Ezekiel 21:27

“A collapse, a collapse, a collapse I will make it; this too will not be until he comes to whom the right belongs, and I will give it to him.””

Ezekiel 21:27 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 21:27, word by word

A collapseעַוָּהava

ruin, overthrow

Ruin, a complete overthrow.

Where else “ava” appears
I will make itאֲשִׂימֶasime

make

To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".

Where else “asime” appears
beהָיָהhaya

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “haya” appears
he comesבֹּאbo

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

Where else “bo” appears
the right belongsמִּשְׁפָּטmishpat

right

What is due someone: what the orphan should receive.

Where else “mishpat” appears
and I will give it to himנְתַתִּיnetati

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

Where else “netati” appears

Translation note

“He to whom the right belongs” can be compared with Genesis 49:10.

The context

26thus says Adonai YHWH: Remove the turban and take off the crown! This will not be this! The low exalt, and the high bring low.

27 · This verse (above)

28“And you, son of man, prophesy and say: ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH concerning the sons of Ammon and concerning their reproach. And say: A sword, a sword drawn for slaughter, polished to consume, so that it may have lightning,

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