Ezekiel 21:22

“In his right hand is the divination for Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth in murder, to raise the voice with a shout, to set battering rams against the gates, to heap up a siege ramp, to build a siege tower.”

Ezekiel 21:22 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 21:22, word by word

In his right handימִינymin

right hand

The hand on the side of strength and honor.

Where else “ymin” appears
isהָיָהhaya

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “haya” appears
the divinationקֶּסֶםkesem

divination

Trying to know hidden things, as false prophets did.

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for Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםyerushalaim

Jerusalem

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to setשׂוּםsum

put

To put something somewhere.

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battering ramsכָּרִיםkarim

battering ram

A log for battering city gates.

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to openפְתֹּחַfetoach

open

To open a door, mouth or eyes.

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the mouthפֶּהpe

mouth

The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.

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in murderרֶצַחretsach

crushing; murder

A shattering blow, slaughter, murder. It comes from the verb "to murder".

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to raiseהָרִיםharim

lift up

To put on high: to raise the voice, praise God, or be God lifting up the lowly.

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the voiceקוֹלkol

voice

What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.

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with a shoutתְרוּעָהterua

war cry

A loud voice that warns of war or danger.

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against the gatesשְׁעָרִיםshearim

gate

The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.

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to heap upשְׁפֹּךְshepoch

heap up

To pile earth against a wall in order to climb it and take the city.

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a siege rampסֹלְלָהsolla

siege ramp

Siege ramp: a mound of earth that an army raised against the wall of a besieged city in order to climb up and attack it.

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to buildבְנוֹתvenot

build

To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.

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a siege towerדָּיֵקdayek

siege wall

Siege works: the earthwork, walls or towers an army raises around a city to shut it in and attack it (2 Kings 25:1; Ezekiel 4:2; 21:22).

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Places in this verse

Jerusalem
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 5:61 Kings 8:1Luke 2:22Acts 1:8

The context

21For the king of Babylon has stopped at the crossroads, at the head of the two roads, to practice divination; he shakes the arrows, he consults the teraphim, he looks at the liver.

22 · This verse (above)

23And it will be to them like an empty divination in their eyes; oaths of oaths they have; but he brings to remembrance iniquity, so that they may be seized.”

Read all of Ezekiel 21

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