Ezekiel 11:16
Therefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Although I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, yet for a little while I have been a sanctuary for them in the countries to which they have gone.’
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ASV
Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Whereas I have removed them far off among the nations, and whereas I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them a sanctuary for a little while in the countries where they are come.
KJV
Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord God; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.
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20 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| לָכֵ֣ן | la.Khen | <to> therefore | H3651 → |
| אֱמֹ֗ר | 'e.Mor | say | H559 → |
| כֹּֽה־ | koh- | thus | H3541 → |
| אָמַר֮ | 'a.Mar | he says | H559 → |
| אֲדֹנָ֣י | 'a.do.Nai | [the] Lord | H136 → |
| יְהוִה֒ | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3069 → |
| כִּ֤י | ki | that | H3588 → |
| הִרְחַקְתִּים֙ | hir.chak.Tim | I have removed far away them | H7368 → |
| בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם | ba.go.Yim | among the nations | H1471 → |
| וְכִ֥י | ve.Khi | and that | H3588 → |
| הֲפִֽיצוֹתִ֖ים | ha.fi.tzo.Tim | I have scattered them | H6327 → |
| בָּאֲרָצ֑וֹת | ba.'a.ra.Tzot | among the lands | H776 → |
| וָאֱהִ֤י | va.'e.Hi | and I have become | H1961 → |
| לָהֶם֙ | la.Hem | for them | |
| לְמִקְדָּ֣שׁ | le.mik.Dash | <into> a sanctuary | H4720 → |
| מְעַ֔ט | me.'At | a little | H4592 → |
| בָּאֲרָצ֖וֹת | ba.'a.ra.Tzot | in the lands | H776 → |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | 'a.Sher- | where | H834 → |
| בָּ֥אוּ | Ba.'u | they have gone | H935 → |
| שָֽׁם׃ ס | Sham | there | H8033 → |
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