Ezekiel

Ezekiel 22:26–28

²⁶Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.

²⁷Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.

²⁸Her prophets whitewash these deeds by false visions and lying divinations, saying, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says,’ when the LORD has not spoken.

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Ezekiel 22:26

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Her priests	כֹּהֲנֶ֜יהָ	kō·hă·ne·hā	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H3548 priest
do violence to	חָמְס֣וּ	ḥā·mə·sū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H2554 treat violently, wrong
My law	תוֹרָתִי֮	ṯō·w·rā·ṯî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H8451 direction, instruction, law
and profane	וַיְחַלְּל֣וּ	way·ḥal·lə·lū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H2490 bore, pierce
My holy things	קָדָשַׁי֒	qā·ḏā·šay	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H6944 sacred, sanctity
They make no	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
distinction	הִבְדִּ֔ילוּ	hiḇ·dî·lū	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural	H914 be divided, separate
between	בֵּֽין־	bên-	Preposition	H996 interval, space between
the holy	קֹ֤דֶשׁ	qō·ḏeš	Noun - masculine singular	H6944 sacred, sanctity
and the common	לְחֹל֙	lə·ḥōl	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H2455 profaneness, commonness
and they fail	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
to distinguish	הוֹדִ֑יעוּ	hō·w·ḏî·‘ū	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural	H3045 know
between	וּבֵין־	ū·ḇên-	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H996 interval, space between
the clean	לְטָה֖וֹר	lə·ṭā·hō·wr	Preposition-l; Adjective - masculine singular	H2889 clean, pure
and the unclean	הַטָּמֵ֥א	haṭ·ṭā·mê	Article; Adjective - masculine singular	H2931 unclean
They disregard	הֶעְלִ֣ימוּ	he‘·lî·mū	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural	H5956 conceal
My Sabbaths	וּמִשַׁבְּתוֹתַי֙	ū·mi·šab·bə·ṯō·w·ṯay	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m; Noun - common plural construct; first person common singular	H7676 Sabbath
so that I am profaned	וָאֵחַ֖ל	wā·’ê·ḥal	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular	H2490 bore, pierce
among them	בְּתוֹכָֽם׃	bə·ṯō·w·ḵām	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H8432 midst

Ezekiel 22:27

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Her officials	שָׂרֶ֣יהָ	śā·re·hā	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H8269 chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince
within her	בְקִרְבָּ֔הּ	ḇə·qir·bāh	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H7130 inward part, midst
are like wolves	כִּזְאֵבִ֖ים	kiz·’ê·ḇîm	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine plural	H2061 wolf
tearing	טֹ֣רְפֵי	ṭō·rə·p̄ê	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct	H2963 tear, rend, pluck
their prey	טָ֑רֶף	ṭā·rep̄	Noun - masculine singular	H2964 prey, food; leaf
shedding	לִשְׁפָּךְ־	liš·pāḵ-	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H8210 pour out, pour
blood	דָּם֙	dām	Noun - masculine singular	H1818 blood
and destroying	לְאַבֵּ֣ד	lə·’ab·bêḏ	Preposition-l; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct	H6 perish
lives	נְפָשׁ֔וֹת	nə·p̄ā·šō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
for	לְמַ֖עַן	lə·ma·‘an	Conjunction	H4616 purpose, intent
dishonest gain	בְּצֹ֥עַ	bə·ṣō·a‘	Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H1214 cut off, break off, gain by violence

Ezekiel 22:28

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Her prophets	וּנְבִיאֶ֗יהָ	ū·nə·ḇî·’e·hā	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H5030 spokesman, speaker, prophet
whitewash	תָּפֵ֔ל	tā·p̄êl	Adjective - masculine singular	H8602 tasteless, unseasoned
by false	שָׁ֔וְא	šāw	Noun - masculine singular	H7723 emptiness, vanity
visions	חֹזִ֣ים	ḥō·zîm	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H2372 see, behold
and lying	כָּזָ֑ב	kā·zāḇ	Noun - masculine singular	H3577 lie, falsehood, deceptive thing
divinations	וְקֹסְמִ֥ים	wə·qō·sə·mîm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H7080 practise divination
saying	אֹמְרִ֗ים	’ō·mə·rîm	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H559 utter, say
This is what	כֹּ֤ה	kōh	Adverb	H3541 thus, here
the Lord	אֲדֹנָ֣י	’ă·ḏō·nāy	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H136 lord
GOD	יְהוִ֔ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3069 Yahweh
says	אָמַר֙	’ā·mar	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
when the LORD	וַֽיהוָ֖ה	Yah·weh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
has not	לֹ֥א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
spoken	דִבֵּֽר׃	ḏib·bêr	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1696 speak

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Ezekiel 22:26 Leviticus 10:10 · Ezekiel 22:8 · Ezekiel 44:23 · Malachi 2:8 · 1 Samuel 2:12–17 · Micah 3:11–12 · Jeremiah 2:8 · 1 Samuel 2:22 · Jeremiah 15:19 · Ezekiel 36:20

Ezekiel 22:27 Ezekiel 22:13 · Ezekiel 22:6 · Isaiah 1:23

Ezekiel 22:28 Ezekiel 13:6–7 · Ezekiel 13:10–16 · Jeremiah 23:25–32 · Isaiah 30:10

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.