Ezekiel 33:28

“And I will make the land a desolation and a horror, and the pride of her strength will cease, and the mountains of Israel will be desolate, with no one passing through.”

Ezekiel 33:28 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 33:28, word by word

And I will makeנָתַתִּיnatati

make

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

Where else “natati” appears
the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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a desolationשְׁמָמָהshemama

desolation

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

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and a horrorמְשַׁמָּהmeshama

horror

The dismay a ruin causes.

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and the prideגְּאוֹןgeon

pride

Thinking oneself above others, a person or nation.

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of her strengthעֻזָּuza

strength

Power to act or to withstand, attributed above all to God.

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will ceaseנִשְׁבַּתnishbat

cease

To leave off working, rest; God did so when done, not from tiredness.

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and the mountainsהָרֵיhare

mountain

A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.

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of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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will be desolateשָׁמְמוּshammu

be desolate

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

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passing throughעוֹבֵרover

pass

To get over a river, or go through a land.

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The context

27Thus you will say to them, ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH: As I live, surely those who are in the ruins by the sword will fall, and whoever is on the face of the field, to the animals I have given him to be devoured, and those who are in the strongholds and in the caves by pestilence will die.

28 · This verse (above)

29And they will know that I am YHWH, when I make the land a desolation and a horror because of all their abominations that they have done.’

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