Ezekiel 36:4
therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD. This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and abandoned cities, which have become a spoil and a mockery to the rest of the nations around you.
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ASV
therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Jehovah: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah to the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes and to the cities that are forsaken, which are become a prey and derision to the residue of the nations that are round about;
KJV
Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God; Thus saith the Lord God to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round about;
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27 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| לָכֵן֙ | la.Khen | <to> therefore | H3651 → |
| הָרֵ֣י | ha.Rei | O mountains of | H2022 → |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | Yis.ra.'El | Israel | H3478 → |
| שִׁמְע֖וּ | shim.'U | hear | H8085 → |
| דְּבַר־ | de.var- | [the] word of | H1697 → |
| אֲדֹנָ֣י | 'a.do.Nai | [the] Lord | H136 → |
| יְהוִ֑ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3069 → |
| כֹּֽה־ | koh- | thus | H3541 → |
| אָמַ֣ר | 'a.Mar | he says | H559 → |
| אֲדֹנָ֣י | 'a.do.Nai | [the] Lord | H136 → |
| יְ֠הוִה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3069 → |
| לֶהָרִ֨ים | le.ha.Rim | to the mountains | H2022 → |
| וְלַגְּבָע֜וֹת | ve.la.ge.va.'ot | and to the hills | H1389 → |
| לָאֲפִיקִ֣ים | la.'a.fi.Kim | to the ravines | H650 → |
| וְלַגֵּאָי֗וֹת | ve.la.ge.'a.Yot | and to the valleys | H1516 → |
| וְלֶחֳרָב֤וֹת | ve.le.cho.ra.Vot | and to the waste places | H2723 → |
| הַשֹּֽׁמְמוֹת֙ | ha.sho.me.mOt | <the> desolate | H8076 → |
| וְלֶעָרִ֣ים | ve.le.'a.Rim | and to the cities | H5892 → |
| הַנֶּעֱזָב֔וֹת | ha.ne.'e.za.Vot | <the> forsaken | H5800 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | 'a.Sher | which | H834 → |
| הָי֤וּ | ha.Yu | they have become | H1961 → |
| לְבַז֙ | le.Vaz | <into> spoil | H957 → |
| וּלְלַ֔עַג | u.le.La.'ag | and <into> mockery | H3933 → |
| לִשְׁאֵרִ֥ית | lish.'e.Rit | to [the] rest of | H7611 → |
| הַגּוֹיִ֖ם | ha.go.Yim | the nations | H1471 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | 'a.Sher | which | H834 → |
| מִסָּבִֽיב׃ ס | mi.sa.Viv | [are] from round about | H5439 → |
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