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I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/15.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And I will make the land desolate, because they have acted faithlessly, declares the Lord GOD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/15.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,’ declares the Lord GOD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/15.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/15.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have persisted in unfaithfulness,’ says the Lord GOD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/15.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,’” declares the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/15.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,&#8217&#8221 declares the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/15.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,’” declares the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/15.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Thus I will give over the land <i>to</i> desolation because they have acted unfaithfully,’” declares Lord Yahweh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/15.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />I will make the land desolate (ruined, deserted), because they have acted unfaithfully [through their idolatry],’ says the Lord GOD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/15.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will make the land desolate because they have acted unfaithfully.” This is the declaration of the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/15.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will make the land desolate because they have acted unfaithfully.&#8221 This is the declaration of the Lord GOD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/15.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord Jehovah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/15.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I will make their country an empty wasteland, because they have not been loyal to me. I, the LORD God, have spoken. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/15.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/15.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I will turn the country into a wasteland because they have been unfaithful," declares the Almighty LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/15.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />They have been unfaithful to me, and so I will make the country a wilderness." The Sovereign LORD has spoken. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/15.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />and dedicate the land to desolation because of their unfaithful unbelief," declares the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/15.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,’ declares the Lord GOD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/15.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I will make the land desolate because they have acted unfaithfully, declares the sovereign LORD." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/15.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass,' says the Lord GOD."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/15.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/15.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,” says the Lord Yahweh. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/15.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And I have made the land a desolation, "" Because they have committed a trespass,” "" A declaration of Lord YHWH!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/15.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And I have made the land a desolation, Because they have committed a trespass, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/15.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And I gave the land a desolation, because they transgressed a transgression, says the Lord Jehovah.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/15.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And I shall have made their land a wilderness, and desolate, because they have been transgressors, saith the Lord God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/15.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />and when I will have made their land impassable and desolate. For they have stood forth as transgressors, says the Lord God.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/15.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Yes, I will make the land desolate, because they are so unfaithful— oracle of the Lord GOD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/15.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />And I will make the land desolate, because they have acted faithlessly, says the Lord GOD.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/15.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And I will make the land desolate and a horror because they have committed iniquity, says the LORD God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/15.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And I shall give the land to destruction and to astonishment, because they have done evil, says THE LORD OF LORDS.” <div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/15.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And I will make the land desolate, because they have acted treacherously, saith the Lord GOD.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/15.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And I will give up the land to ruin, because they have utterly transgressed, saith the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/15-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=3464" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/15.htm">Jerusalem the Useless Vine</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">7</span>And I will set My face against them. Though they may have escaped the fire, yet another fire will consume them. And when I set My face against them, you will know that I am the LORD. <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: wə·nā·ṯat·tî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">Thus I will make</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/8077.htm" title="8077: šə·mā·māh (N-fs) -- Devastation, waste. Or shimamah; feminine of shamem; devastation; figuratively, astonishment.">desolate,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3282.htm" title="3282: ya·‘an (Adv) -- From an unused root meaning to pay attention; properly, heed; by implication, purpose; used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause.">because</a> <a href="/hebrew/4603.htm" title="4603: mā·‘ă·lū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- A primitive root; properly, to cover up; used only figuratively, to act covertly, i.e. Treacherously.">they have acted unfaithfully,’</a> <a href="/hebrew/4604.htm" title="4604: ma·‘al (N-ms) -- An unfaithful or treacherous act. From ma'al; treachery, i.e. Sin."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5002.htm" title="5002: nə·’um (N-msc) -- Utterance. From na'am; an oracle.">declares</a> <a href="/hebrew/136.htm" title="136: ’ă·ḏō·nāy (N-proper-ms) -- Lord. Am emphatic form of 'adown; the Lord.">the Lord</a> <a href="/hebrew/3069.htm" title="3069: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- YHWH. A variation of Yhovah.">GOD.”</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-20.htm">Jeremiah 7:20</a></span><br />Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and the produce of the land, and it will burn and not be extinguished.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/5-5.htm">Isaiah 5:5-7</a></span><br />Now I will tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be consumed; I will tear down its wall, and it will be trampled. / I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.” / For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/21-10.htm">Jeremiah 21:10</a></span><br />For I have set My face against this city to bring disaster and not good, declares the LORD. It will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, who will destroy it with fire.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/4-11.htm">Lamentations 4:11</a></span><br />The LORD has exhausted His wrath; He has poured out His fierce anger; He has kindled a fire in Zion, and it has consumed her foundations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/22-17.htm">2 Kings 22:17</a></span><br />because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be kindled against this place and will not be quenched.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/29-23.htm">Deuteronomy 29:23-28</a></span><br />All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger. / So all the nations will ask, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’ / And the people will answer, ‘It is because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD, the God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/9-19.htm">Isaiah 9:19</a></span><br />By the wrath of the LORD of Hosts the land is scorched, and the people are fuel for the fire. No man even spares his brother.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/44-6.htm">Jeremiah 44:6</a></span><br />Therefore My wrath and anger poured out and burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, so that they have become the desolate ruin they are today.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/2-5.htm">Amos 2:5</a></span><br />So I will send fire upon Judah to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/36-19.htm">2 Chronicles 36:19</a></span><br />Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/21-19.htm">Matthew 21:19</a></span><br />Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the tree withered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/13-6.htm">Luke 13:6-9</a></span><br />Then Jesus told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it but did not find any. / So he said to the keeper of the vineyard, ‘Look, for the past three years I have come to search for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Therefore cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’ / ‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone again this year, until I dig around it and fertilize it. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-6.htm">John 15:6</a></span><br />If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-21.htm">Romans 11:21-22</a></span><br />For if God did not spare the natural branches, He will certainly not spare you either. / Take notice, therefore, of the kindness and severity of God: severity to those who fell, but kindness to you, if you continue in His kindness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/6-7.htm">Hebrews 6:7-8</a></span><br />For land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is tended receives the blessing of God. / But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless, and its curse is imminent. In the end it will be burned.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, said the Lord GOD.</p><p class="hdg">I will</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/6-14.htm">Ezekiel 6:14</a></b></br> So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in all their habitations: and they shall know that I <i>am</i> the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/14-13.htm">Ezekiel 14:13-21</a></b></br> Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/33-29.htm">Ezekiel 33:29</a></b></br> Then shall they know that I <i>am</i> the LORD, when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/36-14.htm">2 Chronicles 36:14-16</a></b></br> Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/11-12.htm">Acted</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-23.htm">Affirmation</a> <a href="/ezekiel/9-4.htm">Committed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-23.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-16.htm">Desolate</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-16.htm">Desolation</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-22.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/exodus/21-8.htm">Faithlessly</a> <a href="/ezekiel/15-6.htm">Sovereign</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-2.htm">Treacherously</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-13.htm">Trespass</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-4.htm">Unfaithful</a> <a href="/psalms/78-57.htm">Unfaithfully</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-13.htm">Unfaithfulness</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-16.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-30.htm">Wrought</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/16-47.htm">Acted</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-19.htm">Affirmation</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-17.htm">Committed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-14.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/ezekiel/19-7.htm">Desolate</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-33.htm">Desolation</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-58.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/hosea/5-7.htm">Faithlessly</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-3.htm">Sovereign</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-27.htm">Treacherously</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-20.htm">Trespass</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-20.htm">Unfaithful</a> <a href="/malachi/2-11.htm">Unfaithfully</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-20.htm">Unfaithfulness</a> <a href="/ezekiel/19-7.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-9.htm">Wrought</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 15</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/15-1.htm">By the unfitness of the vine branch for any work</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/15-6.htm">is shown the rejection of Jerusalem</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/ezekiel/15.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>Thus I will make</b><br />The phrase "Thus I will make" indicates a divine action and intention. In Hebrew, the verb used here is "שָׁמֵם" (shamem), which means to make desolate or to lay waste. This reflects God's sovereign power to enact judgment. The use of "I will make" underscores God's active role in the unfolding of His divine justice. It is a reminder of His authority and the certainty of His decrees. In the context of Ezekiel, this is a continuation of God's warning to Israel, emphasizing that the consequences of their actions are not arbitrary but are a direct result of divine judgment.<p><b>the land desolate</b><br />The term "desolate" in Hebrew is "שְׁמָמָה" (shemamah), which conveys a sense of utter ruin and barrenness. Historically, this reflects the fate of Jerusalem and Judah, which were devastated by the Babylonian conquest. The land, once flowing with milk and honey, becomes a symbol of spiritual and physical desolation due to the people's unfaithfulness. This desolation serves as a tangible representation of the spiritual barrenness that results from turning away from God. It is a call to recognize the seriousness of sin and the impact it has not only on individuals but on the community and land as a whole.<p><b>because they have acted unfaithfully</b><br />The phrase "acted unfaithfully" is derived from the Hebrew root "מָעַל" (ma'al), which means to act treacherously or to betray a trust. This term is often used in the context of covenant unfaithfulness. Israel's relationship with God was based on a covenant, and their idolatry and disobedience were seen as acts of betrayal. This highlights the personal nature of sin against God, as it is not merely a breaking of rules but a breach of relationship. The unfaithfulness of the people is the direct cause of the desolation, emphasizing the moral and spiritual dimensions of their actions.<p><b>declares the Lord GOD</b><br />The phrase "declares the Lord GOD" is a solemn affirmation of the message's divine origin. In Hebrew, "declares" is "נְאֻם" (ne'um), often used in prophetic literature to introduce or conclude a divine pronouncement. "The Lord GOD" is "אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה" (Adonai Yahweh), combining the titles of Lord and the personal name of God, Yahweh. This combination underscores both the authority and the covenantal relationship God has with His people. It serves as a reminder that the message is not from the prophet's own imagination but is a direct communication from the sovereign Creator and Sustainer of all. This declaration invites the audience to respond with reverence and repentance, acknowledging the seriousness of God's words and the opportunity for restoration through returning to Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/15-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Thus I will make</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנָתַתִּ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·nā·ṯat·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the land</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָ֖רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">desolate,</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁמָמָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(šə·mā·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8077.htm">Strong's 8077: </a> </span><span class="str2">Devastation, astonishment</span><br /><br /><span class="word">because</span><br /><span class="heb">יַ֚עַן</span> <span class="translit">(ya·‘an)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3282.htm">Strong's 3282: </a> </span><span class="str2">Heed, purpose, to indicate the reason, cause</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they have acted unfaithfully,</span><br /><span class="heb">מָ֣עֲלוּ</span> <span class="translit">(mā·‘ă·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4603.htm">Strong's 4603: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cover up, to act covertly, treacherously</span><br /><br /><span class="word">declares</span><br /><span class="heb">נְאֻ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(nə·’um)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5002.htm">Strong's 5002: </a> </span><span class="str2">An oracle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Lord</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲדֹנָ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḏō·nāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_136.htm">Strong's 136: </a> </span><span class="str2">The Lord</span><br /><br /><span class="word">GOD.’”</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוִֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3069.htm">Strong's 3069: </a> </span><span class="str2">YHWH</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/15-8.htm">Ezekiel 15:8 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/15-8.htm">Ezekiel 15:8 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/15-8.htm">Ezekiel 15:8 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/15-8.htm">Ezekiel 15:8 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/15-8.htm">Ezekiel 15:8 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/15-8.htm">Ezekiel 15:8 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/15-8.htm">Ezekiel 15:8 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/15-8.htm">Ezekiel 15:8 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/15-8.htm">Ezekiel 15:8 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/15-8.htm">Ezekiel 15:8 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/15-8.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 15:8 I will make the land desolate because (Ezek. 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