Ezekiel 13:21

“And I will tear your veils and deliver my people from your hand, and they will no longer be in your hand as in a snare; and you will know that I am YHWH.”

Ezekiel 13:21 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 13:21, word by word

And I will tearקָרַעְתִּיkarati

tear

To rip one's clothes in great grief.

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your veilsמִסְפְּחֹתֵיmispchote

veil

A veil, a covering that is spread out.

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and deliverהִצַּלְתִּיhitsalti

rescue

To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.

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my peopleעַמִּami

Ammi

Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".

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from your handיֶּדְyed

power

Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.

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beיִהְיוּyihyu

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

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as in a snareמְצוּדָהmetsuda

net

A net spread to catch game.

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and you will knowידַעְתֶּןydaten

acknowledge

To acknowledge YHWH: admit that he is God.

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YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

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The context

20Therefore thus says Adonai YHWH: Look, I am against your pads with which you hunt there the souls as birds that fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and I will set free the souls that you hunt, the souls, as birds that fly.

21 · This verse (above)

22Because you have disheartened with falsehood the heart of the righteous, whom I had not caused pain, and have strengthened the hands of the wicked, so that he does not turn from his evil way and live,

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