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Ezekiel 20:18-26

18But I saidוָאֹמַ֤רva.'o.MarH559unto their childrenבְּנֵיהֶם֙be.nei.HemH1121in the wildernessבַּמִּדְבָּ֔רba.mid.BarH4057,WalkH3212ye not in the statutesבְּחוּקֵּ֤יbe.chu.KeiH2706of your fathersאֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙'a.vo.tei.KhemH1,neither observeתִּשְׁמֹ֑רוּtish.Mo.ruH8104their judgmentsמִשְׁפְּטֵיהֶ֖םmish.pe.tei.HemH4941,nor defileתִּטַּמָּֽאוּ׃ti.ta.Ma.'uH2930yourselves with their idolsוּבְגִלּוּלֵיהֶ֖םu.ve.gi.lu.lei.HemH1544:

19I amYhwhיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068your Godאֱלֹהֵיכֶ֔ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430;walkH3212in my statutesבְּחֻקּוֹתַ֖יbe.chu.ko.TaiH2708,and keepשִׁמְר֖וּshim.RuH8104my judgmentsמִשְׁפָּטַ֥יmish.pa.TaiH4941,and doוַעֲשׂ֥וּva.'a.SuH6213them;

20And hallowקַדֵּ֑שׁוּka.De.shuH6942my sabbathsשַׁבְּתוֹתַ֖יsha.be.to.TaiH7676;and they shall be a signלְאוֹת֙le.'OtH226between me and you, that ye may knowלָדַ֕עַתla.Da.'atH3045that I amYhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068your Godאֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃'e.lo.hei.KhemH430.

21Notwithstanding the childrenהַבָּנִ֗יםha.ba.NimH1121rebelledוַיַּמְרוּ־vai.yam.ru-H4784against me: they walkedהָ֠לָכוּHa.la.khuH1980not in my statutesבְּחֻקּוֹתַ֣יbe.chu.ko.TaiH2708,neither keptשָׁמְר֜וּsha.me.RuH8104my judgmentsמִשְׁפָּטַ֨יmish.pa.TaiH4941to doלַעֲשׂ֣וֹתla.'a.SotH6213them, which ifa manהָֽאָדָם֙ha.'a.DamH120doיַעֲשֶׂ֨הya.'a.SehH6213,he shall even liveH2425in them; they pollutedחִלֵּ֑לוּchi.Le.luH2490my sabbathsשַׁבְּתוֹתַ֖יsha.be.to.TaiH7676:then I saidוָאֹמַ֞רva.'o.MarH559,I would pour outלִשְׁפֹּ֧ךְlish.PokhH8210my furyחֲמָתִ֣יcha.ma.TiH2534upon them, to accomplishלְכַלּ֥וֹתle.kha.LotH3615my angerאַפִּ֛י'a.PiH639against them in the wildernessבַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ba.mid.BarH4057.

22Nevertheless I withdrewוַהֲשִׁבֹ֙תִי֙va.ha.shi.Vo.tiH7725mine handיָדִ֔יya.DiH3027,and wroughtוָאַ֖עַשׂva.'A.'asH6213for my name’sשְׁמִ֑יshe.MiH8034sake, that it should not be pollutedהֵחֵל֙he.ChelH2490in the sightלְעֵינֵ֣יle.'ei.NeiH5869of the heathenהַגּוֹיִ֔םha.go.YimH1471,in whose sightלְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃le.'ei.nei.HemH5869I brought them forthהוֹצֵ֥אתִיho.Tze.tiH3318.

23I lifted upנָשָׂ֧אתִיna.Sa.tiH5375mine handיָדִ֛יya.DiH3027unto them also in the wildernessבַּמִּדְבָּ֑רba.mid.BarH4057,that I would scatterלְהָפִ֤יץle.ha.FitzH6327them among the heathenבַּגּוֹיִ֔םba.go.YimH1471,and disperseוּלְזָר֥וֹתu.le.za.RotH2219them through the countriesבָּאֲרָצֽוֹת׃ba.'a.ra.TzotH776;

24Because they had not executedעָשׂוּ֙'a.SuH6213my judgmentsמִשְׁפָּטַ֤יmish.pa.TaiH4941,but had despisedמָאָ֔סוּma.'A.suH3988my statutesוְחֻקּוֹתַ֣יve.chu.ko.TaiH2708,and had pollutedחִלֵּ֑לוּchi.Le.luH2490my sabbathsשַׁבְּתוֹתַ֖יsha.be.to.TaiH7676,and their eyesעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃'ei.nei.HemH5869were afterוְאַחֲרֵי֙ve.'a.cha.ReiH310their fathers’אֲבוֹתָ֔ם'a.vo.TamH1idolsגִּלּוּלֵ֣יgi.lu.LeiH1544.

25Wherefore I gaveנָתַ֣תִּיna.Ta.tiH5414them also statutesחֻקִּ֖יםchu.KimH2706that werenot goodטוֹבִ֑יםto.VimH2896,and judgmentsוּמִ֨שְׁפָּטִ֔יםu.Mish.pa.TimH4941whereby they should not liveיִֽחְי֖וּyich.YuH2421;

26And I pollutedוָאֲטַמֵּ֤אva.'a.ta.Me'H2930them in their own giftsבְּמַתְּנוֹתָ֔םbe.ma.te.no.TamH4979,in that they caused to pass throughבְּהַעֲבִ֖ירbe.ha.'a.VirH5674the fireall that openethפֶּ֣טֶרPe.terH6363the wombרָ֑חַםRa.chamH7356,that I might make them desolateאֲשִׁמֵּ֔ם'a.shi.MemH8074,to the end that they might knowיֵֽדְע֔וּye.de.'UH3045that I amYhwhיְהוָֽה׃ סYah.wehH3068.

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