Ezekiel 14:16
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord God, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate.”
הָיָה
I AM. Hayah. The self-existent one. When Moses asked God His name God said I AM THAT I AM. Not I was or I will be but I AM. Always present always existing always enough. Jesus used the same words: before Abraham was I AM.
חַי
by the life
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חַי
Life, living. Chay. The quality of being alive. The same root as Chayim, life in its fullness. God breathed chay into Adam's nostrils and he became a living soul.
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בֵּן
sons
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בֵּן
Son. Ben. A son with full rights. You are sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Full rights. Full access. Full inheritance.
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נָצַל
they will be delivered
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נָצַל
To snatch away, to deliver, to rescue. Natsal. God snatches His people from every danger that would overwhelm them.
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בַּת
daughters
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בַּת
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
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שָׁלוֹשׁ
the three
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שָׁלוֹשׁ
three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
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שְׁמָמָה
a desolation
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שְׁמָמָה
devastation; figuratively, astonishment
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נְאֻם
the utterance of
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נְאֻם
an oracle
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יְהֹוִה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוִה
{YHWH}
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