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And they will knowוְיָדְעוּthatכִּיI amאֲנִיYHWH;יְהוָהnotלֹאin vainאֶל חִנָּםdid I sayדִּבַּרְתִּיI would doלַעֲשׂוֹתthisהַזֹּאתevilהָרָעָהto them.’”לָהֶם
Ezekiel 6:10
Study it in the app“And they will know that I am YHWH; not in vain did I say I would do this evil to them.’””
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 6:10, word by word
- And they will knowיָדְעוּyadu
acknowledge
To acknowledge YHWH: admit that he is God.
Where else “yadu” 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- in vainחִנָּםchinam
in vain
For nothing, without any result.
Where else “chinam” appears- did I sayדִּבַּרְתִּיdibarti
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibarti” appears- I would doעֲשׂוֹתasot
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appears- evilרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears
The context
9And those of you who escape will remember me among the nations where they are carried captive, when I was broken with their heart that prostitutes itself, which turned away from me, and with their eyes that prostitute themselves after their idols; and they will loathe themselves for the evils that they did in all their abominations.
10 · This verse (above)
11Thus says Adonai YHWH: “Strike with your palm and stamp with your foot, and say, ‘Ah!’ over all the evil abominations of the house of Israel, who by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence will fall.