Ezekiel 7:20

“And the beauty of its ornament they set for pride, and the images of their abominations, their detestable things, they made with it; therefore I have made it for them an impurity.”

Ezekiel 7:20 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 7:20, word by word

And the beautyצְבִיtsevi

splendor

What gives splendor: "the glorious land".

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of its ornamentעֶדְיedy

ornaments

Ornaments, jewelry worn on the body.

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they setשָׂמָsama

put

To put something somewhere.

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for prideגָאוֹןgaon

pride

Thinking oneself above others, a person or nation.

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and the imagesצַלְמֵיtsalme

image

What shows what another is like; humans reflect God.

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of their abominationsתוֹעֲבֹתָtoavota

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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their detestable thingsשִׁקּוּצֵיshikutse

detestable thing

Detestable thing: what is disgusting; said above all of idols.

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they madeעָשׂוּasu

make

To build or create something.

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I have made itנְתַתִּיnetati

make

To make someone something: "I have made you a father".

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an impurityנִדָּהnida

impurity

Something defiling; or water for cleansing.

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The context

19Their silver into the streets they will throw, and their gold will be as impurity; their silver and their gold will not be able to deliver them on the day of the wrath of YHWH; their appetite they will not satisfy, and their insides they will not fill, for it was the stumbling block of their iniquity.

20 · This verse (above)

21And I will give it into the hand of the strangers as plunder, and to the wicked of the earth as spoil, and they will profane it.

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