Ezekiel 14:21

“For thus says Adonai YHWH: ‘How much more when my four evil judgments, sword, famine, ferocious animal, and pestilence, I send against Jerusalem to cut off from it human being and beast!”
Ezekiel 14:21 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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ForכִּיthusכֹהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהֹוִה‘How much moreאַף כִּיwhen myיfourאַרְבַּעַתevilהָרָעִיםjudgments,שְׁפָטַsword,חֶרֶבfamine,וְרָעָבferociousרָעָהanimal,וְחַיָּהand pestilence,וָדֶבֶרI sendשִׁלַּחְתִּיagainst Jerusalemאֶל יְרוּשָׁלִָםto cut offלְהַכְרִיתfrom itמִמֶּנָּהhuman beingאָדָםand beast!וּבְהֵמָה

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Both texts put together the sword, famine, pestilence and wild beasts as punishments.

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

חֶרֶבjerevH2719ῥομφαίᾳrhomphaiaiG4501“sword; cutting tool”
רָעָבraavH7458λιμῷlimōiG3042“famine”
חַיָּהjayaH2416θηρίωνthēriōnG2342“living; animal”

Ezekiel 14:21, word by word

saysאָמַרamar

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona

Adonai, Lord

"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.

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YHWHיְהֹוִהyehovi

YHWH (with Adonai)

The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".

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fourאַרְבַּעַתarbaat

four

Four.

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evilרָעִיםraim

evil

What is evil, the opposite of good.

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judgmentsשְׁפָטַshefata

judgments

Judgments: acts by which God punishes and does justice.

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swordחֶרֶבcherev

sword

A sword; or war.

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famineרָעָבraav

famine, hunger

Hunger; famine, a shortage of food in a region.

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animalחַיָּהchaya

beast

Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.

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and pestilenceדֶבֶרdever

plague, pestilence

Pestilence: a disease that kills many in a short time.

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I sendשִׁלַּחְתִּיshilachti

send

To send someone or something.

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against Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָםyerushalaim

Jerusalem

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to cut offהַכְרִיתhachrit

cut off

To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.

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human beingאָדָםadam

human being

All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.

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and beastבְהֵמָהvehema

beast

Animals in general.

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Places in this verse

Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.

Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
2 Samuel 5:6 1 Kings 8:1 Luke 2:22 Acts 1:8

The context

20and Noah, Daniel, and Job were in its midst, as I live, declares Adonai YHWH, neither son nor daughter would they deliver; they by their righteousness would deliver their souls.

21 · This verse (above)

22And look, there will be left in it survivors brought out, sons and daughters; look, they are coming out to you, and you will see their way and their deeds, and you will be comforted over the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, all that I have brought upon it.

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