Ezekiel

Ezekiel 24:6

⁶Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says:

‘Woe to the city of bloodshed,

to the pot now rusted,

whose rust will not come off!

Empty it piece by piece;

cast no lots for its contents.^a

Footnotes

a 24:6 Or let no lot fall upon it

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Therefore	לָכֵ֞ן	lā·ḵên	Adverb	H3651 right, veritable, honest
this is what	כֹּה־	kōh-	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	אָמַ֣ר׀	’ā·mar	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
Woe	אוֹי֮	’ō·w	Interjection	H188 woe!
to the city	עִ֣יר	‘îr	Noun - feminine singular construct	H5892 excitement
of bloodshed	הַדָּמִים֒	had·dā·mîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H1818 blood
to the pot	סִ֚יר	sîr	Noun - common singular	H5518 pot
now rusted	חֶלְאָתָ֣ה	ḥel·’ā·ṯāh	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H2457 rust
whose rust	וְחֶ֨לְאָתָ֔הּ	wə·ḥel·’ā·ṯāh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H2457 rust
will not	לֹ֥א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
come off	יָצְאָ֖ה	yā·ṣə·’āh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H3318 go or come out
Empty	הוֹצִיאָ֔הּ	hō·w·ṣî·’āh	Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H3318 go or come out
it piece	לִנְתָחֶ֤יהָ	lin·ṯā·ḥe·hā	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H5409 piece
by piece	לִנְתָחֶ֙יהָ֙	lin·ṯā·ḥe·hā	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H5409 piece
cast	נָפַ֥ל	nā·p̄al	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5307 fall, lie
no	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
lots	גּוֹרָֽל׃	gō·w·rāl	Noun - masculine singular	H1486 lot
for its contents	עָלֶ֖יהָ	‘ā·le·hā	Preposition; third person feminine singular	H5921 height

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Ezekiel 22:2 · Nahum 3:1 · Ezekiel 22:27 · Obadiah 1:11 · Micah 7:2 · 2 Kings 24:4 · Nahum 3:10

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.