Ezekiel 21:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאָֽמַרְתָּ֙ לְיַ֣עַר הַנֶּ֔גֶב שְׁמַ֖ע דְּבַר־יְהוָ֑ה כֹּֽה־אָמַ֣ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֡ה הִנְנִ֣י מַֽצִּית־בְּךָ֣ ׀ אֵ֡שׁ וְאָכְלָ֣ה בְךָ֣ כָל־עֵֽץ־לַח֩ וְכָל־עֵ֨ץ יָבֵ֤שׁ לֹֽא־תִכְבֶּה֙ לַהֶ֣בֶת שַׁלְהֶ֔בֶת וְנִצְרְבוּ־בָ֥הּ כָּל־פָּנִ֖ים מִנֶּ֥גֶב צָפֽוֹנָה׃

Transliteration

And-ʾāmartā to-yaʿar the-neḡeḇ šəmaʿ dəḇar-YHWH thus-ʾāmar ʾăḏōnāy YHWH hinənî maṣṣît-in-you ʾēš and-ʾāḵəlāh in-you all-ʿēṣ-laḥ and-all-ʿēṣ yāḇēš not-ṯiḵbeh laheḇeṯ šalheḇeṯ and-niṣrəḇû-in-her all-pānîm from-neḡeḇ ṣāp̄ônāh.

Grammar Details

• *ʾāmartā*: qal perfect 2nd masculine singular with waw conjunction - and you shall say
• *yaʿar*: construct state, masculine singular - forest of
• *neḡeḇ*: definite article with masculine singular - the south/Negev
• *šəmaʿ*: qal imperative masculine singular - hear/listen
• *dəḇar*: construct state, masculine singular - word of
• *ʾāmar*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he said
• *ʾăḏōnāy*: plural noun with 1st person suffix as divine title - my Lord
• *hinənî*: particle with 1st person singular suffix - behold me/here I am
• *maṣṣît*: hiphil participle masculine singular - kindling/igniting
• *ʾēš*: feminine singular - fire
• *ʾāḵəlāh*: qal perfect 3rd feminine singular with waw consecutive - and it will consume
• *ʿēṣ*: masculine singular - tree/wood
• *laḥ*: masculine singular adjective - green/moist
• *yāḇēš*: masculine singular adjective - dry
• *ṯiḵbeh*: qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular with negative particle - it will not be extinguished
• *laheḇeṯ*: construct state, feminine singular - flame of
• *šalheḇeṯ*: feminine singular - great flame/blaze
• *niṣrəḇû*: niphal perfect 3rd common plural with waw consecutive - and they will be scorched
• *pānîm*: masculine plural - faces
• *ṣāp̄ônāh*: feminine singular with directional suffix - northward

Word Meanings

• *yaʿar*: forest/wooded area
• *neḡeḇ*: south/dry region/Negev
• *maṣṣît*: kindling/setting on fire/igniting
• *ʿēṣ*: tree/wood/timber
• *laḥ*: green/moist/fresh
• *yāḇēš*: dry/withered
• *šalheḇeṯ*: intense flame/great blaze
• *niṣrəḇû*: scorched/burned/seared

Referenced Verses

• Job 9:22 : 22 This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
• Jer 21:13 : 13 Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of the plain, saith the LORD; which say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?
• Ezek 5:8 : 8 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations.
• Nah 2:13 : 13 Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.
• Nah 3:5 : 5 Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.
• Ezek 21:19 : 19 Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city.
• Ezek 26:3 : 3 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up.
• Zeph 2:12 : 12 Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.
• Zech 13:7 : 7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.
• Ezek 5:12 : 12 A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.
• Ezek 9:5-6 : 5 And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity: 6 Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.
• Ezek 14:17 : 17 Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:
• Ezek 14:21 : 21 For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?
• Ezek 21:9-9 : 9 Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished: 10 It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree. 11 And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.
• Jer 47:6-7 : 6 O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still. 7 How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it.
• Jer 50:31 : 31 Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee.
• Jer 51:20 : 20 Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;
• Jer 51:25 : 25 Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.
• Ps 17:13 : 13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
• Eccl 9:2 : 2 All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
• Isa 10:5 : 5 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
• Isa 34:5 : 5 For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
• Jer 15:2-4 : 2 And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity. 3 And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy. 4 And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.
• Exod 15:9 : 9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
• Lev 26:25 : 25 And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
• Lev 26:33 : 33 And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
• Deut 32:41-42 : 41 If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me. 42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.