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And allוְ כָּלfleshבָּשָׂרwill seeרָאוּthatכִּיI,אֲנִיYHWH,יְהוָהhave kindled it;בִּעַרְתִּיהָit will notלֹאbe quenched.’”תִּכְבֶּה
Ezekiel 20:48
Study it in the app“And all flesh will see that I, YHWH, have kindled it; it will not be quenched.’””
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 20:48, word by word
- fleshבָּשָׂרbasar
flesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “basar” appears- will seeרָאוּrau
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “rau” appears- 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.
Where else “yehva” appears- have kindled itבִּעַרְתִּיbiarti
burn
For fire to be lit, or to make something be consumed in flames.
Where else “biarti” appears- be quenched.’תִּכְבֶּהtichbe
go out, quench
Go out (of fire or a lamp); put out, quench.
Where else “tichbe” appears
The context
47And say to the forest of the Negev, ‘Hear the word of YHWH: Thus says Adonai YHWH: Look, I am kindling in you a fire, and it will consume in you every green tree and every dry tree; the flame of fire will not be quenched, and all faces will be scorched by it, from the Negev to the north.
48 · This verse (above)
49And I said, “Ah, Adonai YHWH! They are saying of me, ‘Is he not a maker of proverbs?’”