Ezekiel 14:8

“And I will set my face against that man, and I will make him a sign and proverbs, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and you will know that I am YHWH.”

Ezekiel 14:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 14:8, word by word

And I will setנָתַתִּיnatati

put

To place something somewhere.

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my faceפָנַfana

face

The front of the head, of someone or of God.

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manאִישׁish

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

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and I will make himהֲשִׂמֹתִיhasimoti

be desolate

To be left empty and ruined, or make it so.

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a signאוֹתot

sign

A mark or signal that points to something.

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and proverbsמְשָׁלִיםmeshalim

byword

An object of mockery among nations.

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and I will cut him offהִכְרַתִּיhichrati

cut off

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

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from the midstתּוֹךְtoch

midst

The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.

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of my peopleעַמִּami

Ammi

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

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and you will knowידַעְתֶּםydatem

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

7For any man of the house of Israel, or of the resident aliens who reside in Israel, who separates himself from following me and takes up his idols into his heart and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face and comes to the prophet to consult me for himself, I, YHWH, will answer him myself.

8 · This verse (above)

9And the prophet, if he is enticed and speaks a word, I, YHWH, have enticed that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand against him and destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.

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