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And it will beוְהָיָהto themלָהֶםlike an empty divinationכִּקְסָם שָׁוְאin their eyes;בְּעֵינֵיהֶםoathsשְׁבֻעֵיof oathsשְׁבֻעוֹתthey have;לָהֶםbut heוְהוּאbrings to remembranceמַזְכִּירiniquity,עָוֺןso that they may be seized.”לְהִתָּפֵשׂ
Ezekiel 21:23
Study it in the app“And 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 21:23, word by word
- And it will beהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- like an empty divinationקְסָםkesam
practice divination
Practice divination: try to learn what is hidden by casting lots or by signs.
Where else “kesam” appears- like an empty divinationשָׁוְאshav
emptiness
Something of no value; using YHWH's name lightly.
Where else “shav” appears- in their eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- oathsשְׁבֻעֵיshevue
swear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “shevue” appears- of oathsשְׁבֻעוֹתshevuot
oath
Oath: a solemn promise sworn in someone's name.
Where else “shevuot” appears- brings to remembranceמַזְכִּירmazkir
mention
To speak of something, bring it to others' minds.
Where else “mazkir” appears- iniquityעָוֺןavon
iniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avon” appears- so that they may be seizedהִתָּפֵשׂhitafes
seize
To grab or capture someone.
Where else “hitafes” appears
Translation note
“Oaths of oaths”: it can be understood as the solemn oaths that Judah had made to the king of Babylon (17:13-19).
The context
22In 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.
23 · This verse (above)
24Therefore thus says Adonai YHWH: “Because you have brought to remembrance your iniquity in that your transgressions are uncovered, so that your sins appear in all your deeds; because you have been remembered, in the palm you will be seized.