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Ezekiel 31

Ezek. 31:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And strangers
zuwr (Hebrew #2114)
to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery
KJV usage: (come from) another (man, place), fanner, go away, (e-)strange(-r, thing, woman).
Pronounce: zoor
Origin: a primitive root
, the terrible
`ariyts (Hebrew #6184)
fearful, i.e. powerful or tyrannical
KJV usage: mighty, oppressor, in great power, strong, terrible, violent.
Pronounce: aw-reets'
Origin: from 6206
e of the nations
gowy (Hebrew #1471)
apparently from the same root as 1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
KJV usage: Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
Pronounce: go'-ee
Origin: rarely (shortened) goy {go'-ee}
, have cut him off
karath (Hebrew #3772)
to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)
KJV usage: be chewed, be con-(feder-)ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league ((covenant)), X lose, perish, X utterly, X want.
Pronounce: kaw-rath'
Origin: a primitive root
, and have left
natash (Hebrew #5203)
properly, to pound, i.e. smite; by implication (as if beating out, and thus expanding) to disperse; also, to thrust off, down, out or upon (inclusively, reject, let alone, permit, remit, etc.)
KJV usage: cast off, drawn, let fall, forsake, join (battle), leave (off), lie still, loose, spread (self) abroad, stretch out, suffer.
Pronounce: naw-tash'
Origin: a primitive root
him: upon the mountains
har (Hebrew #2022)
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
KJV usage: hill (country), mount(-ain), X promotion.
Pronounce: har
Origin: a shortened form of 2042
f and in all the valleys
gay' (Hebrew #1516)
probably (by transmutation) from the same root as 1466 (abbreviated); a gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)
KJV usage: valley.
Pronounce: gah'-ee
Origin: or (shortened) gay {gah'-ee}
his branches
daliyah (Hebrew #1808)
something dangling, i.e. a bough
KJV usage: branch.
Pronounce: daw-lee-yaw'
Origin: from 1802
are fallen
naphal (Hebrew #5307)
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for 6419), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be (X hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, X surely, throw down.
Pronounce: naw-fal'
Origin: a primitive root
, and his boughs
p'orah (Hebrew #6288)
or pu'rah {poo-raw'}; from 6286; properly, ornamentation, i.e. (plural) foliage (including the limbs) as bright green
KJV usage: bough, branch, sprig.
Pronounce: peh-o-raw'
Origin: or pora'h {po-raw'}
are broken
shabar (Hebrew #7665)
to burst (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken((-hearted)), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, X quite, tear, view (by mistake for 7663).
Pronounce: shaw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
by all the rivers
'aphiyq (Hebrew #650)
properly, containing, i.e. a tube; also a bed or valley of a stream; also a strong thing or a hero
KJV usage: brook, channel, mighty, river, + scale, stream, strong piece.
Pronounce: aw-feek'
Origin: from 622
of the land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
; and all the people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
of the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
are gone down
yarad (Hebrew #3381)
a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications): --X abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, X indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.
Pronounce: yaw-rad'
from his shadow
tsel (Hebrew #6738)
shade, whether literal or figurative
KJV usage: defence, shade(-ow).
Pronounce: tsale
Origin: from 6751
, and have left
natash (Hebrew #5203)
properly, to pound, i.e. smite; by implication (as if beating out, and thus expanding) to disperse; also, to thrust off, down, out or upon (inclusively, reject, let alone, permit, remit, etc.)
KJV usage: cast off, drawn, let fall, forsake, join (battle), leave (off), lie still, loose, spread (self) abroad, stretch out, suffer.
Pronounce: naw-tash'
Origin: a primitive root
him.
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Ezek. 28:7• 7therefore behold, I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall tarnish thy brightness. (Ezek. 28:7)
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Ezek. 32:4‑5• 4And I will leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the fowl of the heavens to settle upon thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee.
 5And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with the heap of thy members; (Ezek. 32:4‑5)
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Ezek. 35:5• 5Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast given over the children of Israel to the power of the sword, in the time of their calamity, in the time of the iniquity of the end; (Ezek. 35:5)

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Earth,
Mountain Mount,
River,
Stranger,
Vale; Valley

Cross References

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strangers.
Ezek. 28:7• 7therefore behold, I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall tarnish thy brightness. (Ezek. 28:7)
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Ezek. 30:11• 11He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought to destroy the land; and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with slain. (Ezek. 30:11)
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Hab. 1:6,11• 6For behold, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and impetuous nation, which marcheth through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwelling-places that are not theirs.
 11Then will his mind change, and he will pass on, and become guilty: this his power is become his +god. (Hab. 1:6,11)
upon.
Ezek. 32:4‑5• 4And I will leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the fowl of the heavens to settle upon thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee.
 5And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with the heap of thy members; (Ezek. 32:4‑5)
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Ezek. 35:5,8• 5Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast given over the children of Israel to the power of the sword, in the time of their calamity, in the time of the iniquity of the end;
 8and I will fill his mountains with his slain. In thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy water-courses shall they fall that are slain with the sword. (Ezek. 35:5,8)
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Ezek. 39:4• 4Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the peoples that are with thee: I have given thee to be meat for the birds of prey of every wing, and to the beasts of the field. (Ezek. 39:4)
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Isa. 34:5‑7• 5For my sword is bathed in the heavens; behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people of my ban, to judgment.
 6The sword of Jehovah is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams; for Jehovah hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
 7And the buffaloes shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness. (Isa. 34:5‑7)
gone.
Dan. 4:12‑14• 12Its leaves were beautiful, and its fruit abundant, and in it was food for all: the beasts of the field found shade under it, and the birds of the heavens dwelt in its branches, and all flesh was fed from it.
 13I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and behold, a watcher and a holy one came down from the heavens;
 14he cried aloud, and said thus: Hew down the tree, and cut off its branches, shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit; let the beasts get away from under it, and the birds from its branches. (Dan. 4:12‑14)
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Nah. 3:17‑18• 17Thy chosen men are as the locusts, and thy captains as swarms of grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day: when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
 18Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria; thy nobles lie still; thy people are scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them. (Nah. 3:17‑18)
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Rev. 17:16• 16And the ten horns which thou sawest, and the beast, these shall hate the harlot, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and shall burn her with fire; (Rev. 17:16)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off and have left him; upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken in all the watercoursesd of the land; and all the peoples of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.

JND Translation Notes

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d
Or "ravines," as ch. 6.3.