King James Version

Ezekiel 23:34

Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt break the sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.

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וְשָׁתִ֨יתveshatitand banquetשָׁתָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “and banquet”, a completed action in a sequenceH8354to imbibe (literally or figuratively)[idiom] assuredly, banquet, [idiom] certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk ([idiom] -ard), surely. (Prop. intensive of H8248 (שָׁקָה).)אוֹתָ֜הּotahobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).וּמָצִ֗יתumatsitand suckמָצָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “and suck”, a completed action in a sequenceH4680to suck out; by implication, to drain, to squeeze outsuck, wring (out).וְאֶתveetand object markerאֵתconjunction, particle, direct object marker — “and object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).חֲרָשֶׂ֛יהָcharaseyhaearthחֶרֶשׂnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “earth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2789a piece of potteryearth(-en), (pot-) sherd, [phrase] stone.תְּגָרֵ֖מִיtegaremignaw the bonesגָּרַםverb, piel, imperfect, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “gnaw the bones”, an unfinished actionH1633(causative) to bone, i.e. denude (by extensive, craunch) the bonesgnaw the bones, break.וְשָׁדַ֣יִךְveshadayikhand breastשַׁדconjunction, noun, common, masculine, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “and breast”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7699the breast of a woman or animal (as bulging)breast, pap, teat.תְּנַתֵּ֑קִיtenateqibreakנָתַקverb, piel, imperfect, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “break”, an unfinished actionH5423to tear offbreak (off), burst, draw (away), lift up, pluck (away, off), pull (out), root out.כִּ֚יkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…אֲנִ֣יanimineאֲנִיpronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “mine”H589II, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.דִבַּ֔רְתִּיdibartispeakדָבַרverb, piel, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “speak”, a completed actionH1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdueanswer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.נְאֻ֖םneumsaidנְאֻםnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “said”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5002an oracle(hath) said, saith.אֲדֹנָ֥יadonayLordאֲדֹנָיnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “Lord”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH136the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)(my) Lord.יְהוִֽהyehviGodיְהֹוִהnoun, proper name — “God”H3069{YHWH}God.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Thou shalt even drink it and drain it, and thou shalt craunch the sherds thereof, and shalt tear thy breasts; for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thou shalt even drink it and drain it out, and thou shalt gnaw the sherds thereof, and shalt tear thy breasts; for I have spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Young’s Literal Translation

And thou hast drunk it, and hast drained [it], And its earthen ware thou dost gnaw, And thine own breasts thou pluckest off, For I have spoken, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah,

World English Bible

You will even drink it and drain it out. You will gnaw the broken pieces of it, and will tear your breasts; for I have spoken it,’ says the Lord Yahweh.

Darby Translation

thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt gnaw the sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I have spoken [it], saith the Lord Jehovah.

Douay-Rheims

And thou shalt drink it, and shalt drink it up even to the dregs, and thou shalt devour the fragments thereof, thou shalt rend thy breasts: because I have spoken it, saith the Lord God.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Thou shalt even drink it and drain it, and thou shalt craunch the sherds thereof, and shalt tear thy breasts; for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

drink thou it, and I will take away her feasts and her new moons: for I have spoken it , saith the Lord.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ τὰς ἑορτὰς καὶ τὰς νουμηνίας αὐτῆς ἀποστρέψω· διότι ἐγὼ λελάληκα, λέγει Κύριος.