Ezekiel 20:32

“And what comes up into your spirit will never happen, that you are saying, “We will be like the nations, like the families of the lands, serving wood and stone.””

Ezekiel 20:32 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 20:32, word by word

And what comes upעֹלָהola

go up

To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.

Where else “ola” appears
into your spiritרוּחֲruach

spirit

What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.

Where else “ruach” appears
will neverהָיוֹhayo

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “hayo” appears
are sayingאֹמְרִיםomrim

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “omrim” appears
like the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim

Gentiles

The peoples other than Israel.

Where else “goyim” appears
like the familiesמִשְׁפְּחוֹתmishpchot

family

A group of relatives within a tribe.

Where else “mishpchot” appears
of the landsאֲרָצוֹתaratsot

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

Where else “aratsot” appears
servingשָׁרֵתsharet

minister

To serve in worship before YHWH.

Where else “sharet” appears
woodעֵץets

wood

What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.

Where else “ets” appears
and stoneאָבֶןaven

stone

A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.

Where else “aven” appears

The context

31And in presenting your gifts, in making your sons pass through the fire, you defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. And shall I let myself be consulted by you, house of Israel? As I live, declares Adonai YHWH, I will surely not let myself be consulted by you.

32 · This verse (above)

33As I live, declares Adonai YHWH, surely with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm and with poured-out fury I will be king over you.

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