The Meaning of Ezekiel 21:4 Explained

Ezekiel 21:4

KJV: Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:

YLT: Because that I have cut off from thee righteous and wicked, Therefore go out doth My sword from its scabbard, Unto all flesh, from south to north.

Darby: Seeing that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of its sheath against all flesh, from the south to the north;

ASV: Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of its sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Seeing  then that I will cut off  from thee the righteous  and the wicked,  therefore shall my sword  go forth  out of his sheath  against all flesh  from the south  to the north: 

What does Ezekiel 21:4 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 21

1  Ezekiel prophesies against Jerusalem with a sign of sighing
8  The sharp and bright sword
18  against Jerusalem
25  against the kingdom
28  and against the Ammonites

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 21:4 mean?

Seeing then because I will cut off from you both righteous and wicked therefore shall go My sword out of its sheath against all flesh from south [to] north
יַ֛עַן אֲשֶׁר־ הִכְרַ֥תִּי מִמֵּ֖ךְ צַדִּ֣יק וְרָשָׁ֑ע לָ֠כֵן תֵּצֵ֨א חַרְבִּ֧י מִתַּעְרָ֛הּ אֶל־ כָּל־ בָּשָׂ֖ר מִנֶּ֥גֶב צָפֽוֹן

יַ֛עַן  Seeing  then 
Parse: Adverb
Root: יַעַן  
Sense: because, therefore, because that, on account of prep.
אֲשֶׁר־  because 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
הִכְרַ֥תִּי  I  will  cut  off 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: כָּרַת  
Sense: to cut, cut off, cut down, cut off a body part, cut out, eliminate, kill, cut a covenant.
מִמֵּ֖ךְ  from  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person feminine singular
Root: מִן 
Sense: from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than.
צַדִּ֣יק  both  righteous 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: צַדִּיק  
Sense: just, lawful, righteous.
וְרָשָׁ֑ע  and  wicked 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: רָשָׁע  
Sense: wicked, criminal.
תֵּצֵ֨א  shall  go 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: יׄוצֵאת 
Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.
חַרְבִּ֧י  My  sword 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: חֶרֶב  
Sense: sword, knife.
מִתַּעְרָ֛הּ  out  of  its  sheath 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: תַּעַר  
Sense: razor, sheath (making naked).
אֶל־  against 
Parse: Preposition
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
בָּשָׂ֖ר  flesh 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: בָּשָׂר  
Sense: flesh.
מִנֶּ֥גֶב  from  south 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, feminine singular
Root: נֶגֶב  
Sense: south-country, Nekeb, south.
צָפֽוֹן  [to]  north 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: צָפֹון  
Sense: north (of direction), northward.

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