Ezekiel 21:23
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שֶׁקֶר
sheqer
an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
קֶסֶם
qeçem
a lot; also divination (including its fee), oracle
עַיִן
ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
שָׁבַע
shâbaʻ
to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
שְׁבוּעָה
shᵉbûwʻâh
properly, something sworn, i.e. an oath
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
זֵכֶר
zêker
a memento, abstractly recollection (rarely if ever); by implication, commemoration
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁבַע shâbaʻ
to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
Study H7650 →זֵכֶר zêker
a memento, abstractly recollection (rarely if ever); by implication, commemoration
Study H2143 →קָרָא qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Study H7121 →עַיִן ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Study H5869 →Cross References
Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for i...
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because, I say, that...
And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them: but they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wra...
And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?
And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel.
Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh.
Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?
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