Ezekiel 7:12

“The time has come, the day has arrived; let the buyer not rejoice, and the seller not mourn, for burning anger is upon all her multitude.”

Ezekiel 7:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 7:12, word by word

The timeעֵתet

time

The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".

Where else “et” appears
has comeבָּאba

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

Where else “ba” appears
the dayיּוֹםyom

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

Where else “yom” appears
has arrivedהִגִּיעַhigia

reach

To reach a place or a moment.

Where else “higia” appears
let the buyerקּוֹנֶהkone

buy

To give silver in order to become the owner of something.

Where else “kone” appears
rejoiceיִשְׂמָחyismach

rejoice

To feel glad and show it, above all at the feast before YHWH.

Where else “yismach” appears
and the sellerמּוֹכֵרmocher

sell

To give something or someone to another in exchange for payment.

Where else “mocher” appears
mournיִתְאַבָּלyitabal

mourn

Mourn, grieve for the dead.

Where else “yitabal” appears
burning anger isחָרוֹןcharon

burning anger

Burning of anger.

Where else “charon” appears
her multitudeהֲמוֹנָhamona

multitude

Many people gathered, or a great number of something, like an army.

Where else “hamona” appears

The context

11Violence has risen into a rod of wickedness; nothing of them, and nothing of their multitude, and nothing of their wealth, and no lament for them.

12 · This verse (above)

13For the seller will not return to what was sold, even though their life be still among the living; for the vision concerning all her multitude will not turn back, and no one by his iniquity will strengthen his life.

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