Ezekiel

Ezekiel 23:37

³⁷For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols. They have even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to Me, in the fire^f as food for their idols.

Footnotes

f 23:37 Literally passed their children, whom they bore to Me, through the fire

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
they have committed adultery	נִאֵ֗פוּ	ni·’ê·p̄ū	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural	H5003 commit adultery
and blood	וְדָם֙	wə·ḏām	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H1818 blood
is on their hands	בִּֽידֵיהֶ֔ן	bî·ḏê·hen	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine dual construct; third person feminine plural	H3027 hand
They have committed adultery	נִאֵ֑פוּ	ni·’ê·p̄ū	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural	H5003 commit adultery
with their idols	גִּלּֽוּלֵיהֶ֖ן	gil·lū·lê·hen	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine plural	H1544 idols
They have even	וְגַ֤ם	wə·ḡam	Conjunction	H1571 also, moreover, yea
their children	בְּנֵיהֶן֙	bə·nê·hen	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine plural	H1121 son
whom	אֲשֶׁ֣ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
they bore	יָֽלְדוּ־	yā·lə·ḏū-	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H3205 bear, bring forth, beget
to Me	לִ֔י	lî	Preposition; first person common singular
in the fire	הֶעֱבִ֥ירוּ	he·‘ĕ·ḇî·rū	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural	H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on
as food	לְאָכְלָֽה׃	lə·’āḵ·lāh	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular	H402 food, eating
for their idols	לָהֶ֖ם	lā·hem	Preposition; third person masculine plural

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Ezekiel 16:36 · Jeremiah 7:31 · Ezekiel 16:20–21 · Ezekiel 20:26 · Ezekiel 16:38 · Jeremiah 32:35

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.