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And I alsoוְגַם אֲנִיgaveנָתַתִּיthemלָהֶםstatutesחֻקִּיםthat were notלֹאgoodטוֹבִיםand rulesוּמִשְׁפָּטִיםby whichבָּהֶםthey could notלֹאlive,יִחְיוּ
Ezekiel 20:25
Study it in the app“And I also gave them statutes that were not good and rules by which they could not live,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 20:25, word by word
- gaveנָתַתִּיnatati
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natati” appears- statutesחֻקִּיםchukim
statute
A rule that God or a king sets and that must be kept.
Where else “chukim” appears- goodטוֹבִיםtovim
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tovim” appears- and rulesמִשְׁפָּטִיםmishpatim
rule
Each of the rules the law gives for concrete cases of life.
Where else “mishpatim” appears- liveיִחְיוּyichyu
live
To have breath and remain in this world, not die.
Where else “yichyu” appears
Translation note
The Hebrew says it without softening; in the light of 20:26 it can be understood as punishment: he left them to their own practices.
The context
24because 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.
25 · This verse (above)
26and I defiled them through their gifts, in their making pass every firstborn of the womb, so that I might devastate them, so that they might know that I am YHWH.’