Ezekiel 23:37

“For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands; and with their idols they have committed adultery; and even their sons whom they had borne to me they have made them pass to them as food.”

Ezekiel 23:37 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 23:37, word by word

they have committed adulteryנִאֵפוּniefu

be unfaithful

Israel being unfaithful to God with idols.

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and bloodדָםdam

bloodguilt

A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.

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is on their handsידֵיyde

hand

The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.

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and with their idolsגִּלּוּלֵיgilule

idols

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

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their sonsבְּנֵיbene

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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they had borneיָלְדוּyaldu

bear

To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.

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they have made them passהֶעֱבִירוּheeviru

pass

To get over a river, or go through a land.

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as foodאָכְלָהachla

fuel

What fire or wild beasts eat up.

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Translation note

“They have made [them] pass”: in 20:31 the same expression has “through the fire.”

The context

36And YHWH said to me, Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.

37 · This verse (above)

38Moreover this they have done to me: they have defiled my sanctuary on that day, and my Sabbaths they have profaned.

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