King James Version
Ezekiel 24:8 in the King James Version says “That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not b...” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 24 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.”
Ezekiel 24:8 · KJV
Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.
For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;
That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great.
Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.
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“to come up”
H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
“I have set”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“her blood”
H1818blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
properly, a failure of, i.e., (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because n
“that it should not be covered”
H3680properly, to plump, i.e., fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
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