Ezekiel 21:15

Bible › Ezekiel › Chapter 21 › Verse 15

I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.So that their hearts may melt and many may stumble, I have appointed at all their gates a sword for slaughter. Yes, it is ready to flash like lightning; it is drawn for slaughter.

In other translations

I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.So that their hearts may melt and many may stumble, I have appointed at all their gates a sword for slaughter. Yes, it is ready to flash like lightning; it is drawn for slaughter.

Hebrew words

לְמַעַן׀lema'anso asH4616לָמוּגlamugto meltH4127לֵבleva heartH3820וְהַרְבֵּהveharbehand [may be] manyH7235הַמִּכְשֹׁלִיםhamikhsholimthe stumblingsH4383עַל'alatH5921כָּל־kol-allH3605שַׁעֲרֵיהֶםsha'areihemgates theirH8179נָתַתִּיnatatiI have setH5414אִבְחַת־'ivchat-a slaughter ofH19חָרֶבchareva swordH2719אָח'achalas!H253עֲשׂוּיָה'asuyahmadeH6213לְבָרָקlevarakfor lightningH1300מְעֻטָּהme'utahwrappedH4593לְטָבַח׃letavachfor slaughteringH2874

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

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