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Ezekiel 20:26-31

26andIpollutedthemintheirowngiftsבְּמַתְּנוֹתָ֔םbe.ma.te.no.TamH4979,inthattheycausedtopassבְּהַעֲבִ֖ירbe.ha.'a.VirH5674throughthefireallthatopeneththewombרָ֑חַםRa.chamH7356,thatImightmakeH3045themdesolateH8074,totheendthattheymightknowיֵֽדְע֔וּye.de.'UH3045thatIamJehovah.

27Thereforeלָכֵ֞ןla.KhenH3651,sonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofmanH120,speakדַּבֵּ֨רda.BerH1696untothehouseבֵּ֤יתbeitH1004ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478,andsayH559untothem,Thusכֹּ֥הkohH3541saiththeLordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136Jehovah:InthismoreoverhaveyourfathersH1blasphemedme,inthattheyhavecommittedatrespassagainstme.

28ForwhenH834IhadbroughtH935themintothelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776,whichIswaretogiveH5414untothem,thentheysawH7200everyhighרָמָ֜הra.MahH7311hillגִּבְעָ֨הgiv.'AhH1389,andeverythicktreeעֵ֣ץ'etzH6086,andtheyofferedH2076theretheirsacrificesH2077,andtheretheypresentedtheprovocationoftheirofferingקָרְבָּנָ֔םka.re.ba.NamH7133;therealsotheymadeH5414theirsweet savor,andtheypouredouttheretheirdrink-offerings.

29ThenIsaidH559untothem,Whatmeaneththehighהַבָּמָ֔הha.ba.MahH1116placeH1116whereunto yegoהַבָּאִ֖יםha.ba.'ImH935?Sothenameשְׁמָהּ֙she.MahH8034thereofiscalledוַיִּקָּרֵ֤אvai.yi.ka.Re'H7121Bamahuntothisdayהַיּ֥וֹםhai.YomH3117.

30WhereforesayH559untothehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478,Thusכֹּ֤הkohH3541saiththeLordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136Jehovah:Doye polluteyourselvesafterthemannerofyourfathersH1?andplayH2181yetheharlotaftertheirabominationsH8251?

31andwhenyeofferyourgiftsמַתְּנֹֽתֵיכֶ֡םma.te.no.tei.KhemH4979,whenyemakeH2930yoursonsH1121topassבְּֽהַעֲבִיר֩be.ha.'a.VirH5674throughthefireבָּאֵ֜שׁba.'EshH784,doye polluteyourselveswithallyouridolsגִּלּֽוּלֵיכֶם֙gi.lu.lei.KhemH1544untothisdayהַיּ֔וֹםhai.YomH3117?andshallIbeinquiredofbyyou,Ohouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478?AsIlive, saiththeLordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136Jehovah,Iwillnotbeinquiredofbyyou;

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