Revised Version 1895

Ezekiel 20:18-26

18And Isaidוָאֹמַ֤רva.'o.MarH559unto theirchildrenבְּנֵיהֶם֙be.nei.HemH1121in thewildernessבַּמִּדְבָּ֔רba.mid.BarH4057, Walk yenotאַל־'al-H408in thestatutesבְּחוּקֵּ֤יbe.chu.KeiH2706of yourfathersאֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙'a.vo.tei.KhemH1,neitherאַל־'al-H408observeתִּשְׁמֹ֑רוּtish.Mo.ruH8104theirjudgmentsמִשְׁפְּטֵיהֶ֖םmish.pe.tei.HemH4941,norאַל־'al-H408defileתִּטַּמָּֽאוּ׃ti.ta.Ma.'uH2930yourselves with theiridolsוּבְגִלּוּלֵיהֶ֖םu.ve.gi.lu.lei.HemH1544:

19I am theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068yourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶ֔ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430; walk in mystatutesבְּחֻקּוֹתַ֖יbe.chu.ko.TaiH2708, andkeepשִׁמְר֖וּshim.RuH8104myjudgmentsמִשְׁפָּטַ֥יmish.pa.TaiH4941, anddoוַעֲשׂ֥וּva.'a.SuH6213them:

20and hallow mysabbathsשַׁבְּתוֹתַ֖יsha.be.to.TaiH7676; and they shall be asignלְאוֹת֙le.'OtH226betweenH996meאֲנִ֥י'a.NiH589andyouכִּ֛יkiH3588, that ye mayknowלָדַ֕עַתla.Da.'atH3045that I am theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068yourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃'e.lo.hei.KhemH430.

21But thechildrenהַבָּנִ֗יםha.ba.NimH1121rebelledוַיַּמְרוּ־vai.yam.ru-H4784againstH5921meH5921; theywalkedהָ֠לָכוּHa.la.khuH1980notלֹֽא־lo'-H3808in mystatutesבְּחֻקּוֹתַ֣יbe.chu.ko.TaiH2708,neitherלֹא־lo'-H3808keptשָׁמְר֜וּsha.me.RuH8104myjudgmentsמִשְׁפָּטַ֨יmish.pa.TaiH4941todoלַעֲשׂ֣וֹתla.'a.SotH6213them,whichH834ifH834amanהָֽאָדָם֙ha.'a.DamH120doיַעֲשֶׂ֨הya.'a.SehH6213, he shallliveH1980in them; theyprofanedחִלֵּ֑לוּchi.Le.luH2490mysabbathsשַׁבְּתוֹתַ֖יsha.be.to.TaiH7676: then Isaidוָאֹמַ֞רva.'o.MarH559I wouldpourלִשְׁפֹּ֧ךְlish.PokhH8210outH8210myfuryחֲמָתִ֣יcha.ma.TiH2534uponH5921them, toaccomplishלְכַלּ֥וֹתle.kha.LotH3615myangerאַפִּ֛י'a.PiH639againstH5921them in thewildernessבַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ba.mid.BarH4057.

22Nevertheless Iwithdrewוַהֲשִׁבֹ֙תִי֙va.ha.shi.Vo.tiH7725minehandיָדִ֔יya.DiH3027, and wrought for myname’sשְׁמִ֑יshe.MiH8034sakeלְמַ֣עַןle.Ma.'anH4616, that it shouldnotלְבִלְתִּ֤יle.vil.TiH1115heprofanedהֵחֵל֙he.ChelH2490in thesightלְעֵינֵ֣יle.'ei.NeiH5869of thenationsהַגּוֹיִ֔םha.go.YimH1471, inwhoseאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834sightלְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃le.'ei.nei.HemH5869IbroughtH3318themforthH3318.

23Moreoverגַּם־gam-H1571Iliftedנָשָׂ֧אתִיna.Sa.tiH5375upH5375minehandיָדִ֛יya.DiH3027unto them in thewildernessבַּמִּדְבָּ֑רba.mid.BarH4057, that I wouldscatterH2219them among thenationsבַּגּוֹיִ֔םba.go.YimH1471, anddisperseוּלְזָר֥וֹתu.le.za.RotH2219themthroughH3027thecountriesבָּאֲרָצֽוֹת׃ba.'a.ra.TzotH776,

24becauseיַ֜עַןYa.'anH3282they hadnotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808executed myjudgmentsמִשְׁפָּטַ֤יmish.pa.TaiH4941, but hadrejectedמָאָ֔סוּma.'A.suH3988mystatutesוְחֻקּוֹתַ֣יve.chu.ko.TaiH2708, and hadprofanedחִלֵּ֑לוּchi.Le.luH2490mysabbathsשַׁבְּתוֹתַ֖יsha.be.to.TaiH7676, and theireyesעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃'ei.nei.HemH5869wereafterוְאַחֲרֵי֙ve.'a.cha.ReiH310theirfathers’אֲבוֹתָ֔ם'a.vo.TamH1idolsגִּלּוּלֵ֣יgi.lu.LeiH1544.

25Moreoverוְגַם־ve.gam-H1571also Igaveנָתַ֣תִּיna.Ta.tiH5414themstatutesחֻקִּ֖יםchu.KimH2706that werenotלֹ֣אlo'H3808goodטוֹבִ֑יםto.VimH2896, andjudgmentsוּמִ֨שְׁפָּטִ֔יםu.Mish.pa.TimH4941wherein they shouldnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808liveיִֽחְי֖וּyich.YuH2421;

26and I polluted them in their owngiftsבְּמַתְּנוֹתָ֔םbe.ma.te.no.TamH4979, in that theycausedH834topassבְּהַעֲבִ֖ירbe.ha.'a.VirH5674throughH5674the fireallכָּל־kol-H3605that openeth thewombרָ֑חַםRa.chamH7356, that I mightmakeH3045themdesolateאֲשִׁמֵּ֔ם'a.shi.MemH8074, to the end that they mightknowיֵֽדְע֔וּye.de.'UH3045that I am theLORDיְהוָֽה׃ סYah.wehH3068.

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