Ezekiel
Ezekiel 6:4–7
4Your altars will be demolished and your incense altars will be smashed; and I will cast down your slain before your idols. 5I will lay the corpses of the Israelites before their idols and scatter your bones around your altars.
6Wherever you live, the cities will be laid waste and the high places will be demolished, so that your altars will be laid waste and desecrated, your idols smashed and obliterated, your incense altars cut down, and your works blotted out. 7The slain will fall among you, and you will know that I am the LORD.
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Ezekiel 6:4
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Your altars | מִזְבְּח֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔ם | miz·bə·ḥō·w·ṯê·ḵem | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H4196 altar |
| will be demolished | וְנָשַׁ֙מּוּ֙ | wə·nā·šam·mū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | H8074 be desoleted, appalled |
| and your incense altars | חַמָּֽנֵיכֶ֑ם | ḥam·mā·nê·ḵem | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H2553 sun-pillar |
| will be smashed | וְנִשְׁבְּר֖וּ | wə·niš·bə·rū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | H7665 break, break in pieces |
| and I will cast down | וְהִפַּלְתִּי֙ | wə·hip·pal·tî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | H5307 fall, lie |
| your slain | חַלְלֵיכֶ֔ם | ḥal·lê·ḵem | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H2491 pierced |
| before | לִפְנֵ֖י | lip̄·nê | Preposition-l; Noun - common plural construct | H6440 face, before |
| your idols | גִּלּוּלֵיכֶֽם׃ | gil·lū·lê·ḵem | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H1544 idols |
Ezekiel 6:5
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I will lay | וְנָתַתִּ֗י | wə·nā·ṯat·tî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | H5414 give, put, set |
| the corpses | פִּגְרֵי֙ | piḡ·rê | Noun - masculine plural construct | H6297 corpse, carcass |
| of the Israelites | יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yiś·rā·’êl | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3478 Israel |
| before | לִפְנֵ֖י | lip̄·nê | Preposition-l; Noun - common plural construct | H6440 face, before |
| their idols | גִּלּֽוּלֵיהֶ֑ם | gil·lū·lê·hem | Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural | H1544 idols |
| and scatter | וְזֵרִיתִי֙ | wə·zê·rî·ṯî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | H2219 scatter, fan, winnow |
| your bones | עַצְמ֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔ם | ‘aṣ·mō·w·ṯê·ḵem | Noun - feminine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H6106 bone, substance, self |
| around | סְבִיב֖וֹת | sə·ḇî·ḇō·wṯ | Adverb | H5439 circuit, round about |
| your altars | מִזְבְּחוֹתֵיכֶֽם׃ | miz·bə·ḥō·w·ṯê·ḵem | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H4196 altar |
Ezekiel 6:6
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wherever | בְּכֹל֙ | bə·ḵōl | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| you live | מוֹשְׁב֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔ם | mō·wō·šə·ḇō·w·ṯê·ḵem | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H4186 seat, assembly, dwelling-place, dwelling, dwellers |
| the cities | הֶעָרִ֣ים | he·‘ā·rîm | Article; Noun - feminine plural | H5892 excitement |
| will be laid waste | תֶּחֱרַ֔בְנָה | te·ḥĕ·raḇ·nāh | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural | H2717 be dry, dried up |
| and the high places | וְהַבָּמ֖וֹת | wə·hab·bā·mō·wṯ | Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - feminine plural | H1116 high place |
| will be demolished | תִּישָׁ֑מְנָה | tî·šā·mə·nāh | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural | H3456 be desolate |
| so that | לְמַעַן֩ | lə·ma·‘an | Conjunction | H4616 purpose, intent |
| your altars | מִזְבְּחֽוֹתֵיכֶ֗ם | miz·bə·ḥō·w·ṯê·ḵem | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H4196 altar |
| will be laid waste | יֶחֶרְב֨וּ | ye·ḥer·ḇū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | H2717 be dry, dried up |
| and desecrated | וְיֶאְשְׁמ֜וּ | wə·ye’·šə·mū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H816 offend, be guilty |
| your idols | גִּלּ֣וּלֵיכֶ֔ם | gil·lū·lê·ḵem | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H1544 idols |
| smashed | וְנִשְׁבְּר֤וּ | wə·niš·bə·rū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | H7665 break, break in pieces |
| and obliterated | וְנִשְׁבְּתוּ֙ | wə·niš·bə·ṯū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | H7673 cease, desist, rest |
| your incense altars | חַמָּ֣נֵיכֶ֔ם | ḥam·mā·nê·ḵem | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H2553 sun-pillar |
| cut down | וְנִגְדְּעוּ֙ | wə·niḡ·də·‘ū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | H1438 hew, hew down or off |
| and your works | מַעֲשֵׂיכֶֽם׃ | ma·‘ă·śê·ḵem | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H4639 deed, work |
| blotted out | וְנִמְח֖וּ | wə·nim·ḥū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | H4229 wipe, wipe out |
Ezekiel 6:7
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The slain | חָלָ֖ל | ḥā·lāl | Noun - masculine singular | H2491 pierced |
| will fall | וְנָפַ֥ל | wə·nā·p̄al | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | H5307 fall, lie |
| among you | בְּתֽוֹכְכֶ֑ם | bə·ṯō·wḵ·ḵem | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine plural | H8432 midst |
| and you will know | וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ם | wî·ḏa‘·tem | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural | H3045 know |
| that | כִּֽי־ | kî- | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| I | אֲנִ֥י | ’ă·nî | Pronoun - first person common singular | H589 I |
| am the LORD | יְהוָֽה׃ | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
Cross-references
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Ezekiel 6:4 2 Chronicles 14:5 · Leviticus 26:30
Ezekiel 6:6 Zechariah 13:2 · Micah 1:7 · Ezekiel 5:14 · Isaiah 6:11 · Leviticus 26:30 · Ezekiel 6:4
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.