Revised Literal Translation

Ezekiel 6

1And the wordדְבַר־de.var-H1697of Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068came unto me, sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

2Sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of manאָדָ֕ם'a.DamH120,setשִׂ֥יםsimH7760thy faceפָּנֶ֖יךָpa.Nei.khaH6440toward the mountainsהָרֵ֣יha.ReiH2022of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478,and prophesyוְהִנָּבֵ֖אve.hi.na.Ve'H5012against them,

3And sayוְאָ֣מַרְתָּ֔ve.'A.mar.taH559,Ye mountainsהָרֵי֙ha.ReiH2022of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,hearשִׁמְע֖וּshim.'UH8085the wordדְּבַר־de.var-H1697of the Lordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136Yhwhיְהוִ֑הYah.wehH3069;Thus saithאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559the Lordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136Yhwhיְ֠הוִהYah.wehH3069to the mountainsלֶהָרִ֨יםle.ha.RimH2022,and to the hillsוְלַגְּבָע֜וֹתve.la.ge.va.'otH1389,to the riversלָאֲפִיקִ֣יםla.'a.fi.KimH650,and to the valleysוְלַגֵּאָי֗וֹתve.la.ge.'a.yotH1516; Behold, I, evenI, will bringמֵבִ֤יאme.Vi'H935a swordחֶ֔רֶבChe.revH2719upon you, and I will destroyוְאִבַּדְתִּ֖יve.'i.bad.TiH6your high placesבָּמֽוֹתֵיכֶֽם׃ba.Mo.tei.KhemH1116.

4And your altarsמִזְבְּח֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔םmiz.be.Cho.tei.KhemH4196shall be desolateוְנָשַׁ֙מּוּ֙ve.na.Sha.muH8074,and your imagesחַמָּֽנֵיכֶ֑םcha.ma.nei.KhemH2553shall be brokenוְנִשְׁבְּר֖וּve.nish.be.RuH7665:and I will cast downוְהִפַּלְתִּי֙ve.hi.pal.TiH5307your slainחַלְלֵיכֶ֔םcha.lei.KhemH2491menbeforeלִפְנֵ֖יlif.NeiH6440your idolsגִּלּוּלֵיכֶֽם׃gi.lu.lei.KhemH1544.

5And I will layוְנָתַתִּ֗יve.na.ta.TiH5414the dead carcasesפִּגְרֵי֙pig.ReiH6297of the childrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478beforeלִפְנֵ֖יlif.NeiH6440their idolsגִּלּֽוּלֵיהֶ֑םgi.lu.lei.HemH1544;and I will scatterוְזֵרִיתִי֙ve.ze.ri.TiH2219your bonesעַצְמ֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔םatz.Mo.tei.KhemH6106round aboutסְבִיב֖וֹתse.vi.VotH5439your altarsמִזְבְּחוֹתֵיכֶֽם׃miz.be.cho.tei.KhemH4196.

6In all your dwellingplacesמוֹשְׁב֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔םmo.she.Vo.tei.KhemH4186the citiesהֶעָרִ֣יםhe.'a.RimH5892shall be laid wasteתֶּחֱרַ֔בְנָהte.che.Rav.nahH2717,and the high placesוְהַבָּמ֖וֹתve.ha.ba.MotH1116shall be desolateתִּישָׁ֑מְנָהti.Sha.me.nahH3456;that your altarsמִזְבְּחֽוֹתֵיכֶ֗םmiz.be.cho.tei.KhemH4196may be laid wasteיֶחֶרְב֨וּye.cher.VuH2717and made desolateוְיֶאְשְׁמ֜וּve.ye'.she.MuH816,and your idolsגִּלּ֣וּלֵיכֶ֔םgi.Lu.lei.KhemH1544may be brokenוְנִשְׁבְּר֤וּve.nish.be.RuH7665and ceaseוְנִשְׁבְּתוּ֙ve.nish.be.TuH7673,and your imagesחַמָּ֣נֵיכֶ֔םcha.Ma.nei.KhemH2553may be cut downוְנִגְדְּעוּ֙ve.nig.de.'UH1438,and your worksמַעֲשֵׂיכֶֽם׃ma.'a.sei.KhemH4639may be abolishedוְנִמְח֖וּve.nim.ChuH4229.

7And the slainחָלָ֖לcha.LalH2491shall fallוְנָפַ֥לve.na.FalH5307in the midstבְּתֽוֹכְכֶ֑םbe.tokh.KhemH8432of you, and ye shall knowוִֽידַעְתֶּ֖םvi.da'.TemH3045that I amYhwhיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

8Yet will I leave a remnantוְהוֹתַרְתִּ֗יve.ho.tar.TiH3498, that ye may have somethat shall escapeפְּלִ֥יטֵיpe.Li.teiH6412the swordחֶ֖רֶבChe.revH2719among the nationsבַּגּוֹיִ֑םba.go.YimH1471,when ye shall be scatteredבְּהִזָּרֽוֹתֵיכֶ֖םbe.hi.za.ro.tei.KhemH2219through the countriesבָּאֲרָצֽוֹת׃ba.'a.ra.TzotH776.

9And they that escapeפְלִֽיטֵיכֶ֜םfe.li.tei.KhemH6412of you shall rememberוְזָכְר֨וּve.za.khe.RuH2142me among the nationsבַּגּוֹיִם֮ba.go.YimH1471whither they shall be carried captivesנִשְׁבּוּ־nish.bu-H7617,because I am brokenנִשְׁבַּ֜רְתִּיnish.Bar.tiH7665with their whorishהַזּוֹנֶ֗הha.zo.NehH2181heartלִבָּ֣םli.BamH3820,which hath departedסָר֙sarH5493from me, and with their eyesעֵֽינֵיהֶ֔ם'ei.nei.HemH5869,which go a whoringהַזֹּנ֕וֹתha.zo.NotH2181afterאַחֲרֵ֖י'a.cha.ReiH310their idolsגִּלּֽוּלֵיהֶ֑םgi.lu.lei.HemH1544:and they shall lotheוְנָקֹ֙טּוּ֙ve.na.Ko.tuH6962themselvesבִּפְנֵיהֶ֔םbif.nei.HemH6440for the evilsהָֽרָעוֹת֙ha.ra.'OtH7451which they have committedעָשׂ֔וּ'a.SuH6213in all their abominationsתּוֹעֲבֹתֵיהֶֽם׃to.'a.vo.tei.HemH8441.

10And they shall knowוְיָדְע֖וּve.ya.de.'UH3045that I amYhwhיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, and thatI have not saidדִּבַּ֔רְתִּיdi.Bar.tiH1696in vainחִנָּם֙chi.NamH2600that I would doלַעֲשׂ֥וֹתla.'a.SotH6213this evilהָרָעָ֥הha.ra.'AhH7451unto them.

11Thus saithאָמַ֞ר'a.MarH559the Lordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136Yhwhיְהוִ֗הYah.wehH3069;Smiteהַכֵּ֨הha.KehH5221with thine handבְכַפְּךָ֜ve.kha.pe.KhaH3709,and stampוּרְקַ֤עu.re.Ka'H7554with thy footבְּרַגְלְךָ֙be.rag.le.KhaH7272,and sayוֶֽאֱמָר־ve.'e.mor-H559,Alasאָ֔ח'AchH253for all the evilרָע֖וֹתra.'otH7451abominationsתּוֹעֲב֥וֹתto.'a.VotH8441of the houseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478!for they shall fallיִפֹּֽלוּ׃yi.Po.luH5307by the swordבַּחֶ֛רֶבba.Che.revH2719,by the famineבָּרָעָ֥בba.ra.'AvH7458,and by the pestilenceוּבַדֶּ֖בֶרu.va.De.verH1698.

12He that is far offהָרָח֞וֹקha.ra.ChokH7350shall dieיָמ֗וּתya.MutH4191of the pestilenceבַּדֶּ֣בֶרba.De.verH1698;and he that is nearוְהַקָּרוֹב֙ve.ha.ka.rOvH7138shall fallיִפּ֔וֹלyi.PolH5307by the swordבַּחֶ֣רֶבba.Che.revH2719;and he that remainethוְהַנִּשְׁאָר֙ve.ha.nish.'ArH7604and is besiegedוְהַנָּצ֔וּרve.ha.na.TzurH5341shall dieיָמ֑וּתya.MutH4191by the famineבָּרָעָ֖בba.ra.'AvH7458:thus will I accomplishוְכִלֵּיתִ֥יve.khi.lei.TiH3615my furyחֲמָתִ֖יcha.ma.TiH2534upon them.

13Then shall ye knowוִֽידַעְתֶּם֙vi.da'.TemH3045that I amYhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,when their slainחַלְלֵיהֶ֗םcha.lei.HemH2491menshall be amongבְּתוֹךְ֙be.toKhH8432their idolsגִּלּ֣וּלֵיהֶ֔םgi.Lu.lei.HemH1544round aboutסְבִיב֖וֹתse.vi.VotH5439their altarsמִזְבְּחֽוֹתֵיהֶ֑םmiz.be.cho.tei.HemH4196,upon every highרָמָ֜הra.MahH7311hillגִּבְעָ֨הgiv.'AhH1389,in all the topsרָאשֵׁ֣יra.SheiH7218of the mountainsהֶהָרִ֗יםhe.ha.RimH2022,and under every greenרַֽעֲנָן֙ra.'a.NanH7488treeעֵ֤ץ'etzH6086,and under every thickעֲבֻתָּ֔ה'a.vu.TahH5687oakאֵלָ֣ה'e.LahH424,the placeמְק֗וֹםme.KomH4725where they did offerנָֽתְנוּ־na.te.nu-H5414sweetנִיחֹ֔חַni.Cho.achH5207savourרֵ֣יחַRei.achH7381to all their idolsגִּלּוּלֵיהֶֽם׃gi.lu.lei.HemH1544.

14So will I stretch outוְנָטִ֤יתִיve.na.Ti.tiH5186my handיָדִי֙ya.DiH3027upon them, and makeוְנָתַתִּ֨יve.na.ta.TiH5414the landהָאָ֜רֶץha.'A.retzH776desolateשְׁמָמָ֤הshe.ma.MahH8077,yea, more desolateוּמְשַׁמָּה֙u.me.sha.MahH4923than the wildernessמִמִּדְבַּ֣רmi.mid.BarH4057toward Diblathדִּבְלָ֔תָהdiv.La.tahH1689,in all their habitationsמוֹשְׁבֽוֹתֵיהֶ֑םmo.she.vo.tei.HemH4186:and they shall knowוְיָדְע֖וּve.ya.de.'UH3045that I amYhwhיְהוָֽה׃ פYah.wehH3068.

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