InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse Eze C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29 C30 C31 C32 C33 C34 C35 C36 C37 C38 C39 C40 C41 C42 C43 C44 C45 C46 C47 C48
Eze 13 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23
OET-LV And_you(ms) Oh_son_of humankind set face_of_your against the_daughters_of your_people_of_your who_prophesy from_their_own_of_heart and_prophesy on_them.
OET (OET-RV) So, son of humanity, turn your attention to your people’s daughters and prophesy against them because they invented prophecies in their own imaginations.
Note 1 topic: translate-symaction
(Occurrence 0) set your face against the daughters
(Some words not found in UHB: and=you(ms) son_of humankind set face_of,your to/towards daughters_of your_people_of,your [who],prophesy from,their_own_of,heart and,prophesy on,them )
This is a command to stare at the women as a symbol of punishing them. Translate “set your face against” as you did in Ezekiel 4:3. Alternate translation: [stare at the daughters]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
(Occurrence 0) set your face against
(Some words not found in UHB: and=you(ms) son_of humankind set face_of,your to/towards daughters_of your_people_of,your [who],prophesy from,their_own_of,heart and,prophesy on,them )
Here “face” is a metonym for attention or gaze, and “set your face” represents staring. Alternate translation: [stare at]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
(Occurrence 0) daughters of your people
(Some words not found in UHB: and=you(ms) son_of humankind set face_of,your to/towards daughters_of your_people_of,your [who],prophesy from,their_own_of,heart and,prophesy on,them )
This idiom refers to women who belong to the same people group as Ezekiel does. Alternate translation: [women of Israel] or [your countrywomen]
(Occurrence 0) prophesy out of their own minds
(Some words not found in UHB: and=you(ms) son_of humankind set face_of,your to/towards daughters_of your_people_of,your [who],prophesy from,their_own_of,heart and,prophesy on,them )
“prophesying only the things that they think in their own minds.” See how you translated a similar phrase in Ezekiel 13:2.
(Occurrence 0) prophesy against
(Some words not found in UHB: and=you(ms) son_of humankind set face_of,your to/towards daughters_of your_people_of,your [who],prophesy from,their_own_of,heart and,prophesy on,them )
“prophesy about the bad things that will happen to them.” See how you translated this in Ezekiel 4:7.
OET-LV And_you(ms) Oh_son_of humankind set face_of_your against the_daughters_of your_people_of_your who_prophesy from_their_own_of_heart and_prophesy on_them.
OET (OET-RV) So, son of humanity, turn your attention to your people’s daughters and prophesy against them because they invented prophecies in their own imaginations.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.
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