Ezekiel 20:21

“But the sons rebelled against me; in my statutes they did not walk, and my rules they did not keep to do them, which if a human being does them, he will live by them; my Sabbaths they profaned. And I said that I would pour out my fury on them to spend my anger on them in the wilderness.”

Ezekiel 20:21 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 20:21, word by word

But the sonsבָּנִיםbanim

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

Where else “banim” appears
rebelledיַּמְרוּyamru

rebel

Rebel, resist what is commanded.

Where else “yamru” appears
in my statutesחֻקּוֹתַchukota

statute

Statute: a fixed rule, laid down to be kept always.

Where else “chukota” appears
walkהָלָכוּhalachu

walk

Literally "to go": to live a certain way, as Enoch with Elohim.

Where else “halachu” appears
and my rulesמִשְׁפָּטַmishpata

rule

Each of the rules the law gives for concrete cases of life.

Where else “mishpata” appears
keepשָׁמְרוּshamru

keep

To obey the covenant or the commands.

Where else “shamru” appears
to doעֲשׂוֹתasot

carry out

To do what is commanded.

Where else “asot” appears
if a human beingאָדָםadam

human being

All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.

Where else “adam” appears
he will liveחַיchay

live

Live.

Where else “chay” appears
my Sabbathsשַׁבְּתוֹתַshabtota

Sabbath

The seventh day, set apart for YHWH, for rest.

Where else “shabtota” appears
they profanedחִלֵּלוּchilelu

profane

To treat what is holy as common.

Where else “chilelu” appears
And I saidאֹמַרomar

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “omar” appears
that I would pour outשְׁפֹּךְshepoch

spill

To empty out water or blood; "spill blood" is to kill.

Where else “shepoch” appears
my furyחֲמָתִchamati

fury

Literally "heat": burning anger, of a person or of YHWH.

Where else “chamati” appears
to spendכַלּוֹתchalot

finish

To bring a work or a matter through to its end.

Where else “chalot” appears
my angerאַפִּapi

anger

The rage of one who snorts; the "long of nose" is slow to become angry.

Where else “api” appears
in the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar

wilderness

Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.

Where else “midbar” appears

The context

20and my Sabbaths keep holy, and they will be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am YHWH your Elohim.

21 · This verse (above)

22But I withdrew my hand and acted for the sake of my name, that it should not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose eyes I had brought them out.

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