Therefore,לָכֵןthusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהוִהNowעַתָּהI will bring backאָשִׁיבthe captivityשְׁבוּתof Jacob,יַעֲקֹבand I will have compassionוְרִחַמְתִּיon allכָּלthe houseבֵּיתof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלand I will be jealousוְקִנֵּאתִיfor my holyקָדְשִׁיname.לְשֵׁם
Ezekiel 39:25
Study it in the app“Therefore, thus says Adonai YHWH: Now I will bring back the captivity of Jacob, and I will have compassion on all the house of Israel, and I will be jealous for my holy name.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 39:25, 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 bring backאָשִׁיבashiv
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “ashiv” appears- the captivityשְׁבוּתshevut
captivity, fortunes
Captivity: the condition of those taken away as prisoners far from their land. "Turn back the captivity" is to restore someone to his former state.
Where else “shevut” appears- of Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- and I will have compassionרִחַמְתִּיrichamti
have compassion
To feel tenderness for someone, like a mother for her child.
Where else “richamti” appears- the houseבֵּיתbet
dynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bet” 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- and I will be jealousקִנֵּאתִיkineti
be zealous
To burn with zeal for something, as YHWH for his people.
Where else “kineti” appears- for my holyקָדְשִׁkadshi
holy thing
Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.
Where else “kadshi” appears- nameשֵׁםshem
name of YHWH
YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.
Where else “shem” appears
The context
24According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions I dealt with them, and I hid my face from them.
25 · This verse (above)
26And they will bear their shame and all their infidelity with which they were unfaithful to me, when they live on their own ground securely, and no one makes them afraid,