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Ezekiel 5:14

Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.

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וְאֶתְּנֵךְ֙veetnekheand giveנָתַןconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “and give”, an unfinished actionH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…לְחָרְבָּ֣הlecharebahto decayed placeחׇרְבָּהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “to decayed place”, the ordinary formH2723properly, drought, i.e. (by implication) a desolationdecayed place, desolate (place, -tion), destruction, (laid) waste (place).וּלְחֶרְפָּ֔הulecherpahand to rebukeחֶרְפָּהconjunction, preposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and to rebuke”, the ordinary formH2781contumely, disgrace, the pudendarebuke, reproach(-fully), shame.בַּגּוֹיִ֖םbagoyimin Gentileגּוֹיpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “in Gentile”, the ordinary formH1471a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locustsGentile, heathen, nation, people.אֲשֶׁ֣רasherbecauseאֲשֶׁרparticle, relative — “because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…סְבִיבוֹתָ֑יִךְsevivotayikhaboutסָבִיבnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “about”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5439(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around(place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.לְעֵינֵ֖יleeyneto eye , , -sightעַיִןpreposition, noun, common, both genders, dual, construct — “to eye , , -sight”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him…כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).עוֹבֵֽרoveralienateעָבַרverb, qal, participle, absolute — “alienate”, a verb used as a describing wordH5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)alienate, alter, [idiom] at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-) come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Moreover I will make thee an amazement and a reproach, among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Moreover I will make thee a desolation and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.

Young’s Literal Translation

And I give thee for a waste, And for a reproach among nations that [are] round about thee, Before the eyes of every passer by.

World English Bible

“‘Moreover I will make you a desolation and a reproach among the nations that are around you, in the sight of all that pass by.

Darby Translation

And I will make thee a waste and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.

Douay-Rheims

And I will make thee desolate, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of every one that passeth by.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Moreover I will make thee an amazement and a reproach, among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And I will make thee desolate, and thy daughters round about thee, in the sight of every one that passes through.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ θήσομαί σε εἰς ἔρημον, καὶ τὰς θυγατέρας σου κύκλῳ σου ἐνώπιον παντὸς διοδεύοντος.