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ThereforeלָכֵןthusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהוִה“Becauseיַעַןall of youכֻּלְּכֶםhave becomeהֱיוֹתdross,לְסִגִיםthereforeלָכֵןlook, I amהִנְנִיgathering youקֹבֵץ אֶתְכֶםinto the midstאֶל תּוֹךְof Jerusalem.יְרוּשָׁלִָם
Ezekiel 22:19
Study it in the app“Therefore thus says Adonai YHWH: “Because all of you have become dross, therefore look, I am gathering you into the midst of Jerusalem.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 22:19, word by word
- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- YHWHיְהוִהyehvi
YHWH (with Adonai)
The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".
Where else “yehvi” appears- have becomeהֱיוֹתheot
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “heot” appears- drossסִגִיםsigim
dross
Dross, what is left over and thrown away when metals are melted and refined.
Where else “sigim” appears- gathering youקֹבֵץkovets
gather
To bring people to one place, or to come together there.
Where else “kovets” appears- into the midstתּוֹךְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears- of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
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Places in this verse
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).
The context
18“Son of man, the house of Israel has become to me dross; all of them are bronze and tin and iron and lead in the midst of the furnace; dross of silver they are.”
19 · This verse (above)
20As one gathers silver and bronze and iron and lead and tin into the midst of the furnace, to blow fire on it to melt it, so I will gather you in my anger and in my fury, and I will leave you and melt you.