King James Version
Ezekiel 22:14 in the King James Version says “Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken it...” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken it, and will do it.”
Ezekiel 22:14 · KJV
In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.
Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken it, and will do it.
And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.
And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of the heathen, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD. shalt take: or, shalt be profaned
KJV Study — Public Domain
“endure”
H5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
“Can thine heart”
H3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“be strong”
H2388to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restra
“or can thine hands”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
“in the days”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“it and will do”
H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
“with thee I the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“have spoken”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
“it and will do”
H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
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