Ezekiel 26:21

“Dreads 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.””

Ezekiel 26:21 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 26:21, word by word

Dreadsבַּלָּהוֹתbalahot

terror

Terror, sudden dread; also the ruin that causes it. Almost always plural.

Where else “balahot” appears
I will make youאֶתְּנֵetne

make

To make someone something: "I have made you a father".

Where else “etne” appears
and you will be soughtתְבֻקְשִׁיtevukshi

seek

To go after someone or something in order to find it.

Where else “tevukshi” appears
be foundתִמָּצְאִיtimatsi

find

To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.

Where else “timatsi” appears
foreverעוֹלָםolam

forever

Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.

Where else “olam” appears
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.

Where else “adona” appears
YHWHיְהֹוִהyehovi

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

20then 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.

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