Ezekiel 33:26

“You have stood on your sword, you have committed abomination, and each has defiled the wife of his neighbor; and will you possess the land?’”

Ezekiel 33:26 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 33:26, word by word

You have stoodעֲמַדְתֶּםamadtem

stand

To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.

Where else “amadtem” appears
on your swordחַרְבְּcharb

sword

A sword; or war.

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you have committedעֲשִׂיתֶןasiten

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

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abominationתּוֹעֵבָהtoeva

abomination

Abomination: something that a people or God rejects with disgust, above all idolatry and the practices God forbids; also a custom another people will not tolerate.

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and eachאִישׁish

each

Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.

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has defiledטִמֵּאתֶםtimetem

defile

To make someone or something unclean.

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the wifeאֵשֶׁתeshet

wife

Literally "his woman": the one married to him.

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of his neighborרֵעֵree

neighbor

The person living near, anyone one deals with.

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and will you possessתִּירָשׁוּtirashu

possess

To occupy a land and make it one's own.

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the land?’אָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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The context

25Therefore say to them, ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH: You eat with the blood, and you lift your eyes to your idols, and you shed blood; and will you possess the land?

26 · This verse (above)

27Thus you will say to them, ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH: As I live, surely those who are in the ruins by the sword will fall, and whoever is on the face of the field, to the animals I have given him to be devoured, and those who are in the strongholds and in the caves by pestilence will die.

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