Ezekiel 20:47
Old Testament • 26 words with Strong's data
"And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
יַעַר
yaʻar
a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
נֶגֶב
negeb
the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine)
שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
יָצַת
yâtsath
to burn or set on fire; figuratively, to desolate
רַעֲנָן
raʻănân
verdant; by analogy, new; figuratively, prosperous
עֵץ
ʻêts
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
עֵץ
ʻêts
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
לֶהָבָה
lehâbâh
{a flash; figuratively, a sharply polished blade or point of aweapon}
לֶהָבָה
lehâbâh
{a flash; figuratively, a sharply polished blade or point of aweapon}
דָּעַךְ
dâʻak
to be extinguished; figuratively, to expire or be dried up
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
נֶגֶב
negeb
the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine)
צָפוֹן
tsâphôwn
properly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as aquarter (gloomy and unknown)
שָׂרַף
sâraph
to be (causatively, set) on fire
שָׁם
shâm
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
Key Terms in This Verse
לֶהָבָה lehâbâh
{a flash; figuratively, a sharply polished blade or point of aweapon}
Study H3852 →דָּעַךְ dâʻak
to be extinguished; figuratively, to expire or be dried up
Study H1846 →לֶהָבָה lehâbâh
{a flash; figuratively, a sharply polished blade or point of aweapon}
Study H3852 →יַעַר yaʻar
a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
Study H3293 →פָּנִים pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
Study H6440 →Cross References
But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the LORD: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it.
For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?
And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD h...
And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle...
And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unt...
For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
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