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thereforeלָכֵןthusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהוִהLook, I amהִנְנִיagainst you,עָלַיִךְI too;גַּם אָנִיand I will carry outוְעָשִׂיתִיjudgmentsמִשְׁפָּטִיםin your midstבְתוֹכֵךְin the sightלְעֵינֵיof the nations.הַגּוֹיִם
Ezekiel 5:8
Study it in the app“therefore thus says Adonai YHWH: Look, I am against you, I too; and I will carry out judgments in your midst in the sight of the nations.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 5:8, 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- and I will carry outעָשִׂיתִיasiti
carry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “asiti” appears- judgmentsמִשְׁפָּטִיםmishpatim
judgment
The decision a judge gives on a case.
Where else “mishpatim” appears- in your midstתוֹכֵtoche
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toche” appears- in the sightעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- of the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears
The context
7Therefore thus says Adonai YHWH: “Because you have been more turbulent than the nations that are around you, and in my statutes you have not walked, and my rules you have not carried out, and according to the rules of the nations that are around you you have not acted,
8 · This verse (above)
9And I will do in you what I have not done, and the like of which I will not do again, because of all your abominations.