Zechariah
Zechariah 11:6
6For I will no longer have compassion on the people of the land, declares the LORD, but behold, I will cause each man to fall into the hands of his neighbor and his king, who will devastate the land, and I will not deliver it from their hands.”
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| For | כִּ֠י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| I will no | לֹ֣א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| longer | ע֛וֹד | ‘ō·wḏ | Adverb | H5750 a going round, continuance |
| have compassion | אֶחְמ֥וֹל | ’eḥ·mō·wl | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | H2550 spare |
| on | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| the people | יֹשְׁבֵ֥י | yō·šə·ḇê | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | H3427 sit, remain, dwell |
| of the land | הָאָ֖רֶץ | hā·’ā·reṣ | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| declares | נְאֻם־ | nə·’um- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H5002 utterance |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֑ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| but behold | וְהִנֵּ֨ה | wə·hin·nêh | Conjunctive waw; Interjection | H2009 lo! behold! |
| I | אָנֹכִ֜י | ’ā·nō·ḵî | Pronoun - first person common singular | H595 I |
| will cause each | אִ֤ישׁ | ’îš | Noun - masculine singular | H376 man |
| man | הָאָדָ֗ם | hā·’ā·ḏām | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H120 man, mankind |
| to fall | מַמְצִ֣יא | mam·ṣî | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular | H4672 attain to, find |
| into the hands | בְּיַד־ | bə·yaḏ- | Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct | H3027 hand |
| of his neighbor | רֵעֵ֙הוּ֙ | rê·‘ê·hū | Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular | H7453 shouting, roar |
| and | וּבְיַ֣ד | ū·ḇə·yaḏ | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct | H3027 hand |
| his king | מַלְכּ֔וֹ | mal·kōw | Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular | H4428 king |
| who will devastate | וְכִתְּתוּ֙ | wə·ḵit·tə·ṯū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | H3807 beat, crush by beating |
| the land | הָאָ֔רֶץ | hā·’ā·reṣ | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| and I will not | וְלֹ֥א | wə·lō | Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| deliver it | אַצִּ֖יל | ’aṣ·ṣîl | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular | H5337 strip, plunder |
| from their hands | מִיָּדָֽם׃ | mî·yā·ḏām | Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine plural | H3027 hand |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Jeremiah 13:14 · Micah 5:8 · Matthew 22:7 · Isaiah 9:19–21 · Hebrews 10:26–31 · Psalm 50:22
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.