The Meaning of Ezekiel 23:34 Explained

Ezekiel 23:34

KJV: Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt break the sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.

YLT: And thou hast drunk it, and hast drained it, And its earthen ware thou dost gnaw, And thine own breasts thou pluckest off, For I have spoken, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah,

Darby: thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt gnaw the sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah.

ASV: Thou shalt even drink it and drain it out, and thou shalt gnaw the sherds thereof, and shalt tear thy breasts; for I have spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Thou shalt even drink  it and suck [it] out,  and thou shalt break  the sherds  thereof, and pluck off  thine own breasts:  for I have spoken  [it], saith  the Lord  GOD. 

What does Ezekiel 23:34 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 23

1  The unfaithfulness of Aholah and Aholibah
23  Aholibah is to be plagued by her lovers
36  The prophet reproves the adulteries of them both
45  and shows their judgments

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 23:34 mean?

And You shall drink - and drain it and its shards You shall break and your own breasts tear at for I have spoken says the Lord GOD -
וְשָׁתִ֨ית אוֹתָ֜הּ וּמָצִ֗ית וְאֶת־ חֲרָשֶׂ֛יהָ תְּגָרֵ֖מִי וְשָׁדַ֣יִךְ תְּנַתֵּ֑קִי כִּ֚י אֲנִ֣י דִבַּ֔רְתִּי נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה ס

וְשָׁתִ֨ית  And  You  shall  drink 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person feminine singular
Root: שָׁתָה  
Sense: to drink.
אוֹתָ֜הּ  - 
Parse: Direct object marker, third person feminine singular
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
וּמָצִ֗ית  and  drain  it 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person feminine singular
Root: מָצָה  
Sense: to drain, drain out.
חֲרָשֶׂ֛יהָ  its  shards 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: חֶרֶשׂ  
Sense: earthenware, clay pottery, shard, potsherd, earthen vessel.
תְּגָרֵ֖מִי  You  shall  break 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, second person feminine singular
Root: גָּרַם 
Sense: to cut off, reserve, lay aside, leave, save.
וְשָׁדַ֣יִךְ  and  your  own  breasts 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, mdc, second person feminine singular
Root: שַׁד 
Sense: breast, bosom, (female) breast.
תְּנַתֵּ֑קִי  tear  at 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, second person feminine singular
Root: נָתַק  
Sense: to pull or tear or draw off or away or apart, draw out, pluck up, break, li ft, root out.
דִבַּ֔רְתִּי  have  spoken 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: דָּבַר 
Sense: to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing.
נְאֻ֖ם  says 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: נְאֻם  
Sense: (Qal) utterance, declaration (of prophet).
אֲדֹנָ֥י  the  Lord 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֲדֹנָי  
Sense: my lord, lord.
יְהוִֽה  GOD 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: Jehovah—used primarily in the combination ‘Lord Jehovah’.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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