Ezekiel 20:24

“because my rules they had not done, and my statutes they had rejected, and my Sabbaths they had profaned, and after the idols of their fathers were their eyes.”

Ezekiel 20:24 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 20:24, word by word

my rulesמִשְׁפָּטַmishpata

rule

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

Where else “mishpata” appears
doneעָשׂוּasu

carry out

To do what is commanded.

Where else “asu” appears
and my statutesחֻקּוֹתַchukota

statute

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

Where else “chukota” appears
they had rejectedמָאָסוּmaasu

reject

To regard something or someone as worthless and put it away.

Where else “maasu” appears
and my Sabbathsשַׁבְּתוֹתַshabtota

Sabbath

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

Where else “shabtota” appears
they had profanedחִלֵּלוּchilelu

profane

To treat what is holy as common.

Where else “chilelu” appears
the idolsגִּלּוּלֵיgilule

idols

Idols; a scornful word that calls them logs or worthless things.

Where else “gilule” appears
of their fathersאֲבוֹתָavota

forefather

Ancestors, those who came before in the family.

Where else “avota” appears
wereהָיוּhayu

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “hayu” appears
their eyesעֵינֵיene

eye

The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.

Where else “ene” appears

The context

23I also raised my hand to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them through the lands,

24 · This verse (above)

25And I also gave them statutes that were not good and rules by which they could not live,

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