Ezekiel 5:15

“And it will be a reproach and a taunt, a correction and a horror to the nations that are around you, when I carry out judgments on you in anger and in fury and with rebukes of fury. I, YHWH, have spoken.”

Ezekiel 5:15 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 5:15, word by word

And it will beהָיְתָהhayta

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

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a reproachחֶרְפָּהcherpa

disgrace, reproach

Disgrace, reproach, scorn from others. Being childless was then felt as a humiliation.

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and a tauntגְדוּפָהgedufa

taunt

Taunting, words of mockery and insult.

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a correctionמוּסָרmusar

discipline, correction

Discipline: teaching that straightens, sometimes with punishment; it comes from the verb "discipline."

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and a horrorמְשַׁמָּהmeshama

horror

The dismay a ruin causes.

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to the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim

Gentiles

The peoples other than Israel.

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around youסְבִיבוֹתָיִsevivotayi

around

In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.

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when I carry outעֲשׂוֹתִasoti

carry out

To do what is commanded.

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judgmentsשְׁפָטִיםshefatim

judgments

Judgments: acts by which God punishes and does justice.

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in angerאַףaf

anger

The rage of one who snorts; the "long of nose" is slow to become angry.

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and in furyחֵמָהchema

fury

Literally "heat": burning anger, of a person or of YHWH.

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and with rebukesתֹכְחוֹתtochchot

rebuke

Words that correct a fault.

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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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have spokenדִּבַּרְתִּיdibarti

speak

To speak, say something; above all God to his people.

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The context

14And I will make you a ruin and a reproach among the nations that are around you, in the sight of all who pass by.

15 · This verse (above)

16When I send the evil arrows of famine against them, which are for destruction, which I will send to destroy you, and famine I will add on you, and I will break for you the staff of bread.

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