Ezekiel
Ezekiel 20:31
31When you offer your gifts, sacrificing your sons in the fire,c you continue to defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. So should I be consulted by you, O house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will not be consulted by you!
Footnotes
- c 20:31 Literally making your sons pass through the fire
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| When you offer | וּבִשְׂאֵ֣ת | ū·ḇiś·’êṯ | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H5375 lift, take, carry |
| your gifts | מַתְּנֹֽתֵיכֶ֡ם | mat·tə·nō·ṯê·ḵem | Noun - feminine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H4979 gift |
| sacrificing your sons | בְּנֵיכֶ֨ם | bə·nê·ḵem | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H1121 son |
| in the fire | בָּאֵ֜שׁ | bā·’êš | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - common singular | H784 fire |
| you | אַתֶּם֩ | ’at·tem | Pronoun - second person masculine plural | H859 thou |
| continue to defile | נִטְמְאִ֤֨ים | niṭ·mə·’îm | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural | H2930 be or become unclean |
| yourselves with all | לְכָל־ | lə·ḵāl | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| your idols | גִּלּֽוּלֵיכֶם֙ | gil·lū·lê·ḵem | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H1544 idols |
| to | עַד־ | ‘aḏ- | Preposition | H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while |
| this day | הַיּ֔וֹם | hay·yō·wm | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H3117 day |
| So should I | וַאֲנִ֛י | wa·’ă·nî | Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - first person common singular | H589 I |
| be consulted | אִדָּרֵ֥שׁ | ’id·dā·rêš | Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - first person common singular | H1875 resort to, seek |
| by you | לָכֶ֖ם | lā·ḵem | Preposition; second person masculine plural | |
| O house | בֵּ֣ית | bêṯ | Noun - masculine singular construct | H1004 house |
| of Israel | יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | yiś·rā·’êl | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3478 Israel |
| As surely as | אָ֗נִי | ’ā·nî | Pronoun - first person common singular | H589 I |
| I live | חַי־ | ḥay- | Noun - masculine singular | H2416 alive, living |
| declares | נְאֻם֙ | nə·’um | Noun - masculine singular construct | H5002 utterance |
| the Lord | אֲדֹנָ֣י | ’ă·ḏō·nāy | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H136 lord |
| GOD | יְהוִ֔ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3069 Yahweh |
| I will not | אִם־ | ’im- | Conjunction | H518 if |
| be consulted | אִדָּרֵ֖שׁ | ’id·dā·rêš | Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - first person common singular | H1875 resort to, seek |
| by you | לָכֶֽם׃ | lā·ḵem | Preposition; second person masculine plural |
Cross-references
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Psalm 106:37–39 · Ezekiel 20:26 · Jeremiah 7:31
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.