Ezekiel 26:20

“then I will bring you down with those who go down to the pit, to the people of old, and I will make you dwell in the land of the depths, like the ruins of old, with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not be inhabited; and I will set a jewel in the land of the living.”

Ezekiel 26:20 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 26:20, word by word

then I will bring you downהוֹרַדְתִּיhoradti

bring down

To bring something or someone to a lower place.

Where else “horadti” appears
to the pitבוֹרvor

grave

The place where the dead go down; the grave.

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to the peopleעַםam

crowd

The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.

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of oldעוֹלָםolam

of old

The times of the forefathers, far back in the past.

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and I will make you dwellהוֹשַׁבְתִּיhoshavti

dwell

To make one's home in a place.

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in the landאֶרֶץerets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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of the depthsתַּחְתִּיּוֹתtachtiyot

lowest

Lowest, the lower level; the depths.

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like the ruinsחֳרָבוֹתchoravot

ruin, desolate place

A ruin, a destroyed and deserted place.

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and I will setנָתַתִּיnatati

put

To place something somewhere.

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a jewelצְבִיtsevi

splendor

What gives splendor: "the glorious land".

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of the livingחַיִּיםchayim

alive

Having life, not dead.

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Translation note

“And I will set a jewel”: the Hebrew is brief and difficult.

The context

19For thus says Adonai YHWH: When I make you a ruined city, like the cities that are not inhabited, when I bring up over you the deep and the many waters cover you,

20 · This verse (above)

21Dreads I will make you, and you will be no more; and you will be sought but you will not be found again forever, declares Adonai YHWH.”

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