King James Version
Ezekiel 2:10 in the King James Version says “And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourn...” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.”
Ezekiel 2:10 · KJV
But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee.
And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;
And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“it before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“and there was written”
H3789to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
“it before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“and without”
H268the hinder part; hence (adverb) behind, backward; also (as facing north) the west
“and there was written”
H3789to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
“therein lamentations”
H7015a dirge (as accompanied by beating the breasts or on instruments)
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