EZEKIEL 5:10

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds.”

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Ezekiel 5:10 Translation & Meaning

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Therefore לָכֵ֗ן 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
the fathers אָב֞וֹת Father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application fathers
shall eat יֹאכְל֤וּ To eat (literally or figuratively) eat
the sons בָנִים֙ A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) sons
in the midst בְּתוֹכֵ֔ךְ A bisection, i.e., (by implication) the center midst
of thee, and the sons וּבָנִ֖ים A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) sons
shall eat יֹאכְל֣וּ To eat (literally or figuratively) eat
their fathers; אֲבוֹתָ֑ם Father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application fathers
and I will execute וְעָשִׂ֤יתִי To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application execute
judgments שְׁפָטִ֔ים A sentence, i.e., infliction judgments
in thee, and אֶת Properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) in thee and
the whole כָּל Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) whole
remnant שְׁאֵרִיתֵ֖ךְ A remainder or residual (surviving, final) portion remnant
of thee will I scatter וְזֵרִיתִ֥י To toss about; by implication, to diffuse, winnow scatter
into all לְכָל Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) all
the winds. רֽוּחַ׃ Wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions) winds

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  • 8  Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations.

  • 9  And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations.

  • 10  Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds.

  • 11  Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord God; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity.

  • 12  A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.




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