ThereforeלָכֵןI will judgeאֶשְׁפֹּטyou,אֶתְכֶםhouseבֵּיתof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלeachאִישׁaccording to his ways,כִּדְרָכָיוdeclaresנְאֻםAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH.יְהוִהTurn back,שׁוּבוּand turn others awayוְהָשִׁיבוּfrom allמִכָּלyour transgressions,פִּשְׁעֵיכֶםso that iniquityוְ עָוֺןwill notלֹאbeיִהְיֶהa stumbling blockלְמִכְשׁוֹלfor you.לָכֶם
Ezekiel 18:30
Study it in the app“Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel, each according to his ways, declares Adonai YHWH. Turn back, and turn others away from all your transgressions, so that iniquity will not be a stumbling block for you.”
God asks them to turn from their wrongs and get a new heart and spiritTurning back to God
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 18:30, word by word
- I will judgeאֶשְׁפֹּטeshpot
call to account
To call to account, punish.
Where else “eshpot” appears- houseבֵּיתbet
dynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bet” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- eachאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- according to his waysדְרָכָיderachay
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “derachay” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appears- Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- YHWHיְהוִהyehvi
YHWH (with Adonai)
The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".
Where else “yehvi” appears- Turn backשׁוּבוּshuvu
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shuvu” appears- your transgressionsפִּשְׁעֵיpishe
transgression
A serious wrong against someone: rebellion, transgression.
Where else “pishe” appears- so that iniquityעָוֺןavon
iniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avon” appears- beיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears- a stumbling blockמִכְשׁוֹלmichshol
stumbling block
A stumbling block: something that makes someone fall; an obstacle.
Where else “michshol” appears
The context
29Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of Adonai is not rightly weighed.’ Are my ways not rightly weighed, house of Israel? Is it not your ways that are not rightly weighed?
30 · This verse (above)
31Cast away from you all your transgressions with which you have transgressed, and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why will you die, house of Israel?