17. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Ezekiel 5:17:1 ⧉וְשִׁלַּחְתִּ֣יveshilakhettiand I will send Ezekiel 5:17:2 ⧉עֲ֠לֵיכֶםaleikhemupon you {plural} Ezekiel 5:17:3 ⧉רָעָ֞בraavfamine Ezekiel 5:17:4 ⧉וְחַיָּ֤הvekhayaand a living thing or beast Ezekiel 5:17:5 ⧉רָעָה֙raaevil or harmful Ezekiel 5:17:6 ⧉וְשִׁכְּלֻ֔ךְveshikelukhand they will bereave you Ezekiel 5:17:7 ⧉וְדֶ֥בֶרvedeverand pestilence Ezekiel 5:17:8 ⧉וָדָ֖םvadamand blood Ezekiel 5:17:9 ⧉יַעֲבָר־בָּ֑ךְyaavarbakhwill pass through you {feminine singular} Ezekiel 5:17:10 ⧉וְחֶ֙רֶב֙vekherevand a sword Ezekiel 5:17:11 ⧉אָבִ֣יאaviI will bring Ezekiel 5:17:12 ⧉עָלַ֔יִךְalayikhupon you {feminine singular} Ezekiel 5:17:13 ⧉אֲנִ֥יaniI Ezekiel 5:17:14 ⧉יְהוָ֖הyahwehLORD Ezekiel 5:17:15 ⧉דִּבַּֽרְתִּי׃פdibartiI have spoken |
17. Formal Translation And I will dispatch famine upon you, and a savage creature will leave you childless. Scourges of pestilence and blood will pass through you, and I will unleash the sword against you. I, the LORD {Yahweh, Righteous Judge}, have decreed this. |
17. Dynamic Translation I will send famine and wild beasts against you, and they will leave you bereaved. Disease and blood will pass through you, and I will bring war against you. I, the LORD {Yahweh, Justice Bringer}, have declared it. |