becauseיַעַןmy rulesמִשְׁפָּטַיthey had notלֹאdone,עָשׂוּand my statutesוְחֻקּוֹתַיthey had rejected,מָאָסוּand my Sabbathsוְאֶת שַׁבְּתוֹתַיthey had profaned,חִלֵּלוּand afterוְאַחֲרֵיthe idolsגִּלּוּלֵיof their fathersאֲבוֹתָםwereהָיוּtheir eyes.עֵינֵיהֶם
Ezekiel 20:24
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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,