Ezekiel
Ezekiel 14:21
21For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem My four dire judgments— sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague— in order to cut off from it both man and beast?
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| For | כִּי֩ | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| this is what | כֹ֨ה | ḵōh | Adverb | H3541 thus, here |
| the Lord | אֲדֹנָ֣י | ’ă·ḏō·nāy | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H136 lord |
| GOD | יְהֹוִ֗ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3069 Yahweh |
| says | אָמַ֜ר | ’ā·mar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| How much worse | אַ֣ף | ’ap̄ | Conjunction | H637 also, yea |
| will it be when | כִּֽי־ | kî- | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| I send | שִׁלַּ֖חְתִּי | šil·laḥ·tî | Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular | H7971 send |
| against | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| Jerusalem | יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם | yə·rū·šā·lim | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H3389 Jerusalem |
| My four | אַרְבַּ֣עַת | ’ar·ba·‘aṯ | Number - masculine singular construct | H702 four |
| dire | הָרָעִ֡ים | hā·rā·‘îm | Article; Adjective - masculine plural | H7451 bad, evil |
| judgments | שְׁפָטַ֣י׀ | šə·p̄ā·ṭay | Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular | H8201 judgement |
| sword | חֶ֠רֶב | ḥe·reḇ | Noun - feminine singular | H2719 sword |
| famine | וְרָעָ֞ב | wə·rā·‘āḇ | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular | H7458 famine, hunger |
| wild | רָעָה֙ | rā·‘āh | Adjective - feminine singular | H7451 bad, evil |
| beasts | וְחַיָּ֤ה | wə·ḥay·yāh | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular | H2416 alive, living |
| and plague | וָדֶ֔בֶר | wā·ḏe·ḇer | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular | H1698 pestilence |
| in order to cut off | לְהַכְרִ֥ית | lə·haḵ·rîṯ | Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | H3772 cut off, cut down |
| from it | מִמֶּ֖נָּה | mim·men·nāh | Preposition; third person feminine singular | H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not |
| both man | אָדָ֥ם | ’ā·ḏām | Noun - masculine singular | H120 man, mankind |
| and beast | וּבְהֵמָֽה׃ | ū·ḇə·hê·māh | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular | H929 beast, animal, cattle |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Ezekiel 5:17 · Ezekiel 33:27 · Ezekiel 14:19 · Ezekiel 14:17 · Ezekiel 14:13 · Ezekiel 14:15 · Ezekiel 5:12 · Amos 4:6–12 · Ezekiel 6:11–12
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.