he accomplished justice; the wicked were ensnared by their own actions.(Higgaion. Selah)
• Ezek 25:3 : 3 Say to the Ammonites,‘Hear the word of the Sovereign LORD: This is what the Sovereign LORD says: You said“Aha!” about my sanctuary when it was desecrated, about the land of Israel when it was made desolate, and about the house of Judah when they went into exile.
• Ezek 39:6-7 : 6 I will send fire on Magog and those who live securely in the coastlands; then they will know that I am the LORD. 7 “‘I will make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; I will not let my holy name be profaned anymore. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.
• Ezek 39:28 : 28 Then they will know that I am the LORD their God, because I sent them into exile among the nations, and then gathered them into their own land. I will not leave any of them in exile any longer.
• Dan 4:25 : 25 You will be driven from human society, and you will live with the wild animals. You will be fed grass like oxen, and you will become damp with the dew of the sky. Seven periods of time will pass by for you, before you understand that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms and gives them to whomever he wishes.
• Dan 4:32-35 : 32 You will be driven from human society, and you will live with the wild animals. You will be fed grass like oxen, and seven periods of time will pass by for you before you understand that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms and gives them to whomever he wishes.” 33 Now in that very moment this pronouncement about Nebuchadnezzar came true. He was driven from human society, he ate grass like oxen, and his body became damp with the dew of the sky, until his hair became long like an eagle’s feathers, and his nails like a bird’s claws. 34 But at the end of the appointed time I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up toward heaven, and my sanity returned to me. I extolled the Most High, and I praised and glorified the one who lives forever. For his authority is an everlasting authority, and his kingdom extends from one generation to the next. 35 All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he wishes with the army of heaven and with those who inhabit the earth. No one slaps his hand and says to him,‘What have you done?’