But they rebelledוַיַּמְרוּagainst meבִיand were notוְלֹאwillingאָבוּto listenלִּשְׁמֹעַto me;אֵלַיthey did notלֹאeachאִישׁcast awayהִשְׁלִיכוּthe detestable thingsאֶת שִׁקּוּצֵיof their eyes,עֵינֵיהֶםnorוְ לֹאforsakeעָזָבוּthe idolsאֶת גִּלּוּלֵיof Egypt.מִצְרַיִםAnd I saidוָאֹמַרthat I would pour outלִשְׁפֹּךְmy furyחֲמָתִיon themעֲלֵיהֶםto spendלְכַלּוֹתmy angerאַפִּיon themבָּהֶםin the midstבְּתוֹךְof the landאֶרֶץof Egypt.מִצְרָיִם
Ezekiel 20:8
Study it in the app“But they rebelled against me and were not willing to listen to me; they did not each cast away the detestable things of their eyes, nor forsake the idols of Egypt. And I said that I would pour out my fury on them to spend my anger on them in the midst of the land of Egypt.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 20:8, word by word
- But they rebelledיַּמְרוּyamru
rebel
Rebel, resist what is commanded.
Where else “yamru” appears- willingאָבוּavu
be willing, consent
Be willing, consent, agree to something; with "not", refuse.
Where else “avu” appears- to listenשְׁמֹעַshemoa
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shemoa” appears- eachאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- cast awayהִשְׁלִיכוּhishlichu
throw
To throw something with force, far off or down.
Where else “hishlichu” appears- the detestable thingsשִׁקּוּצֵיshikutse
detestable thing
Detestable thing: what is disgusting; said above all of idols.
Where else “shikutse” appears- of their eyesעֵינֵיene
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appears- forsakeעָזָבוּazavu
forsake
To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.
Where else “azavu” appears- the idolsגִּלּוּלֵיgilule
idols
Idols; a scornful word that calls them logs or worthless things.
Where else “gilule” appears- of Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- And I saidאֹמַרomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omar” appears- that I would pour outשְׁפֹּךְshepoch
spill
To empty out water or blood; "spill blood" is to kill.
Where else “shepoch” appears- my furyחֲמָתִchamati
fury
Literally "heat": burning anger, of a person or of YHWH.
Where else “chamati” appears- to spendכַלּוֹתchalot
finish
To bring a work or a matter through to its end.
Where else “chalot” appears- my angerאַפִּapi
anger
The rage of one who snorts; the "long of nose" is slow to become angry.
Where else “api” appears- in the midstתוֹךְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears- of the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
7And I said to them, Each of you, cast away the detestable things of his eyes, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am YHWH your Elohim.
8 · This verse (above)
9But I acted for the sake of my name, that it should not be profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they were, in whose eyes I made myself known to them by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.