The Meaning of Ezekiel 24:19 Explained

Ezekiel 24:19

KJV: And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so?

YLT: And the people say unto me, 'Dost thou not declare to us what these are to us, that thou art doing?'

Darby: And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, which thou doest?

ASV: And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the people  said  unto me, Wilt thou not tell  us what these [things are] to us, that thou doest  [so]? 

What does Ezekiel 24:19 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 24

1  Under the parable of a boiling pot
6  is shown the irrevocable destruction of Jerusalem
15  By the sign of Ezekiel not mourning for the death of his wife
19  is shown the calamity of the Jews to be beyond all sorrow

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 24:19 mean?

And said to me the people will not you tell us what these [things] [signify] to us that you behave so
וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ אֵלַ֖י הָעָ֑ם הֲלֹֽא־ תַגִּ֥יד לָ֙נוּ֙ מָה־ אֵ֣לֶּה לָּ֔נוּ כִּ֥י אַתָּ֖ה עֹשֶֽׂה

וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ  And  said 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
אֵלַ֖י  to  me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
הָעָ֑ם  the  people 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
הֲלֹֽא־  will  not 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
תַגִּ֥יד  you  tell 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: נָגַד  
Sense: to be conspicuous, tell, make known.
לָ֙נוּ֙  us 
Parse: Preposition, first person common plural
אֵ֣לֶּה  these  [things] 
Parse: Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
לָּ֔נוּ  [signify]  to  us 
Parse: Preposition, first person common plural
כִּ֥י  that 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
עֹשֶֽׂה  behave  so 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.