And you will knowוְיָדַעְתָּthatכִּיI,אֲנִיYHWH,יְהוָהhave heardשָׁמַעְתִּיallכָּלyour contemptuous wordsנָאָצוֹתֶיךָthatאֲשֶׁרyou spokeאָמַרְתָּagainst the mountainsעַל הָרֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלsaying,לֵאמֹר“They are desolate;שָׁמֵמוּto usלָנוּthey have been givenנִתְּנוּas food.”לְאָכְלָה
Ezekiel 35:12
Study it in the app“And you will know that I, YHWH, have heard all your contemptuous words that you spoke against the mountains of Israel, saying, “They are desolate; to us they have been given as food.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 35:12, word by word
- And you will knowיָדַעְתָּyadata
acknowledge
To acknowledge YHWH: admit that he is God.
Where else “yadata” appears- 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.
Where else “yehva” appears- have heardשָׁמַעְתִּיshamati
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shamati” appears- your contemptuous wordsנָאָצוֹתֶיnaatsote
contempt
Contempt, insult: words or deeds by which someone is treated as worthless (2 Kings 19:3; Isaiah 37:3). It comes from the verb "despise."
Where else “naatsote” appears- you spokeאָמַרְתָּamarta
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarta” appears- against the mountainsהָרֵיhare
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “hare” appears- 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.
Where else “yisrael” appears- “They are desolateשָׁמֵמוּshamemu
be desolate
To be left empty and ruined, or make it so.
Where else “shamemu” appears- they have been givenנִתְּנוּnitnu
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “nitnu” appears- as foodאָכְלָהachla
fuel
What fire or wild beasts eat up.
Where else “achla” appears
The context
11therefore, as I live, declares Adonai YHWH, I will act according to your anger and according to your jealousy with which you acted out of your hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them when I judge you.
12 · This verse (above)
13And you magnified yourselves against me with your mouth, and multiplied against me your words; I have heard it.