King James Version
Ezekiel 39:5 in the King James Version says “Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD. the open: Heb. the face of the field” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 39 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD. the open: Heb. the face of the field”
Ezekiel 39:5 · KJV
And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured. sort: Heb. wing to be: Heb. to devour
Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD. the open: Heb. the face of the field
And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD. carelessly: or, confidently
So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
KJV Study — Public Domain
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“upon the open”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“Thou shalt fall”
H5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“for I have spoken”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
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