And it rebelledוַתֶּמֶרagainst my rulesאֶת מִשְׁפָּטַיwith wickednessלְרִשְׁעָהmore thanמִןthe nations,הַגּוֹיִםand against my statutesוְאֶת חֻקּוֹתַיmore thanמִןthe landsהָאֲרָצוֹתthat areאֲשֶׁרaround it;סְבִיבוֹתֶיהָforכִּיmy rulesבְמִשְׁפָּטַיthey rejected,מָאָסוּand as for my statutes,וְחֻקּוֹתַיthey did notלֹאwalkהָלְכוּin them.”בָהֶם
Ezekiel 5:6
Study it in the app“And it rebelled against my rules with wickedness more than the nations, and against my statutes more than the lands that are around it; for my rules they rejected, and as for my statutes, they did not walk in them.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 5:6, word by word
- And it rebelledתֶּמֶרtemer
rebel
Rebel, resist what is commanded.
Where else “temer” appears- against my rulesמִשְׁפָּטַmishpata
rule
Each of the rules the law gives for concrete cases of life.
Where else “mishpata” appears- with wickednessרִשְׁעָהrisha
wickedness
Wickedness: unjust and evil conduct.
Where else “risha” appears- the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- and against my statutesחֻקּוֹתַchukota
statute
Statute: a fixed rule, laid down to be kept always.
Where else “chukota” appears- the landsאֲרָצוֹתaratsot
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “aratsot” appears- around itסְבִיבוֹתֶיsevivote
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “sevivote” appears- they rejectedמָאָסוּmaasu
reject
To regard something or someone as worthless and put it away.
Where else “maasu” appears- walkהָלְכוּhalchu
walk
Literally "to go": to live a certain way, as Enoch with Elohim.
Where else “halchu” appears
The context
5Thus says Adonai YHWH: “This is Jerusalem; in the midst of the nations I have set it, and around it lands.
6 · This verse (above)
7Therefore thus says Adonai YHWH: “Because you have been more turbulent than the nations that are around you, and in my statutes you have not walked, and my rules you have not carried out, and according to the rules of the nations that are around you you have not acted,