EZEKIEL 25:7

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Behold, therefore I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.

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Ezekiel 25:7 Translation & Meaning

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Behold, הִנְנִי֩ Lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if Behold
therefore לָכֵ֡ן Properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles) therefore
I will stretch out נָטִ֨יתִי To stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows) stretch out
mine hand יָדִ֜י A hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows] hand
upon עָלֶ֗יךָ Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications upon
thee, and will deliver וּנְתַתִּ֤יךָֽ To give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) deliver
thee for a spoil לְבַג֙ Food spoil
to the heathen; לַגּוֹיִ֔ם A foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts heathen
and I will cut thee off וְהִכְרַתִּ֙יךָ֙ To cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e., make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces) cut off
from מִן Properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses from
the people, הָ֣עַמִּ֔ים A people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock people
and I will cause thee to perish וְהַאֲבַדְתִּ֖יךָ Properly, to wander away, i.e., lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy) cause perish
out of מִן Properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses out
the countries: הָאֲרָצ֑וֹת The earth (at large, or partitively a land) countries
I will destroy אַשְׁמִ֣ידְךָ֔ To desolate destroy
thee; and thou shalt know וְיָדַעְתָּ֖ To know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) know
that כִּֽי (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed that
I אֲנִ֥י I I
am (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
the Lord. יְהוָֽה׃ (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Lord

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  • 5  And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a couchingplace for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

  • 6  For thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast clapped thine hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against the land of Israel;

  • 7  Behold, therefore I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.

  • 8  Thus saith the Lord God; Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen;

  • 9  Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim,




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