Cast awayהַשְׁלִיכוּfrom youמֵעֲלֵיכֶםallאֶת כָּלyour transgressionsפִּשְׁעֵיכֶםwith whichאֲשֶׁר בָּםyou have transgressed,פְּשַׁעְתֶּםand makeוַעֲשׂוּyourselvesלָכֶםa newחָדָשׁheartלֵבand a newוְ חֲדָשָׁהspirit.רוּחַWhyוְלָמָּהwill you die,תָמֻתוּhouseבֵּיתof Israel?יִשְׂרָאֵל
Ezekiel 18:31
Study it in the app“Cast 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?”
God asks them to turn from their wrongs and get a new heart and spiritTurning back to God
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 18:31, word by word
- Cast awayהַשְׁלִיכוּhashlichu
throw
To throw something with force, far off or down.
Where else “hashlichu” appears- your transgressionsפִּשְׁעֵיpishe
transgression
A serious wrong against someone: rebellion, transgression.
Where else “pishe” appears- you have transgressedפְּשַׁעְתֶּםpeshatem
transgress
To break with God and his law.
Where else “peshatem” appears- and makeעֲשׂוּasu
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asu” appears- a newחָדָשׁchadash
new
New.
Where else “chadash” appears- heartלֵבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears- spiritרוּחַruach
spirit
What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.
Where else “ruach” appears- will you dieתָמֻתוּtamutu
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “tamutu” 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
The context
30Therefore 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.
31 · This verse (above)
32For I take no pleasure in the death of the one who dies, declares Adonai YHWH. So turn back, and live.”