Ezekiel 39:25

“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.”

Ezekiel 39:25 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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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,

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