EZEKIEL 28:26

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and they shall know that I am the Lord their God.”

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Ezekiel 28:26 Translation & Meaning

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And they shall dwell וְיָשְׁב֣וּ Properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry dwell
safely לָבֶטַח֒ Properly, a place of refuge; abstract, safety, both the fact (security) and the feeling (trust); often (adverb with or without preposition) safely safely
therein, עָלֶיהָ֮ Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications therein
and shall build וּבָנ֤וּ To build (literally and figuratively) build
houses, בָתִּים֙ A house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) houses
and plant וְנָטְע֣וּ Properly, to strike in, i.e., fix; specifically, to plant (literally or figuratively) plant
vineyards; כְרָמִ֔ים A garden or vineyard vineyards
yea, they shall dwell וְיָשְׁב֖וּ Properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry yea dwell
with confidence, לָבֶ֑טַח Properly, a place of refuge; abstract, safety, both the fact (security) and the feeling (trust); often (adverb with or without preposition) safely confidence
when I have executed בַּעֲשׂוֹתִ֣י To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application executed
judgments שְׁפָטִ֗ים A sentence, i.e., infliction judgments
upon all בְּכֹ֨ל Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) upon all
those that despise הַשָּׁאטִ֤ים One contemning those despise
them round about מִסְּבִ֣יבוֹתָ֔ם (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around round about
them; and they shall know וְיָ֣דְע֔וּ 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 כִּ֛י (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 יְהוָ֖ה (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Lord
their God. אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃ Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative God

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  • 24  And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them, that despised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord God.

  • 25  Thus saith the Lord God; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob.

  • 26  And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and they shall know that I am the Lord their God.




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