Ezekiel
Ezekiel 28:18
18By the multitude of your iniquities
and the dishonesty of your trading
you have profaned your sanctuaries.
So I made fire come from within you,
and it consumed you.
I reduced you to ashes on the ground
in the eyes of all who saw you.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| By the multitude | מֵרֹ֣ב | mê·rōḇ | Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct | H7230 multitude, abundance, greatness |
| of your iniquities | עֲוֺנֶ֗יךָ | ‘ă·wō·ne·ḵā | Noun - common plural construct; second person masculine singular | H5771 iniquity, guilt, or punishment of iniquity |
| and the dishonesty | בְּעֶ֙וֶל֙ | bə·‘e·wel | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct | H5766 injustice, unrighteousness |
| of your trading | רְכֻלָּ֣תְךָ֔ | rə·ḵul·lā·ṯə·ḵā | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H7404 traffic |
| you have profaned | חִלַּ֖לְתָּ | ḥil·lal·tā | Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H2490 bore, pierce |
| your sanctuaries | מִקְדָּשֶׁ֑יךָ | miq·dā·še·ḵā | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H4720 sacred place, sanctuary |
| So I made fire | אֵ֤שׁ | ’êš | Noun - common singular | H784 fire |
| come | וָֽאוֹצִא־ | wā·’ō·w·ṣi- | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | H3318 go or come out |
| from within you | מִתּֽוֹכְךָ֙ | mit·tō·wḵ·ḵā | Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H8432 midst |
| and it | הִ֣יא | hî | Pronoun - third person feminine singular | H1931 he, she |
| consumed you | אֲכָלַ֔תְךָ | ’ă·ḵā·laṯ·ḵā | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular; second person masculine singular | H398 eat |
| I reduced | וָאֶתֶּנְךָ֤ | wā·’et·ten·ḵā | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular; second person masculine singular | H5414 give, put, set |
| you to ashes | לְאֵ֙פֶר֙ | lə·’ê·p̄er | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular | H665 ashes |
| on | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| the ground | הָאָ֔רֶץ | hā·’ā·reṣ | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| in the eyes | לְעֵינֵ֖י | lə·‘ê·nê | Preposition-l; Noun - cdc | H5869 eye |
| of all | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| who saw you | רֹאֶֽיךָ׃ | rō·’e·ḵā | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H7200 see |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Malachi 4:3 · Revelation 18:8 · Amos 1:9–10 · Ezekiel 28:16 · Ezekiel 28:2
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.