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And I will judge youוּשְׁפַטְתִּיךְwith the judgmentsמִשְׁפְּטֵיof adulteressesנֹאֲפוֹתand of women who shedוְשֹׁפְכֹתblood,דָּםand I will make youוּנְתַתִּיךְbloodדַּםof furyחֵמָהand of jealousy.וְקִנְאָה
Ezekiel 16:38
Study it in the app“And I will judge you with the judgments of adulteresses and of women who shed blood, and I will make you blood of fury and of jealousy.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 16:38, word by word
- And I will judge youשְׁפַטְתִּיshefatti
call to account
To call to account, punish.
Where else “shefatti” appears- with the judgmentsמִשְׁפְּטֵיmishpte
judgment
The decision a judge gives on a case.
Where else “mishpte” appears- of adulteressesנֹאֲפוֹתnoafot
be unfaithful
Israel being unfaithful to God with idols.
Where else “noafot” appears- and of women who shedשֹׁפְכֹתshofchot
spill
To empty out water or blood; "spill blood" is to kill.
Where else “shofchot” appears- bloodדָּםdam
bloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “dam” appears- and I will make youנְתַתִּיnetati
make
To make someone something: "I have made you a father".
Where else “netati” appears- of furyחֵמָהchema
fury
Literally "heat": burning anger, of a person or of YHWH.
Where else “chema” appears- and of jealousyקִנְאָהkina
jealousy
A husband's burning that tolerates no rivals; so is YHWH with his people.
Where else “kina” appears
The context
37therefore, look, I am gathering all your lovers to whom you were pleasing, and all whom you loved, with all whom you hated; and I will gather them against you from all around, and uncover your nakedness to them, and they will see all your nakedness.
38 · This verse (above)
39And I will give you into their hand, and they will tear down your mound and demolish your lofty places, and they will strip you of your garments and take your objects of beauty, and leave you naked and bare.