LOOKING FOR EZEKIEL

[JLG]

He was among the second group of captives taken to Babylon along with King Jehoiachin about 597 BC.

Ezekiel’s ministry began with condemnation and judgment of the nation Judah. After the destruction of Jerusalem, Ezekiel’s prophecies speak of hope for the future. Ezekiel wanted to help the people learn from their failures. He announced impending judgment upon the nations that surrounded Judah and reestablished hope for the restoration of Israel. His vision of the valley of dry bones (Ezekiel 37) pictures new life being breathed into the nation. That prophecy will be ultimately fulfilled in the millennial reign of Christ on earth.

• Yes, condemnation and judgment!
• Then hope for the future!
• But it is necessary to learn from our failures!
• Each one of us must do his part!

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Remember:

• If you think like today’s people, you will never understand the Bible!
• They used to write differently!
• They used to speak differently!
• They used to think differently!
• They used to act differently!

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[JLG]

- Ezekiel delivered God’s messages with straightforward language that everyone could understand, whether they listened or not!

- Ezekiel himself was called to be a watchman, and God warned him that, if he did not faithfully warn of the punishment for not following God, he would be held accountable for the blood of those who died in their sins!

- He did not hesitate in his mission and steadfastly followed God’s instructions!

- Ezekiel had a passionate view of judgment and hope, and he reflected God’s own sorrow over the people’s sins!

- Ezekiel’s sorrow was compounded by the death of his wife —an event that God forbade him to weep over!

- God used the death of Ezekiel’s wife as a sign to the people of Judah!

- Just as the prophet lost his wife, the people of Judah would lose their temple!

- And, just as Ezekiel did not show outward signs of mourning, the Jews would be overwhelmed to the point of silence by the sorrow they felt!

- The prophet Ezekiel experienced considerable opposition during his own lifetime, yet he doggedly expressed God’s desire that the wicked not die but turn from their wicked ways and live!

- His periodic speechlessness during his early years was broken when God empowered him to speak, and his tongue was loosened to speak the longest passage of sustained hope in the Bible!

- The burning, chopping, and scattering of his hair represented the fall of Jerusalem and the bringing back of God’s remnant (chapter 5)!

- The hopeful words climax in the promise of everlasting possession of the land, an everlasting Davidic prince, an everlasting covenant, and an everlasting sanctuary in Israel!

- Ezekiel is definitely a prophet of Yah·weh!

- He would incessantly tell God's word!

- And his message was a message of condemnation and judgment!

- But there is also hope!

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Remember:

• If you think like today’s people, you will never understand the Bible!
• They used to write differently!
• They used to speak differently!
• They used to think differently!
• They used to act differently!

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[JLG]

Remember that:

• Ezekiel would be held accountable for the blood of those who died in their sins if he didn’t transmit Yah.weh’s message!
• Ezekiel experienced considerable opposition during his own lifetime because of Yah.weh’s message of condemnation for Judah!
• But he would incessantly say God's word!
• A message of condemnation and judgment and destruction and hope!

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Remember:

• If you think like today’s people, you will never understand the Bible!
• They used to write differently!
• They used to speak differently!
• They used to think differently!
• They used to act differently!

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[JLG]

75) LOOKING FOR EZEKIEL


Ezekiel 4:10

You are to weigh out
בְּמִשְׁק֕וֹל (bə·miš·qō·wl)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4946: Heaviness, weight

twenty
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים (‘eś·rîm)
Number - common plural
Strong's 6242: Twenty, twentieth

shekels
שֶׁ֖קֶל (še·qel)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8255: A weight, a commercial standard

of food
וּמַאֲכָֽלְךָ֙ (ū·ma·’ă·ḵā·lə·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 3978: An eatable

to eat
תֹּאכֲלֶ֔נּוּ (tō·ḵă·len·nū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 398: To eat

each day,
לַיּ֑וֹם (lay·yō·wm)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day

and you are to eat it
תֹּאכֲלֶֽנּוּ׃ (tō·ḵă·len·nū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 398: To eat

at set times.
מֵעֵ֥ת (mê·‘êṯ)
Preposition-m | Noun - common singular
Strong's 6256: Time, now, when

• Yah.weh gives Ezekiel specific instructions he must follow precisely!
• He has to do exactly as he is told!
• In this verse it is about food and when to eat!
• Representing Yah.weh is a serious matter!
• There is no room for tourism!
• It’s not like going to a restaurant!
• You can’t choose what you want!
• You are told what to do!
• Yah.weh is Yah.weh and man is man!
• Man often forgets that basic principle!

 

[JLG]

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Remember that:

• Ezekiel would be held accountable for the blood of those who died in their sins if he didn’t transmit Yah.weh’s message!
• Ezekiel experienced considerable opposition during his own lifetime because of Yah.weh’s message of condemnation for Judah!
• But he would incessantly say God's word!
• A message of condemnation and judgment and destruction and hope!

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Remember:

• If you think like today’s people, you will never understand the Bible!
• They used to write differently!
• They used to speak differently!
• They used to think differently!
• They used to act differently!

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[JLG]

76) LOOKING FOR EZEKIEL


Ezekiel 4:11

You are also to measure out
בִּמְשׂוּרָ֥ה (bim·śū·rāh)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4884: A measure

a sixth
שִׁשִּׁ֣ית (šiš·šîṯ)
Number - ordinal feminine singular construct
Strong's 8345: Sixth, ord, fractional

of a hin
הַהִ֑ין (ha·hîn)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1969: A hin (a liquid measure)

of water
וּמַ֛יִם (ū·ma·yim)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

to drink,
תִשְׁתֶּ֖ה (ṯiš·teh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 8354: To imbibe

and you are to drink it
תִּשְׁתֶּֽה׃ (tiš·teh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 8354: To imbibe

at set times.
מֵעֵ֥ת (mê·‘êṯ)
Preposition-m | Noun - common singular
Strong's 6256: Time, now, when

• Ezekiel is also told how much water he must drink!
• And when!
• He must prepare for what is coming!
• He must adapt to his message of condemnation and judgment!

 

[JLG]

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Remember that:

• Ezekiel would be held accountable for the blood of those who died in their sins if he didn’t transmit Yah.weh’s message!
• Ezekiel experienced considerable opposition during his own lifetime because of Yah.weh’s message of condemnation for Judah!
• But he would incessantly say God's word!
• A message of condemnation and judgment and destruction and hope!

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Remember:

• If you think like today’s people, you will never understand the Bible!
• They used to write differently!
• They used to speak differently!
• They used to think differently!
• They used to act differently!

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[JLG]

77) LOOKING FOR EZEKIEL


Ezekiel 4:12

And you shall eat
תֹּֽאכֲלֶ֑נָּה (tō·ḵă·len·nāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 398: To eat

[the food]
וְהִ֗יא (wə·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

as you would a barley
שְׂעֹרִ֖ים (śə·‘ō·rîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 8184: Barley

cake,
וְעֻגַ֥ת (wə·‘u·ḡaṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 5692: A disc or cake of bread

after you bake
תְּעֻגֶ֖נָה (tə·‘u·ḡe·nāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5746: To bake

it over dried human
הָֽאָדָ֔ם (hā·’ā·ḏām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

excrement
בְּגֶֽלְלֵי֙ (bə·ḡel·lê)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1561: Dung

in the sight [of the people].”
לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃ (lə·‘ê·nê·hem)
Preposition-l | Noun - cdc | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

• Imagine you bake your food over dried human excrement!
• And you must do it in front of the people!
• Definitely a bad experience!
• Imagine the feelings of Ezekiel!
• He has to feel every aspect of what is going to happen!

 

[JLG]

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Remember that:

• Ezekiel would be held accountable for the blood of those who died in their sins if he didn’t transmit Yah.weh’s message!
• Ezekiel experienced considerable opposition during his own lifetime because of Yah.weh’s message of condemnation for Judah!
• But he would incessantly say God's word!
• A message of condemnation and judgment and destruction and hope!

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Remember:

• If you think like today’s people, you will never understand the Bible!
• They used to write differently!
• They used to speak differently!
• They used to think differently!
• They used to act differently!

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[JLG]

78) LOOKING FOR EZEKIEL


Ezekiel 4:13

Then the LORD
יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

said,
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“This is how
כָּ֣כָה (kā·ḵāh)
Adverb
Strong's 3602: Just so

the Israelites
בְנֵֽי־ (ḇə·nê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

will eat
יֹאכְל֧וּ (yō·ḵə·lū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 398: To eat

their defiled
טָמֵ֑א (ṭā·mê)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2931: Unclean

bread
לַחְמָ֖ם (laḥ·mām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 3899: Food, bread, grain

among the nations
בַּגּוֹיִ֕ם (bag·gō·w·yim)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

to which
אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

I will banish them.”
אַדִּיחֵ֖ם (’ad·dî·ḥêm)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5080: To impel, thrust, banish

• Once again Ezekiel must do to foretell what the Israelites are going to live in exile!
• It is not only words!
• There is a representation of what is going to happen!
• When you have a picture of reality, it appears more real!
• Usually people don’t pay attention when it is only words!
• They think it is nothing!

 

[JLG]

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Remember that:

• Ezekiel would be held accountable for the blood of those who died in their sins if he didn’t transmit Yah.weh’s message!
• Ezekiel experienced considerable opposition during his own lifetime because of Yah.weh’s message of condemnation for Judah!
• But he would incessantly say God's word!
• A message of condemnation and judgment and destruction and hope!

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Remember:

• If you think like today’s people, you will never understand the Bible!
• They used to write differently!
• They used to speak differently!
• They used to think differently!
• They used to act differently!

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[JLG]

79) LOOKING FOR EZEKIEL


Ezekiel 4:14

“Ah,
אֲהָהּ֙ (’ă·hāh)
Interjection
Strong's 162: Alas!

Lord
אֲדֹנָ֣י (’ă·ḏō·nāy)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 136: The Lord

GOD,”
יְהוִ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3069: YHWH

I said,
וָאֹמַ֗ר (wā·’ō·mar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“I
נַפְשִׁ֖י (nap̄·šî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

have never
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

defiled myself.
מְטֻמָּאָ֑ה (mə·ṭum·mā·’āh)
Verb - Pual - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's 2930: To be or become unclean

From my youth
מִנְּעוּרַ֣י (min·nə·‘ū·ray)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5271: Youth, the state, the persons

until
וְעַד־ (wə·‘aḏ-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

now
עַ֔תָּה (‘at·tāh)
Adverb
Strong's 6258: At this time

I have not
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

eaten
אָכַ֙לְתִּי֙ (’ā·ḵal·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 398: To eat

anything found dead
וּנְבֵלָ֨ה (ū·nə·ḇê·lāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5038: A flabby thing, a carcase, carrion, an idol

or mauled by wild beasts.
וּטְרֵפָ֤ה (ū·ṭə·rê·p̄āh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2966: Prey, flocks devoured by animals

No
וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

unclean
פִּגּֽוּל׃ (pig·gūl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6292: Foul thing, refuse

meat
בְּשַׂ֥ר (bə·śar)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man

has ever entered
בָ֥א (ḇā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

my mouth.”
בְּפִ֖י (bə·p̄î)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to

• Ezekiel says he has never eaten anything unclean according to the Law!
• And now he must use human excrements to cook his food!
• It shows that the people will bear things they have never done before!
• They will reach extremes they can’t even think about!
• Yah.weh wants them to understand what they have done to him!
• As a consequence, the price they will pay will be extremely high!
• And it will be the same for mankind!
• The Big One will be a time that has never occurred before!
• The flood will be nothing in comparison!
• There will be no room to hide!

 

[JLG]

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Remember that:

• Ezekiel would be held accountable for the blood of those who died in their sins if he didn’t transmit Yah.weh’s message!
• Ezekiel experienced considerable opposition during his own lifetime because of Yah.weh’s message of condemnation for Judah!
• But he would incessantly say God's word!
• A message of condemnation and judgment and destruction and hope!

____________________________________________________________

Remember:

• If you think like today’s people, you will never understand the Bible!
• They used to write differently!
• They used to speak differently!
• They used to think differently!
• They used to act differently!

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Remember:

Biblical Hebrew has a very small number of words, about 8,000, and around 1,700 of those words are hapax legomena (being said once) in the Hebrew Bible. Modern Hebrew has about 100,000 words. For comparison modern English has over 450,000 words, and Spanish has just over 175,000 words. Standard English dictionaries typically have about 200,000 words, whereas Spanish dictionaries have about 80,000 words.

This means words often have multiple meanings determined by context.

Although yom is commonly rendered as day in English translations, the word yom can be used in different ways to refer to different time spans:

• Point of time (a specific day)
• time period of a whole or half a day:
  • Period of light (as contrasted with the period of darkness),
  • Sunrise to sunset
  • Sunset to next sunset
• General term for time ( as in 'days of our lives')
• A year "lived a lot of days"
• Time period of unspecified length. "days and days"

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The Greek language is ranked as the richest in the world with 5 million words and 70 million word types. According to Dr. MacDonald, only 600,000 Greek words are used today, making the Greek vocabulary the largest in the world and 3.5 times bigger than the English vocabulary.

Though there are 138,607 words in the Greek New Testament, only 5,394 are unique.

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[JLG]

80) LOOKING FOR EZEKIEL


Ezekiel 4:15

“Look,”
רְאֵ֗ה (rə·’êh)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 7200: To see

He replied,
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“I will let
נָתַ֤תִּֽי (nā·ṯat·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

you use cow
הַבָּקָ֔ר (hab·bā·qār)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1241: Beef cattle, ox, a herd

dung
צְפִיעֵ֣י (ṣə·p̄î·‘ê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 6832: Dung (of cattle)

instead of
תַּ֖חַת (ta·ḥaṯ)
Preposition
Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

human
הָֽאָדָ֑ם (hā·’ā·ḏām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

excrement,
גֶּלְלֵ֣י (gel·lê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1561: Dung

and you may bake
וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ (wə·‘ā·śî·ṯā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

your bread
לַחְמְךָ֖ (laḥ·mə·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 3899: Food, bread, grain

over that.”
עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ (‘ă·lê·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

• As Ezekiel complains about human excrements to bake his food!
• He can use cow dung!
• Is it better?
• Still he must feel the seriousness of the situation!
• Of what is going to happen!

 

[JLG]

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EXODUS 3:15

YAH.WEH THE GOD OF YOUR FATHERS – THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB – HAS SENT ME TO YOU.
THIS IS MY NAME FOREVER, AND THIS IS HOW I AM TO BE REMEMBERED IN EVERY GENERATION IN EVERY GENERATION.

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Jesus had siblings :

- Guess what: the Bible is the history of the Israelites!
- Each page tells you that!
- Each story tells you that!
- Each family tells you that!
- The book of Adam's story tells you that!

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Remember that:

• Ezekiel would be held accountable for the blood of those who died in their sins if he didn’t transmit Yah.weh’s message!
• Ezekiel experienced considerable opposition during his own lifetime because of Yah.weh’s message of condemnation for Judah!
• But he would incessantly say God's word!
• A message of condemnation and judgment and destruction and hope!

____________________________________________________________

Remember:

• If you think like today’s people, you will never understand the Bible!
• They used to write differently!
• They used to speak differently!
• They used to think differently!
• They used to act differently!

____________________________________________________________

Remember:

Biblical Hebrew has a very small number of words, about 8,000, and around 1,700 of those words are hapax legomena (being said once) in the Hebrew Bible. Modern Hebrew has about 100,000 words. For comparison modern English has over 450,000 words, and Spanish has just over 175,000 words. Standard English dictionaries typically have about 200,000 words, whereas Spanish dictionaries have about 80,000 words.

This means words often have multiple meanings determined by context.

Although yom is commonly rendered as day in English translations, the word yom can be used in different ways to refer to different time spans:

• Point of time (a specific day)
• time period of a whole or half a day:
  • Period of light (as contrasted with the period of darkness),
  • Sunrise to sunset
  • Sunset to next sunset
• General term for time ( as in 'days of our lives')
• A year "lived a lot of days"
• Time period of unspecified length. "days and days"

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The Greek language is ranked as the richest in the world with 5 million words and 70 million word types. According to Dr. MacDonald, only 600,000 Greek words are used today, making the Greek vocabulary the largest in the world and 3.5 times bigger than the English vocabulary.

Though there are 138,607 words in the Greek New Testament, only 5,394 are unique.

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[JLG]

81) LOOKING FOR EZEKIEL


Ezekiel 4:16

Then He told
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

me,
אֵלַ֗י (’ê·lay)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

“Son
בֶּן־ (ben-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of man,
אָדָם֙ (’ā·ḏām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

I am going to cut off
שֹׁבֵ֤ר (šō·ḇêr)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 7665: To break, break in pieces

the supply
מַטֵּה־ (maṭ·ṭêh-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4294: A staff, rod, shaft, branch, a tribe

of food
לֶ֙חֶם֙ (le·ḥem)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3899: Food, bread, grain

in Jerusalem.
בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם (bî·rū·šā·lim)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel

They will anxiously
וּבִדְאָגָ֑ה (ū·ḇiḏ·’ā·ḡāh)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1674: Anxiety, anxious care

eat
וְאָכְלוּ־ (wə·’ā·ḵə·lū-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 398: To eat

bread
לֶ֥חֶם (le·ḥem)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3899: Food, bread, grain

rationed by weight,
בְּמִשְׁקָ֖ל (bə·miš·qāl)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4948: Weight, weighing

and in despair
וּבְשִׁמָּמ֖וֹן (ū·ḇə·šim·mā·mō·wn)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8078: Stupefaction

they will drink
יִשְׁתּֽוּ׃ (yiš·tū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 8354: To imbibe

water
וּמַ֕יִם (ū·ma·yim)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

by measure.
בִּמְשׂוּרָ֥ה (bim·śū·rāh)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4884: A measure

- Yah.weh tells Ezekiel that he is going to cut off the supply of food in Jerusalem!
- As a consequence the inhabitants will reduce the food they eat and the water they drink!
- And he adds in despair!
- Everything is well organized by Yah.weh!
- Nothing is left to chance!
- When it is time to pay the price, there is no escape!
- It is adapted to the crime committed!
- Israel has always forgotten that!
- Judah has always forgotten that!
- Mankind has always forgotten that!
- But Yah.weh never forgets!

 

[JLG]

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EXODUS 3:15

YAH.WEH THE GOD OF YOUR FATHERS – THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB – HAS SENT ME TO YOU.
THIS IS MY NAME FOREVER, AND THIS IS HOW I AM TO BE REMEMBERED IN EVERY GENERATION IN EVERY GENERATION.

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Jesus had siblings :

- Guess what: the Bible is the history of the Israelites!
- Each page tells you that!
- Each story tells you that!
- Each family tells you that!
- The book of Adam's story tells you that!

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Remember that:

• Ezekiel would be held accountable for the blood of those who died in their sins if he didn’t transmit Yah.weh’s message!
• Ezekiel experienced considerable opposition during his own lifetime because of Yah.weh’s message of condemnation for Judah!
• But he would incessantly say God's word!
• A message of condemnation and judgment and destruction and hope!

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Remember:

• If you think like today’s people, you will never understand the Bible!
• They used to write differently!
• They used to speak differently!
• They used to think differently!
• They used to act differently!

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Remember:

Biblical Hebrew has a very small number of words, about 8,000, and around 1,700 of those words are hapax legomena (being said once) in the Hebrew Bible. Modern Hebrew has about 100,000 words. For comparison modern English has over 450,000 words, and Spanish has just over 175,000 words. Standard English dictionaries typically have about 200,000 words, whereas Spanish dictionaries have about 80,000 words.

This means words often have multiple meanings determined by context.

Although yom is commonly rendered as day in English translations, the word yom can be used in different ways to refer to different time spans:

• Point of time (a specific day)
• time period of a whole or half a day:
  • Period of light (as contrasted with the period of darkness),
  • Sunrise to sunset
  • Sunset to next sunset
• General term for time ( as in 'days of our lives')
• A year "lived a lot of days"
• Time period of unspecified length. "days and days"

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The Greek language is ranked as the richest in the world with 5 million words and 70 million word types. According to Dr. MacDonald, only 600,000 Greek words are used today, making the Greek vocabulary the largest in the world and 3.5 times bigger than the English vocabulary.

Though there are 138,607 words in the Greek New Testament, only 5,394 are unique.

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[JLG]

82) LOOKING FOR EZEKIEL

Ezekiel 4:17

So
לְמַ֥עַן (lə·ma·‘an)
Conjunction
Strong's 4616: Purpose -- intent

they will lack
יַחְסְר֖וּ (yaḥ·sə·rū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 2637: To lack, need, be lacking, decrease

food
לֶ֣חֶם (le·ḥem)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3899: Food, bread, grain

and water;
וָמָ֑יִם (wā·mā·yim)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

they will be appalled
וְנָשַׁ֙מּוּ֙ (wə·nā·šam·mū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 8074: To stun, devastate, stupefy

[over the sight of] one
אִ֣ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

another
וְאָחִ֔יו (wə·’ā·ḥîw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 251: A brother, )

wasting away
וְנָמַ֖קּוּ (wə·nā·maq·qū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 4743: To melt, to flow, dwindle, vanish

in their iniquity.
בַּעֲוֺנָֽם׃ (ba·‘ă·wō·nām)
Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5771: Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity

• They will lack food and water!
• They will be appalled!
• Wasting away in their iniquity!
• Why does Yah.weh have to tell men again and again?
• Why does he have to warn them again and again?
• Why do they never listen?
• They prefer the easiest way!
• They prefer enjoying life!
• They prefer superficiality!
• Then they are paid according to their choices!

 

[JLG]

__________________________________________________________________________

EXODUS 3:15

YAH.WEH THE GOD OF YOUR FATHERS – THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB – HAS SENT ME TO YOU.
THIS IS MY NAME FOREVER, AND THIS IS HOW I AM TO BE REMEMBERED IN EVERY GENERATION IN EVERY GENERATION.

____________________________________________________________

Jesus had siblings :

- Guess what: the Bible is the history of the Israelites!
- Each page tells you that!
- Each story tells you that!
- Each family tells you that!
- The book of Adam's story tells you that!

____________________________________________________________

Remember that:

• Ezekiel would be held accountable for the blood of those who died in their sins if he didn’t transmit Yah.weh’s message!
• Ezekiel experienced considerable opposition during his own lifetime because of Yah.weh’s message of condemnation for Judah!
• But he would incessantly say God's word!
• A message of condemnation and judgment and destruction and hope!

____________________________________________________________

Remember:

• If you think like today’s people, you will never understand the Bible!
• They used to write differently!
• They used to speak differently!
• They used to think differently!
• They used to act differently!

____________________________________________________________

Remember:

Biblical Hebrew has a very small number of words, about 8,000, and around 1,700 of those words are hapax legomena (being said once) in the Hebrew Bible. Modern Hebrew has about 100,000 words. For comparison modern English has over 450,000 words, and Spanish has just over 175,000 words. Standard English dictionaries typically have about 200,000 words, whereas Spanish dictionaries have about 80,000 words.

This means words often have multiple meanings determined by context.

Although yom is commonly rendered as day in English translations, the word yom can be used in different ways to refer to different time spans:

• Point of time (a specific day)
• time period of a whole or half a day:
  • Period of light (as contrasted with the period of darkness),
  • Sunrise to sunset
  • Sunset to next sunset
• General term for time ( as in 'days of our lives')
• A year "lived a lot of days"
• Time period of unspecified length. "days and days"

__________________________________________________________________________

The Greek language is ranked as the richest in the world with 5 million words and 70 million word types. According to Dr. MacDonald, only 600,000 Greek words are used today, making the Greek vocabulary the largest in the world and 3.5 times bigger than the English vocabulary.

Though there are 138,607 words in the Greek New Testament, only 5,394 are unique.

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[JLG]

83) LOOKING FOR EZEKIEL

Ezekiel 5:1

Now you,
וְאַתָּ֨ה (wə·’at·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

son
בֶן־ (ḇen-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of man,
אָדָ֜ם (’ā·ḏām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

take
קַח־ (qaḥ-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

a sharp
חַדָּ֗ה (ḥad·dāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 2299: Sharp

sword,
חֶ֣רֶב (ḥe·reḇ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

use
תִּקָּחֶ֣נָּה (tiq·qā·ḥen·nāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

it as a barber’s
הַגַּלָּבִים֙ (hag·gal·lā·ḇîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1532: A barber

razor,
תַּ֤עַר (ta·‘ar)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8593: A knife, razor, a scabbard

and shave
וְהַעֲבַרְתָּ֥ (wə·ha·‘ă·ḇar·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on

your head
רֹאשְׁךָ֖ (rō·šə·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 7218: The head

and beard.
זְקָנֶ֑ךָ (zə·qā·ne·ḵā)
Noun - common singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 2206: Beard, chin

Then take
וְלָקַחְתָּ֥ (wə·lā·qaḥ·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

a set of scales
מֹאזְנֵ֥י (mō·zə·nê)
Noun - mdc
Strong's 3976: A pair of scales

and divide the hair.
וְחִלַּקְתָּֽם׃ (wə·ḥil·laq·tām)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 2505: To be smooth, to apportion, separate

• Ezekiel must shave his head!
• And divide the hair cut!
• Let’s see what he will have to do with it!