Ezekiel 24:21
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Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword.Tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of your soul. And the sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.’
In other translations
Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword.Tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of your soul. And the sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.’
Hebrew words
אֱמֹר׀'emorsayH559לְבֵיתleveitto [the] house ofH1004יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478כֹּה־koh-thusH3541אָמַר'amarhe saysH559אֲדֹנָי'adonai[the] LordH136יְהוִהyahwehYahwehH3069הִנְנִיhinihere IH2005מְחַלֵּלmechalel[am] about to profaneH2490אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853מִקְדָּשִׁיmikdashisanctuary myH4720גְּאוֹןge'on[the] pride ofH1347עֻזְּכֶם'uzekhemstrength yourH5797מַחְמַדmachmad[the] desire ofH4261עֵינֵיכֶם'eineikhemeyes yourH5869וּמַחְמַלumachmaland [the] love ofH4263נַפְשְׁכֶםnafshekhembeing yourH5315וּבְנֵיכֶםuveneikhemand sons yourH1121וּבְנוֹתֵיכֶםuvenoteikhemand daughters yourH1323אֲשֶׁר'asherwhomH834עֲזַבְתֶּם'azavtemyou have leftH5800בַּחֶרֶבbacherevby the swordH2719יִפֹּלוּ׃yipoluthey will fallH5307
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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- Jeremiah 7:14Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.therefore what I did to Shiloh I will now do to the house that bears My Name, the house in which you trust, the place that I gave to you and your fathers.
- Ezekiel 23:25And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and thy remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire.And I will set My jealous rage against you, and they will deal with you in fury. They will cut off your noses and ears, and your survivors will fall by the sword. They will seize your sons and daughters, and your remnant will be consumed by fire.
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- Ezekiel 24:16Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.“Son of man, behold, I am about to take away the desire of your eyes with a fatal blow. But you must not mourn or weep or let your tears flow.
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