Ezekiel 32:15

“When I make the land of Egypt a desolation and the land is desolated of its fullness, when I strike all who live in it, they will know that I am YHWH.”

Ezekiel 32:15 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 32:15, word by word

When I makeתִתִּtiti

make

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

Where else “titi” appears
the landאֶרֶץerets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

Where else “erets” appears
of Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim

Egypt, Mizraim

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a desolationשְׁמָמָהshemama

desolation

Desolation: a land left empty and uncultivated; also horror.

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is desolatedנְשַׁמָּהneshama

be desolate

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

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of its fullnessמְּלֹאָmeloa

fullness

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

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when I strikeהַכּוֹתִhakoti

punish

God punishes with a plague.

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who liveיוֹשְׁבֵיyoshve

dwell

To make one's home in a place.

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they will knowיָדְעוּyadu

acknowledge

To acknowledge YHWH: admit that he is God.

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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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Places in this verse

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

    Genesis 12:10Genesis 37:28Exodus 12:41Matthew 2:14

The context

14Then I will make their waters settle, and their rivers like oil I will make flow, declares Adonai YHWH.

15 · This verse (above)

16This is a dirge, and they will chant it as a dirge; the daughters of the nations will chant it; over Egypt and over all her multitude they will chant it, declares Adonai YHWH.’”

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