Ezekiel
Ezekiel 22:12–13
12In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.
13Now look, I strike My hands together against your unjust gain and against the blood you have shed in your midst.
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Ezekiel 22:12
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In you | בָ֖ךְ | ḇāḵ | Preposition; second person feminine singular | |
| they take | לָֽקְחוּ־ | lā·qə·ḥū- | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H3947 take |
| bribes | שֹׁ֥חַד | šō·ḥaḏ | Noun - masculine singular | H7810 present |
| to | לְמַ֣עַן | lə·ma·‘an | Conjunction | H4616 purpose, intent |
| shed | שְׁפָךְ־ | šə·p̄āḵ- | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H8210 pour out, pour |
| blood | דָּ֑ם | dām | Noun - masculine singular | H1818 blood |
| You engage | לָקַ֗חַתְּ | lā·qa·ḥat | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular | H3947 take |
| in usury | נֶ֧שֶׁךְ | ne·šeḵ | Noun - masculine singular | H5392 interest, usury |
| take | וַתְּבַצְּעִ֤י | wat·tə·ḇaṣ·ṣə·‘î | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular | H1214 cut off, break off, gain by violence |
| excess interest | וְתַרְבִּ֣ית | wə·ṯar·bîṯ | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular | H8636 increment, interest, usury |
| and extort | בַּעֹ֔שֶׁק | ba·‘ō·šeq | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H6233 oppression, extortion |
| your neighbors | רֵעַ֙יִךְ֙ | rê·‘a·yiḵ | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person feminine singular | H7453 shouting, roar |
| But Me | וְאֹתִ֣י | wə·’ō·ṯî | Conjunctive waw; Direct object marker; first person common singular | H853 mark of the accusative |
| you have forgotten | שָׁכַ֔חַתְּ | šā·ḵa·ḥat | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular | H7911 forget |
| declares | נְאֻ֖ם | nə·’um | Noun - masculine singular construct | H5002 utterance |
| the Lord | אֲדֹנָ֥י | ’ă·ḏō·nāy | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H136 lord |
| GOD | יְהוִֽה׃ | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3069 Yahweh |
Ezekiel 22:13
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Now look | וְהִנֵּה֙ | wə·hin·nêh | Conjunctive waw; Interjection | H2009 lo! behold! |
| I strike | הִכֵּ֣יתִי | hik·kê·ṯî | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular | H5221 smite |
| My hands | כַפִּ֔י | ḵap·pî | Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular | H3709 hollow, or flat of the hand, palm, sole of foot, pan |
| together against | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| your unjust gain | בִּצְעֵ֖ךְ | biṣ·‘êḵ | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person feminine singular | H1215 gain made by violence, unjust gain, profit |
| and against | וְעַ֨ל־ | wə·‘al- | Conjunctive waw; Preposition | H5921 height |
| the blood you have shed | דָּמֵ֔ךְ | dā·mêḵ | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person feminine singular | H1818 blood |
| in your midst | בְּתוֹכֵֽךְ׃ | bə·ṯō·w·ḵêḵ | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person feminine singular | H8432 midst |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Ezekiel 22:12 Ezekiel 23:35 · Micah 7:2–3 · Deuteronomy 27:25 · Deuteronomy 23:19 · Psalm 106:21 · Ezekiel 18:8 · Deuteronomy 16:19 · Psalm 15:5 · Leviticus 25:35–36 · Jeremiah 2:32
Ezekiel 22:13 Ezekiel 21:17 · Isaiah 33:15 · Ezekiel 22:27 · Ezekiel 21:14 · Amos 2:6–8
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.