But the sonsהַבָּנִיםrebelledוַיַּמְרוּagainst me;בִיin my statutesבְּחֻקּוֹתַיthey did notלֹאwalk,הָלָכוּand my rulesוְאֶת מִשְׁפָּטַיthey did notלֹאkeepשָׁמְרוּto doלַעֲשׂוֹתthem,אוֹתָםwhichאֲשֶׁרif a human beingהָאָדָםdoesיַעֲשֶׂהthem,אוֹתָםhe will liveוָחַיby them;בָּהֶםmy Sabbathsאֶת שַׁבְּתוֹתַיthey profaned.חִלֵּלוּAnd I saidוָאֹמַרthat I would pour outלִשְׁפֹּךְmy furyחֲמָתִיon themעֲלֵיהֶםto spendלְכַלּוֹתmy angerאַפִּיon themבָּםin the wilderness.בַּמִּדְבָּר
Ezekiel 20:21
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.