Ezekiel 23:34

“And you will drink it and drain it, and its shards you will gnaw, and your breasts you will tear, for I have spoken, declares Adonai YHWH.”

Ezekiel 23:34 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 23:34, word by word

And you will drink itשָׁתִיתshatit

drink

Drink.

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and drain itמָצִיתmatsit

drain, squeeze out

Squeeze out, wring out until all the liquid is gone; drain.

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and its shardsחֲרָשֶׂיcharase

earthenware

Baked clay, earthenware; a piece of pottery.

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you will gnawתְּגָרֵמִיtegaremi

gnaw

To crack and chew bones.

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and your breastsשָׁדַיִshadayi

breasts

Breasts (of a nursing mother).

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you will tearתְּנַתֵּקִיtenateki

tear off, break

Tear off, break by pulling.

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have spokenדִבַּרְתִּיdibarti

speak

To speak, say something; above all God to his people.

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declaresנְאֻםneum

declaration

Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".

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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.

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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".

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The context

33With drunkenness and sorrow you will be filled, a cup of horror and desolation, the cup of your sister Samaria.

34 · This verse (above)

35Therefore thus says Adonai YHWH: Because you have forgotten me and cast me behind your back, you also bear your infamy and your prostitutions.

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