Ezekiel 34:8
‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because My flock lacks a shepherd and has become prey and food for every wild beast, and because My shepherds did not search for My flock but fed themselves instead,
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ASV
As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, surely forasmuch as my sheep became a prey, and my sheep became food to all the beasts of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my sheep, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my sheep;
KJV
As I live, saith the Lord God, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;
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31 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| חַי־ | chai- | [by] [the] life | H2416 → |
| אָ֜נִי | 'A.ni | of me | H589 → |
| נְאֻ֣ם׀ | ne.'Um | [the] utterance of | H5002 → |
| אֲדֹנָ֣י | 'a.do.Nai | [the] Lord | H136 → |
| יְהוִ֗ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3069 → |
| אִם־ | 'im- | if | H518 → |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → |
| יַ֣עַן | Ya.'an | because | H3282 → |
| הֱיֽוֹת־ | he.yot- | has become | H1961 → |
| צֹאנִ֣י׀ | tzo.Ni | flock my | H6629 → |
| לָבַ֡ז | la.Vaz | <into> prey | H957 → |
| וַתִּֽהְיֶינָה֩ | va.tih.yei.Nah | and they have become | H1961 → |
| צֹאנִ֨י | tzo.Ni | flock my | H6629 → |
| לְאָכְלָ֜ה | le.'okh.Lah | <into> food | H402 → |
| לְכָל־ | le.khol | for every | H3605 → |
| חַיַּ֤ת | chai.Yat | <the> animal of | H2416 → |
| הַשָּׂדֶה֙ | ha.sa.Deh | the field | H7704 → |
| מֵאֵ֣ין | me.'Ein | from not | H369 → |
| רֹעֶ֔ה | ro.'Eh | shepherd | H7462 → |
| וְלֹֽא־ | ve.lo'- | and not | H3808 → |
| דָרְשׁ֥וּ | da.re.Shu | they have searched for | H1875 → |
| רֹעַ֖י | ro.'Ai | shepherds my | H7462 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| צֹאנִ֑י | tzo.Ni | flock my | H6629 → |
| וַיִּרְע֤וּ | vai.yir.'U | and they have shepherded | H7462 → |
| הָֽרֹעִים֙ | ha.ro.'Im | the shepherds | H7462 → |
| אוֹתָ֔ם | 'o.Tam | <obj.> themselves | H853 → |
| וְאֶת־ | ve.'Et | and <obj.> | H853 → |
| צֹאנִ֖י | tzo.Ni | flock my | H6629 → |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → |
| רָעֽוּ׃ ס | ra.'U | they have shepherded | H7462 → |
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