Ezekiel 23:25

“And I will set my jealousy against you, and they will deal with you in fury; your nose and your ears they will remove, and what remains of you will fall by the sword; they will take your sons and your daughters, and what remains of you will be devoured by fire.”

Ezekiel 23:25 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 23:25, word by word

And I will setנָתַתִּיnatati

put

To place something somewhere.

Where else “natati” appears
my jealousyקִנְאָתִkinati

jealousy

A husband's burning that tolerates no rivals; so is YHWH with his people.

Where else “kinati” appears
and they will dealעָשׂוּasu

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

Where else “asu” appears
in furyחֵמָהchema

fury

Literally "heat": burning anger, of a person or of YHWH.

Where else “chema” appears
your noseאַפֵּape

nose

The nose, the part of the face we breathe through.

Where else “ape” appears
and your earsאָזְנַיִaznayi

ear

The part of the head we hear with; where earrings were worn or a servant was marked.

Where else “aznayi” appears
they will removeיָסִירוּyasiru

remove

To take away something from where it was: an altar, a load, an office, loyal love.

Where else “yasiru” appears
and what remains of youאַחֲרִיתֵacharite

posterity

What remains of someone after him: his descendants.

Where else “acharite” appears
will fallתִּפּוֹלtipol

fall in battle

To die in battle, killed by the enemy.

Where else “tipol” appears
by the swordחֶרֶבcherev

sword

A sword; or war.

Where else “cherev” appears
will takeיִקָּחוּyikachu

seize

To take away, seize.

Where else “yikachu” appears
your sonsבָּנַיִbanayi

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

Where else “banayi” appears
and your daughtersבְנוֹתַיִvenotayi

daughter

A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.

Where else “venotayi” appears
will be devouredתֵּאָכֵלteachel

devour

Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.

Where else “teachel” appears
by fireאֵשׁesh

fire

Fire that burns or cooks.

Where else “esh” appears

The context

24And they will come against you with weapons, chariots, and wheels, and with an assembly of peoples; large shield and shield and helmet they will set against you all around; and I will set before them judgment, and they will judge you according to their judgments.

25 · This verse (above)

26And they will strip you of your clothes and take the objects of your beauty.

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