Ezekiel 22:13

World English Bible (2000)

Behold, therefore, I have struck my hand at your dishonest gain which you have made, and at your blood which has been in the midst of you.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהִנֵּה֙ הִכֵּ֣יתִי כַפִּ֔י אֶל־בִּצְעֵ֖ךְ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשִׂ֑ית וְעַל־דָּמֵ֔ךְ אֲשֶׁ֥ר הָי֖וּ בְּתוֹכֵֽךְ׃

Transliteration

And behold, I have hikkêṯî my kappî at your biṣʿēḵ which you ʿāśîṯ, and upon your dāmēḵ which hāyû in tôḵēḵ

Grammar Details

• *hikkêṯî*: hiphil perfect, 1st singular - 'I struck/clapped'
• *kappî*: feminine singular noun with 1st singular suffix - 'my palm/hand'
• *biṣʿēḵ*: masculine singular noun with 2nd feminine singular suffix - 'your dishonest gain'
• *ʿāśîṯ*: qal perfect, 2nd feminine singular - 'you made/did'
• *dāmēḵ*: masculine singular noun with 2nd feminine singular suffix - 'your blood'
• *hāyû*: qal perfect, 3rd plural - 'they were'
• *tôḵēḵ*: masculine singular noun with 2nd feminine singular suffix - 'your midst'

Word Meanings

• *hikkêṯî* *kappî*: I struck my palm/I clapped my hands (gesture of anger or astonishment)
• *biṣʿēḵ*: your dishonest gain/your profit/your unjust gain
• *dāmēḵ*: your blood/your bloodshed

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 21:17 : 17 I will also strike my hands together, and I will cause my wrath to rest: I, Yahweh, have spoken it.
• Isa 33:15 : 15 He who walks righteously, and speaks blamelessly; He who despises the gain of oppressions, who gestures with his hands, refusing to take a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from looking at evil--
• Ezek 21:14 : 14 You therefore, son of man, prophesy, and strike your hands together; and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the deadly wounded: it is the sword of the great one who is deadly wounded, which enters into their rooms.
• Ezek 22:27 : 27 Her princes in its midst are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, [and] to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest gain.
• Amos 2:6-8 : 6 Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; 7 They trample on the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and deny justice to the oppressed; and a man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name; 8 and they lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge; and in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.
• Amos 3:10 : 10 "Indeed they don't know to do right," says Yahweh, "Who hoard plunder and loot in their palaces."
• Amos 8:4-6 : 4 Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail, 5 Saying, 'When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may market wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel large, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit; 6 that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the sweepings with the wheat?'"
• Mic 2:1-3 : 1 Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand. 2 They covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage. 3 Therefore thus says Yahweh: "Behold, I am planning against these people a disaster, from which you will not remove your necks, neither will you walk haughtily; for it is an evil time.
• Mic 6:10-11 : 10 Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a short ephah that is accursed? 11 Shall I be pure with dishonest scales, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
• 1 Thess 4:6 : 6 that no one should take advantage of and wrong a brother or sister in this matter; because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.
• Jer 5:26-27 : 26 For among my people are found wicked men. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. 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 grew rich.
• Jer 7:9-9 : 9 Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods that you have not known, 10 and come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered; that you may do all these abominations? 11 Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it, says Yahweh.
• Num 24:10 : 10 Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he struck his hands together; and Balak said to Balaam, "I called you to curse my enemies, and, behold, you have altogether blessed them these three times.
• Prov 28:8 : 8 He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.