| 24. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the vav-consecutive form veyad’u {וְֽיָדְע֞וּ | wə-yāḏ-ʿū} ‘and they will know’, marking a result clause. The subject kol atzei hasadeh {כָּל־עֲצֵי־הַשָּׂדֶה | kol ʿă-tsê ha-śā-ḏeh} serves metaphorically for those under divine assessment. A chiastic series of Hifil perfect verb–noun–adjective triads—hishpalti etz gavohah {הִשְׁפַּלְתִּי עֵץ גָּבֹהַ | hiš-pal-tî ʿêṣ gā-ḇō-ah}, higbahti etz shafal {הִגְבַּהְתִּי עֵץ שָׁפָל | hig-baḥ-tî ʿêṣ šā-p̄āl}, hovashti etz lach {הוֹבַשְׁתִּי עֵץ לָח | hô-ḇaš-tî ʿêṣ laḥ}, vehifr achti etz yavesh {וְהִפְרַחְתִּי עֵץ יָבֵשׁ | wə-hif-raḥ-tî ʿêṣ yā-wêš}—highlights divine reversals. The climactic declaration ani Yahweh dibarti ve-asiti {אֲנִי יְהוָה דִּבַּרְתִּי וְעָשִׂיתִּי | ʾǎ-nî Yahweh dib-bar-tî wə-ʿā-śî-tî} asserts God’s authority and the certainty of fulfillment. |