The Meaning of Ezekiel 43:10 Explained

Ezekiel 43:10

KJV: Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the pattern.

YLT: Thou, son of man, Shew the house of Israel the house, And they are ashamed of their iniquities, And they have measured the measurement.

Darby: Thou, son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, that they may be confounded at their iniquities; and let them measure the pattern.

ASV: Thou, son of man, show the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and let them measure the pattern.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Thou son  of man,  shew  the house  to the house  of Israel,  that they may be ashamed  of their iniquities:  and let them measure  the pattern. 

What does Ezekiel 43:10 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 43

1  The returning of the glory of God into the temple
7  The sin of Israel hindered God's presence
10  The prophet exhorts them to repentance and observation of the law of the house
13  The measures
18  and ordinances of the altar

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 43:10 mean?

You son of man describe - to the house of Israel the temple that they may be ashamed of their iniquities and let them measure the pattern
אַתָּ֣ה בֶן־ אָדָ֗ם הַגֵּ֤ד אֶת־ בֵּֽית־ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ הַבַּ֔יִת וְיִכָּלְמ֖וּ מֵעֲוֺנֽוֹתֵיהֶ֑ם וּמָדְד֖וּ תָּכְנִֽית

בֶן־  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
אָדָ֗ם  of  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָדָם 
Sense: man, mankind.
הַגֵּ֤ד  describe 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: נָגַד  
Sense: to be conspicuous, tell, make known.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
בֵּֽית־  to  the  house 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙  of  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
הַבַּ֔יִת  the  temple 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
וְיִכָּלְמ֖וּ  that  they  may  be  ashamed 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Conjunctive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: כָּלַם  
Sense: to insult, shame, humiliate, blush, be ashamed, be put to shame, be reproached, be put to confusion, be humiliated.
מֵעֲוֺנֽוֹתֵיהֶ֑ם  of  their  iniquities 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, common plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: עָוֹן  
Sense: perversity, depravity, iniquity, guilt or punishment of iniquity.
וּמָדְד֖וּ  and  let  them  measure 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: מָדַד  
Sense: to measure, stretch.
תָּכְנִֽית  the  pattern 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: תָּכְנִית  
Sense: measurement, pattern, proportion.