The Meaning of Ezekiel 28:24 Explained

Ezekiel 28:24

KJV: And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them, that despised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

YLT: And there is no more to the house of Israel A pricking brier, and paining thorn, Of all round about them -- despising them, And they have known that I am the Lord Jehovah.

Darby: And there shall be no more a wounding sting for the house of Israel, nor any grieving thorn, among all that were round about them, that despised them: and they shall know that I am the Lord Jehovah.

ASV: And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor a hurting thorn of any that are round about them, that did despite unto them; and they shall know that I am the Lord Jehovah.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And there shall be no more a pricking  brier  unto the house  of Israel,  nor [any] grieving  thorn  of all [that are] round about  them, that despised  them; and they shall know  that I [am] the Lord  GOD. 

What does Ezekiel 28:24 Mean?

Verse Meaning

The reason for this judgment was that Sidon had been a thorn in the side of God"s people by scorning them (cf. Genesis 12:3). Again the Lord promised that onlookers would learn that He is God.

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 28

1  God's judgment upon the prince of Tyrus for his sacrilegious pride
11  A lamentation of his great glory corrupted by Sidon
20  The judgment of Zion
24  The restoration of Israel

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 28:24 mean?

And no there shall be longer for the house of Israel a brier pricking or a thorn painful from among all [who] [are] around them who despise them and they shall know that I [am] the Lord GOD -
וְלֹֽא־ יִהְיֶ֨ה ע֜וֹד לְבֵ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל סִלּ֤וֹן מַמְאִיר֙ וְק֣וֹץ מַכְאִ֔ב מִכֹּל֙ סְבִ֣יבֹתָ֔ם הַשָּׁאטִ֖ים אוֹתָ֑ם וְיָ֣דְע֔וּ כִּ֥י אֲנִ֖י אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה ס

וְלֹֽא־  And  no 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
יִהְיֶ֨ה  there  shall  be 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
ע֜וֹד  longer 
Parse: Adverb
Root: עֹוד  
Sense: a going round, continuance adv.
לְבֵ֣ית  for  the  house 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל  of  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
סִלּ֤וֹן  a  brier 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: סִלֹּון  
Sense: brier, thorn.
מַמְאִיר֙  pricking 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Participle, masculine singular
Root: מָאַר  
Sense: (Hiphil) to pain, prick, irritate, be in pain.
וְק֣וֹץ  or  a  thorn 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: קֹוץ 
Sense: thorn, thornbush.
מַכְאִ֔ב  painful 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Participle, masculine singular
Root: כָּאַב  
Sense: to be in pain, be sore, have pain, be sorrowful.
מִכֹּל֙  from  among  all 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
סְבִ֣יבֹתָ֔ם  [who]  [are]  around  them 
Parse: Adverb, third person masculine plural
Root: מוּסָב 
Sense: places round about, circuit, round about adv.
הַשָּׁאטִ֖ים  who  despise 
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: שׁוּט  
Sense: to treat with contempt or despite.
וְיָ֣דְע֔וּ  and  they  shall  know 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: דָּעָה 
Sense: to know.
כִּ֥י  that 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
אֲנִ֖י  I  [am] 
Parse: Pronoun, first person common singular
Root: אֲנִי  
Sense: I (first pers.
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