But I withdrewוַהֲשִׁבֹתִיmy handאֶת יָדִיand actedוָאַעַשׂfor the sake ofלְמַעַןmy name,שְׁמִיthat it should notלְבִלְתִּיbe profanedהֵחֵלin the eyesלְעֵינֵיof the nationsהַגּוֹיִםin whose eyesאֲשֶׁר לְעֵינֵיהֶםI had brought them out.הוֹצֵאתִי אוֹתָם
Ezekiel 20:22
Study it in the app“But 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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Ezekiel 20:22, word by word
- But I withdrewהֲשִׁבֹתִיhashivoti
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “hashivoti” appears- my handיָדִyadi
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yadi” appears- and actedאַעַשׂaas
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “aas” appears- my nameשְׁמִshemi
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shemi” appears- be profanedהֵחֵלhechel
profane
To treat what is holy as common.
Where else “hechel” appears- in the eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- of the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- I had brought them outהוֹצֵאתִיhotseti
bring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “hotseti” appears
The context
21But 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.
22 · This verse (above)
23I also raised my hand to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them through the lands,