And they comeוְיָבוֹאוּto youאֵלֶיךָas people come,כִּמְבוֹא עָםand they sitוְיֵשְׁבוּbefore youלְפָנֶיךָas my people,עַמִּיand they hearוְשָׁמְעוּyour words,דְּבָרֶיךָbut they do notוְ לֹאdoיַעֲשׂוּthem;אוֹתָםforכִּיwith their mouthבְּפִיהֶםtheyהֵמָּהprofessעֹשִׂיםlove,עֲגָבִיםbut after their gainאַחֲרֵי בִצְעָםtheir heartלִבָּםgoes.הֹלֵךְ
Ezekiel 33:31
Study it in the app“And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but they do not do them; for with their mouth they profess love, but after their gain their heart goes.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 33:31, word by word
- And they comeיָבוֹאוּyavou
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appears- as people comeמְבוֹאmevo
entrance
The place through which one enters a city, a house or a place of work.
Where else “mevo” appears- as people comeעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- and they sitיֵשְׁבוּyeshvu
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yeshvu” appears- before youפָנֶיfane
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fane” appears- and they hearשָׁמְעוּshamu
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shamu” appears- your wordsדְּבָרֶיdevare
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devare” appears- doיַעֲשׂוּyaasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaasu” appears- with their mouthפִיfi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “fi” appears- loveעֲגָבִיםagavim
lustful love
Love, words or desire of passionate love.
Where else “agavim” appears- but after their gainבִצְעָvitsa
gain, profit
Gain, profit; often gain got by wrongdoing.
Where else “vitsa” appears- their heartלִבָּliba
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “liba” appears- goesהֹלֵךְholech
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “holech” appears
The context
30And you, son of man, the sons of your people who are talking about you beside the walls and in the doorways of the houses, and one speaks with another, each with his brother, saying, ‘Come, please, and hear what is the word that comes out from YHWH.’
31 · This verse (above)
32And look, you are to them like a song of love, beautiful of voice and one who plays well; and they hear your words, but they do not do them.