Ezekiel 20

1 and to be in/on/with year [the] seventh in/on/with fifth in/on/with ten to/for month to come (in): come human from old: elder Israel to/for to seek [obj] LORD and to dwell to/for face: before my

In the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, some of the elders of Israel came to enquire of the LORD, and sat before me.

2 and to be word LORD to(wards) me to/for to say

The LORD’s word came to me, saying,

3 son: child man to speak: speak with old: elder Israel and to say to(wards) them thus to say Lord YHWH/God to/for to seek [obj] me you(m. p.) to come (in): come alive I if: surely no to seek to/for you utterance Lord YHWH/God

“Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and tell them, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Is it to enquire of me that you have come? As I live,” says the Lord GOD, “I will not be enquired of by you.”’

4 to judge [obj] them to judge son: child man [obj] abomination father their to know them

“Will you judge them, son of man? Will you judge them? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers.

5 and to say to(wards) them thus to say Lord YHWH/God in/on/with day to choose I in/on/with Israel and to lift: vow hand: vow my to/for seed: children house: household Jacob and to know to/for them in/on/with land: country/planet Egypt and to lift: vow hand: vow my to/for them to/for to say I LORD God your

Tell them, ‘The Lord GOD says: “In the day when I chose Israel, and swore to the offspring of the house of Jacob, and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I swore to them, saying, ‘I am the LORD your God;’

6 in/on/with day [the] he/she/it to lift: vow hand: vow my to/for them to/for to come out: send them from land: country/planet Egypt to(wards) land: country/planet which to spy to/for them to flow: flowing milk and honey beauty he/she/it to/for all [the] land: country/planet

in that day I swore to them to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands.

7 and to say to(wards) them man: anyone abomination eye his to throw and in/on/with idol Egypt not to defile I LORD God your

I said to them, ‘Each of you throw away the abominations of his eyes. Don’t defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’

8 and to rebel in/on/with me and not be willing to/for to hear: hear to(wards) me man: anyone [obj] abomination eye their not to throw and [obj] idol Egypt not to leave: forsake and to say to/for to pour: pour rage my upon them to/for to end: expend face: anger my in/on/with them in/on/with midst land: country/planet Egypt

“‘“But they rebelled against me and wouldn’t listen to me. They didn’t all throw away the abominations of their eyes. They also didn’t forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them, to accomplish my anger against them in the middle of the land of Egypt.

9 and to make: do because name my to/for lest to profane/begin: profane to/for eye: seeing [the] nation which they(masc.) in/on/with midst their which to know to(wards) them to/for eye: seeing their to/for to come out: send them from land: country/planet Egypt

But I worked for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations amongst which they were, in whose sight I made myself known to them in bringing them out of the land of Egypt.

10 and to come out: send them from land: country/planet Egypt and to come (in): bring them to(wards) [the] wilderness

So I caused them to go out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness.

11 and to give: give to/for them [obj] statute my and [obj] justice: judgement my to know [obj] them which to make: do [obj] them [the] man and to live in/on/with them

I gave them my statutes and showed them my ordinances, which if a man does, he will live in them.

12 and also [obj] Sabbath my to give: give to/for them to/for to be to/for sign: indicator between me and between them to/for to know for I LORD to consecrate: consecate them

Moreover also I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

13 and to rebel in/on/with me house: household Israel in/on/with wilderness in/on/with statute my not to go: walk and [obj] justice: judgement my to reject which to make: do [obj] them [the] man and to live in/on/with them and [obj] Sabbath my to profane/begin: profane much and to say to/for to pour: pour rage my upon them in/on/with wilderness to/for to end: finish them

“‘“But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They didn’t walk in my statutes and they rejected my ordinances, which if a man keeps, he shall live in them. They greatly profaned my Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them in the wilderness, to consume them.

14 and to make: do because name my to/for lest to profane/begin: profane to/for eye: seeing [the] nation which to come out: send them to/for eye: seeing their

But I worked for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.

15 and also I to lift: vow hand: vow my to/for them in/on/with wilderness to/for lest to come (in): bring [obj] them to(wards) [the] land: country/planet which to give: give to flow: flowing milk and honey beauty he/she/it to/for all [the] land: country/planet

Moreover also I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands,

16 because in/on/with justice: judgement my to reject and [obj] statute my not to go: walk in/on/with them and [obj] Sabbath my to profane/begin: profane for after idol their heart their to go: went

because they rejected my ordinances, and didn’t walk in my statutes, and profaned my Sabbaths; for their heart went after their idols.

17 and to pity eye my upon them from to ruin them and not to make [obj] them consumption in/on/with wilderness

Nevertheless my eye spared them, and I didn’t destroy them. I didn’t make a full end of them in the wilderness.

18 and to say to(wards) son: child their in/on/with wilderness in/on/with statute: decree father your not to go: walk and [obj] justice: judgement their not to keep: obey and in/on/with idol their not to defile

I said to their children in the wilderness, ‘Don’t walk in the statutes of your fathers. Don’t observe their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols.

19 I LORD God your in/on/with statute my to go: walk and [obj] justice: judgement my to keep: careful and to make: do [obj] them

I am the LORD your God. Walk in my statutes, keep my ordinances, and do them.

20 and [obj] Sabbath my to consecrate: consecate and to be to/for sign: indicator between me and between you to/for to know for I LORD God your

Make my Sabbaths holy. They shall be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am the LORD your God.’

21 and to rebel in/on/with me [the] son: child in/on/with statute my not to go: walk and [obj] justice: judgement my not to keep: careful to/for to make: do [obj] them which to make: do [obj] them [the] man and to live in/on/with them [obj] Sabbath my to profane/begin: profane and to say to/for to pour: pour rage my upon them to/for to end: expend face: anger my in/on/with them in/on/with wilderness

“‘“But the children rebelled against me. They didn’t walk in my statutes, and didn’t keep my ordinances to do them, which if a man does, he shall live in them. They profaned my Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.

22 and to return: turn back [obj] hand my and to make: do because name my to/for lest to profane/begin: profane to/for eye: seeing [the] nation which to come out: send [obj] them to/for eye: seeing their

Nevertheless I withdrew my hand and worked for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.

23 also I to lift: vow [obj] hand: vow my to/for them in/on/with wilderness to/for to scatter [obj] them in/on/with nation and to/for to scatter [obj] them in/on/with land: country/planet

Moreover I swore to them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them amongst the nations and disperse them through the countries,

24 because justice: judgement my not to make: do and statute my to reject and [obj] Sabbath my to profane/begin: profane and after idol father their to be eye their

because they had not executed my ordinances, but had rejected my statutes, and had profaned my Sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers’ idols.

25 and also I to give: give to/for them statute: decree not pleasant and justice: judgement not to live in/on/with them

Moreover also I gave them statutes that were not good, and ordinances in which they couldn’t live.

26 and to defile [obj] them in/on/with gift their in/on/with to pass all firstborn womb because be desolate: destroyed them because which to know which I LORD

I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused all that opens the womb to pass through the fire, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the LORD.”’

27 to/for so to speak: speak to(wards) house: household Israel son: child man and to say to(wards) them thus to say Lord YHWH/God still this to blaspheme [obj] me father your in/on/with be unfaithful they in/on/with me unfaithfulness

“Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel, and tell them, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Moreover, in this your fathers have blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me.

28 and to come (in): bring them to(wards) [the] land: country/planet which to lift: vow [obj] hand: vow my to/for to give: give [obj] her to/for them and to see: see all hill to exalt and all tree leafy and to sacrifice there [obj] sacrifice their and to give: give there vexation offering their and to set: put there aroma soothing their and to pour there [obj] drink offering their

For when I had brought them into the land which I swore to give to them, then they saw every high hill and every thick tree, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering. There they also made their pleasant aroma, and there they poured out their drink offerings.

29 and to say to(wards) them what? [the] high place which you(m. p.) [the] to come (in): come there and to call: call by name her Bamah till [the] day: today [the] this

Then I said to them, ‘What does the high place where you go mean?’ So its name is called Bamah to this day.”’

30 to/for so to say to(wards) house: household Israel thus to say Lord YHWH/God in/on/with way: conduct father your you(m. p.) to defile and after abomination their you(m. p.) to fornicate

“Therefore tell the house of Israel, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Do you pollute yourselves in the way of your fathers? Do you play the prostitute after their abominations?

31 and in/on/with to lift: bear gift your in/on/with to pass son: child your in/on/with fire you(m. p.) to defile to/for all idol your till [the] day: today and I to seek to/for you house: household Israel alive I utterance Lord YHWH/God if: surely no to seek to/for you

When you offer your gifts, when you make your sons pass through the fire, do you pollute yourselves with all your idols to this day? Should I be enquired of by you, house of Israel? As I live, says the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you!

32 and [the] to ascend: rise upon spirit your to be not to be which you(m. p.) to say to be like/as nation like/as family [the] land: country/planet to/for to minister tree: wood and stone

“‘“That which comes into your mind will not be at all, in that you say, ‘We will be as the nations, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.’

33 alive I utterance Lord YHWH/God if: surely yes not in/on/with hand: power strong and in/on/with arm to stretch and in/on/with rage to pour: pour to reign upon you

As I live,” says the Lord GOD, “surely with a mighty hand, with an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out, I will be king over you.

34 and to come out: send [obj] you from [the] people and to gather [obj] you from [the] land: country/planet which to scatter in/on/with them in/on/with hand: power strong and in/on/with arm to stretch and in/on/with rage to pour: pour

I will bring you out from the peoples, and will gather you out of the countries in which you are scattered with a mighty hand, with an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out.

35 and to come (in): bring [obj] you to(wards) wilderness [the] people and to judge with you there face to(wards) face

I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there I will enter into judgement with you face to face.

36 like/as as which to judge with father your in/on/with wilderness land: country/planet Egypt so to judge with you utterance Lord YHWH/God

Just as I entered into judgement with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgement with you,” says the Lord GOD.

37 and to pass [obj] you underneath: under [the] tribe: staff and to come (in): bring [obj] you in/on/with pledge [the] covenant

“I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant.

38 and to purify from you [the] to rebel and [the] to transgress in/on/with me from land: country/planet sojourning their to come out: send [obj] them and to(wards) land: soil Israel not to come (in): come and to know for I LORD

I will purge out from amongst you the rebels and those who disobey me. I will bring them out of the land where they live, but they shall not enter into the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.”

39 and you(m. p.) house: household Israel thus to say Lord YHWH/God man: anyone idol his to go: went to serve and after if nothing you to hear: hear to(wards) me and [obj] name holiness my not to profane/begin: profane still in/on/with gift your and in/on/with idol your

“‘As for you, house of Israel, the Lord GOD says: “Go, everyone serve his idols, and hereafter also, if you will not listen to me; but you shall no more profane my holy name with your gifts and with your idols.

40 for in/on/with mountain: mount holiness my in/on/with mountain: mount height Israel utterance Lord YHWH/God there to serve: minister me all house: household Israel all his in/on/with land: country/planet there to accept them and there to seek [obj] contribution your and [obj] first: best tribute your in/on/with all holiness your

For in my holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel,” says the Lord GOD, “there all the house of Israel, all of them, shall serve me in the land. There I will accept them, and there I will require your offerings and the first fruits of your offerings, with all your holy things.

41 in/on/with aroma soothing to accept [obj] you in/on/with to come out: send I [obj] you from [the] people and to gather [obj] you from [the] land: country/planet which to scatter in/on/with them and to consecrate: holiness in/on/with you to/for eye: seeing [the] nation

I will accept you as a pleasant aroma when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries in which you have been scattered. I will be sanctified in you in the sight of the nations.

42 and to know for I LORD in/on/with to come (in): bring I [obj] you to(wards) land: soil Israel to(wards) [the] land: country/planet which to lift: vow [obj] hand: vow my to/for to give: give [obj] her to/for father your

You will know that I am the LORD when I bring you into the land of Israel, into the country which I swore to give to your fathers.

43 and to remember there [obj] way: conduct your and [obj] all wantonness your which to defile in/on/with them and to loath in/on/with face of your in/on/with all bad: evil your which to make

There you will remember your ways, and all your deeds in which you have polluted yourselves. Then you will loathe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that you have committed.

44 and to know for I LORD in/on/with to make: do I with you because name my not like/as way: conduct your [the] bad: evil and like/as wantonness your [the] to ruin house: household Israel utterance Lord YHWH/God

You will know that I am the LORD, when I have dealt with you for my name’s sake, not according to your evil ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, you house of Israel,” says the Lord GOD.’”

45 and to be word LORD to(wards) me to/for to say

The LORD’s word came to me, saying,

46 son: child man to set: make face your way: direction south [to] and to drip/prophesy to(wards) south and to prophesy to(wards) wood [the] land: country Negeb

“Son of man, set your face towards the south, and preach towards the south, and prophesy against the forest of the field in the south.

47 and to say to/for wood [the] Negeb to hear: hear word LORD thus to say Lord YHWH/God look! I to kindle in/on/with you fire and to eat in/on/with you all tree fresh and all tree dry not to quench flame flame and to burn in/on/with her all face from Negeb north [to]

Tell the forest of the south, ‘Hear the LORD’s word: The Lord GOD says, “Behold, I will kindle a fire in you, and it will devour every green tree in you, and every dry tree. The burning flame will not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north will be burnt by it.

48 and to see: see all flesh for I LORD to burn: burn her not to quench

All flesh will see that I, the LORD, have kindled it. It will not be quenched.”’”

49 and to say alas! Lord YHWH/God they(masc.) to say to/for me not to use a proverb proverb he/she/it

Then I said, “Ah Lord GOD! They say of me, ‘Isn’t he a speaker of parables?’”