Revised Literal Translation

Ezekiel 20:21-24

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.

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