Ezekiel 5:7

“Therefore 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,”

Ezekiel 5:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 5:7, word by word

saysאָמַרamar

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “amar” appears
Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona

Adonai, Lord

"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.

Where else “adona” appears
YHWHיְהוִהyehvi

YHWH (with Adonai)

The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".

Where else “yehvi” appears
you have been more turbulentהֲמָנְhaman

tumult

A loud sound of many people or much water.

Where else “haman” appears
the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim

Gentiles

The peoples other than Israel.

Where else “goyim” appears
around youסְבִיבוֹתֵיsevivote

around

In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.

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and in my statutesחֻקּוֹתַchukota

statute

Statute: a fixed rule, laid down to be kept always.

Where else “chukota” appears
walkedהֲלַכְתֶּםhalachtem

walk

Literally "to go": to live a certain way, as Enoch with Elohim.

Where else “halachtem” appears
and my rulesמִשְׁפָּטַmishpata

rule

Each of the rules the law gives for concrete cases of life.

Where else “mishpata” appears
carried outעֲשִׂיתֶםasitem

carry out

To do what is commanded.

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The context

6And 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.”

7 · This verse (above)

8therefore thus says Adonai YHWH: Look, I am against you, I too; and I will carry out judgments in your midst in the sight of the nations.

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