ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהוִהI will makeוְהַאֲבַדְתִּיthe idolsגִלּוּלִיםperish,הַאֲבַדְתִּיand I will put an end toוְהִשְׁבַּתִּיthe idolsאֱלִילִיםfrom Memphis;מִנֹּףand there will noוְ לֹאlongerעוֹדbeיִהְיֶהa chiefנָשִׂיאfrom the landמֵאֶרֶץof Egypt,מִצְרַיִםand I will putוְנָתַתִּיfearיִרְאָהin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Egypt.מִצְרָיִם
Ezekiel 30:13
Study it in the app“Thus 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 30:13, word by word
- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- 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- 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".
Where else “yehvi” appears- I will makeהַאֲבַדְתִּיhaavadti
destroy
To make someone or something disappear completely.
Where else “haavadti” appears- the idolsגִלּוּלִיםgilulim
idols
Idols; a scornful word that calls them logs or worthless things.
Where else “gilulim” appears- and I will put an end toהִשְׁבַּתִּיhishbati
put an end
To make something end, remove it.
Where else “hishbati” appears- the idolsאֱלִילִיםelilim
idol
False gods worth nothing, made by human hands.
Where else “elilim” appears- from Memphisנֹּףnof
Noph (Memphis)
Noph: Memphis, a great city of Egypt.
Where else “nof” appears- beיִהְיֶהyihye
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yihye” appears- a chiefנָשִׂיאnasi
chief
Literally "one lifted up": the leader of a tribe or clan.
Where else “nasi” appears- from the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- and I will putנָתַתִּיnatati
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “natati” appears- fearיִרְאָהyira
fear
Fear. "The fear of God" is deep reverence that leads one to obey him and avoid evil.
Where else “yira” appears
Translation note
“Idols” translates two different Hebrew words (gillulim and elilim).
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
12And 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.
13 · This verse (above)
14And I will make Pathros desolate, and I will set fire in Zoan, and I will execute judgments in Thebes.