Ezekiel 30:12

“And I will make the channels dry, and I will sell the land into the hand of evil men; and I will make desolate the land and its fullness by the hand of strangers. I, YHWH, have spoken.”

Ezekiel 30:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 30:12, word by word

And I will makeנָתַתִּיnatati

make

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

Where else “natati” appears
the channelsיְאֹרִיםyeorim

Nile

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dryחָרָבָהcharava

dry ground

Dry land, solid ground.

Where else “charava” appears
and I will sellמָכַרְתִּיmacharti

hand over

To hand someone over to another, above all YHWH handing his people over to their enemies.

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the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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into the handיַדyad

hand

The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.

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of evil menרָעִיםraim

evil

What is evil, the opposite of good.

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and I will make desolateהֲשִׁמֹּתִיhashimoti

be desolate

To be left empty and ruined, or make it so.

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and its fullnessמְלֹאָmeloa

fullness

Everything that is in something: the sea and all that fills it, the earth and its fullness.

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of strangersזָרִיםzarim

stranger

An outsider, not part of the group.

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YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

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have spokenדִּבַּרְתִּיdibarti

speak

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

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Places in this verse

Nile
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • Nile

    Today: Nile River, Uganda to Egypt and the Mediterranean

    Egypt's great river; it flows north to the Mediterranean Sea.

    Pharaoh dreamed beside the Nile (Gen 41:1). God turned its waters to blood (Exod 7:20), and baby Moses was placed on its bank (Exod 2:3-5).

    Genesis 41:1Exodus 7:20Exodus 2:52 Kings 19:24

The context

11He and his people with him, the fearsome ones of the nations, are brought to destroy the land; and they will draw their swords against Egypt and fill the land with slain.

12 · This verse (above)

13Thus says Adonai YHWH: I will make the idols perish, and I will put an end to the idols from Memphis; and there will no longer be a chief from the land of Egypt, and I will put fear in the land of Egypt.

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