Ezekiel 20 — HeartWord — Read the Bible

¹ And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of Jehovah, and sat before me.

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Strong's numbers (from RLT):

And it came to pass in the seventh H7637 (שְׁבִיעִי) — seventh
year H8141 (שָׁנֶה) — a year (as a revolution of time)
in the fifth H2549 (חֲמִישִׁי) — fifth; also a fifth
the tenth H6218 (עָשׂוֹר) — ten; by abbreviated form ten strings, and so a decachord
of the month H2320 (חֹדֶשׁ) — the new moon; by implication, a month
certain H582 (אֱנוֹשׁ) — properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified 120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
of the elders H2205 (זָקֵן) — old
of Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
came H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
to enquire H1875 (דָּרַשׁ) — properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship
of Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
and sat H3427 (יָשַׁב) — properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
before H6440 (פָּנִים) — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (befo…

² And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

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Strong's numbers (from RLT):

Then came the word H1697 (דָּבָר) — a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
of Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
unto me, saying H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)

³ Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Is it to inquire of me that ye are come? As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will not be inquired of by you.

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Strong's numbers (from RLT):

Son H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
of man H120 (אָדָם) — ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
speak H1696 (דָבַר) — perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
unto the elders H2205 (זָקֵן) — old
of Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
and say H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
unto them, Thus saith H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
the Lord H136 (אֲדֹנָי) — the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
Yhwh H3069 (יְהֹוִה)
Are ye come H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
to enquire H1875 (דָּרַשׁ) — properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship
I live H2416 (חַי) — alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing),…
saith H5002 (נְאֻם) — an oracle
I will not be enquired H1875 (דָּרַשׁ) — properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship

⁴ Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers;

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Strong's numbers (from RLT):

Wilt thou judge H8199 (שָׁפַט) — to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figur…
them, son H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
of man H120 (אָדָם) — ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
cause them to know H3045 (יָדַע) — to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation…
the abominations H8441 (תּוֹעֵבַה) — properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol
of their fathers H1 (אָב) — father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

⁵ and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In the day when I chose Israel, and sware unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I sware unto them, saying, I am Jehovah your God;

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Strong's numbers (from RLT):

And say H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
unto them, Thus saith H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
the Lord H136 (אֲדֹנָי) — the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
Yhwh H3069 (יְהֹוִה)
In the day H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
when I chose H977 (בָּחַר) — properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
and lifted up H5375 (נָשָׂא) — to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
mine hand H3027 (יָד) — a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of a…
unto the seed H2233 (זֶרַע) — seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
of the house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
of Jacob H3290 (יַעֲקֹב) — Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
and made myself known H3045 (יָדַע) — to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation…
unto them in the land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
of Egypt H4714 (מִצְרַיִם) — Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
when I lifted H5375 (נָשָׂא) — to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
up mine hand H3027 (יָד) — a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of a…
unto them, saying H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
your God H430 (אֱלֹהִים) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference…

⁶ in that day I sware unto them, to bring them forth out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands.

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Strong's numbers (from RLT):

In the day H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
I lifted up H5375 (נָשָׂא) — to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
mine hand H3027 (יָד) — a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of a…
unto them, to bring them forth H3318 (יָצָא) — to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
of the land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
of Egypt H4714 (מִצְרַיִם) — Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
into a land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
that I had espied H8446 (תּוּר) — to meander (causatively, guide) about, especially for trade or reconnoitring
for them, flowing H2100 (זוּב) — to flow freely (as water), i.e. (specifically) to have a (sexual) flux; figuratively, to waste away; also to overflow
with milk H2461 (חָלָב) — milk (as the richness of kine)
and honey H1706 (דְּבַשׁ) — honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup
the glory H6643 (צְבִי) — splendor (as conspicuous)
of all lands H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

⁷ And I said unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am Jehovah your God.

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Strong's numbers (from RLT):

Then said H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
I unto them, Cast ye away H7993 (שָׁלַךְ) — to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
every man H376 (אִישׁ) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
the abominations H8251 (שִׁקּוּץ) — disgusting, i.e. filthy; especially idolatrous or (concretely) an idol
of his eyes H5869 (עַיִן) — an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
and defile H2930 (טָמֵא) — to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
not yourselves with the idols H1544 (גִּלּוּל) — properly, a log (as round); by implication, an idol
of Egypt H4714 (מִצְרַיִם) — Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
your God H430 (אֱלֹהִים) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference…

⁸ But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me; they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.

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Strong's numbers (from RLT):

But they rebelled H4784 (מָרָה) — to be (causatively, make) bitter (or unpleasant); (figuratively) to rebel (or resist; causatively, to provoke)
against me, and would H14 (אָבָה) — to breathe after, i.e. (figuratively) to be acquiescent
not hearken H8085 (שָׁמַע) — to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
unto me: they did not every man H376 (אִישׁ) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
cast away H7993 (שָׁלַךְ) — to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
the abominations H8251 (שִׁקּוּץ) — disgusting, i.e. filthy; especially idolatrous or (concretely) an idol
of their eyes H5869 (עַיִן) — an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
neither did they forsake H5800 (עָזַב) — to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
the idols H1544 (גִּלּוּל) — properly, a log (as round); by implication, an idol
of Egypt H4714 (מִצְרַיִם) — Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
then I said H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
I will pour out H8210 (שָׁפַךְ) — to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.); intensi…
my fury H2534 (חֵמָה) — heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)
upon them, to accomplish H3615 (כָּלָה) — to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume)
my anger H639 (אַף) — properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
against them in the midst H8432 (תָּוֶךְ) — a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
of the land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

⁹ But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, among which they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.

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Strong's numbers (from RLT):

But I wrought H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
for my name’s H8034 (שֵׁם) — an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
sake, that it should not be polluted H2490 (חָלַל) — properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by a…
before H5869 (עַיִן) — an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
the heathen H1471 (גּוֹי) — a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
among H8432 (תָּוֶךְ) — a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
in whose sight H5869 (עַיִן) — an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
I made myself known H3045 (יָדַע) — to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation…
unto them, in bringing them forth H3318 (יָצָא) — to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
out of the land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
of Egypt H4714 (מִצְרַיִם) — Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt

¹⁰ So I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.

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Strong's numbers (from RLT):

Wherefore I caused them to go forth H3318 (יָצָא) — to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
out of the land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
of Egypt H4714 (מִצְרַיִם) — Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
and brought H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
them into the wilderness H4057 (מִדְבָּר) — a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)

¹¹ And I gave them my statutes, and showed them mine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live in them.

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Strong's numbers (from RLT):

And I gave H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
them my statutes H2708 (חֻקָּה)
and shewed H3045 (יָדַע) — to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation…
them my judgments H4941 (מִשְׁפָּט) — properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or…
a man H120 (אָדָם) — ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
do H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
he shall even live H2425 (חָיַי) — to live; causatively to revive

¹² Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am Jehovah that sanctifieth them.

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Strong's numbers (from RLT):

Moreover also I gave H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
them my sabbaths H7676 (שַׁבָּת) — intermission, i.e (specifically) the Sabbath
to be a sign H226 (אוֹת) — a signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.
between me and them, that they might know H3045 (יָדַע) — to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation…
Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
that sanctify H6942 (קָדַשׁ) — to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)

¹³ But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they rejected mine ordinances, which if a man keep, he shall live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly profaned. Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.

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Strong's numbers (from RLT):

But the house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
of Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
rebelled H4784 (מָרָה) — to be (causatively, make) bitter (or unpleasant); (figuratively) to rebel (or resist; causatively, to provoke)
against me in the wilderness H4057 (מִדְבָּר) — a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
they walked H1980 (הָלַךְ) — to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
not in my statutes H2708 (חֻקָּה)
and they despised H3988 (מָאַס) — to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear
my judgments H4941 (מִשְׁפָּט) — properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or…
a man H120 (אָדָם) — ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
do H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
he shall even live H2425 (חָיַי) — to live; causatively to revive
in them; and my sabbaths H7676 (שַׁבָּת) — intermission, i.e (specifically) the Sabbath
they greatly H3966 (מְאֹד) — properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlativ…
polluted H2490 (חָלַל) — properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by a…
then I said H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
I would pour out H8210 (שָׁפַךְ) — to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.); intensi…
my fury H2534 (חֵמָה) — heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)
upon them in the wilderness H4057 (מִדְבָּר) — a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
to consume H3615 (כָּלָה) — to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume)

¹⁴ But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.

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Strong's numbers (from RLT):

But I wrought H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
for my name’s H8034 (שֵׁם) — an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
sake, that it should not be polluted H2490 (חָלַל) — properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by a…
before H5869 (עַיִן) — an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
the heathen H1471 (גּוֹי) — a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
in whose sight H5869 (עַיִן) — an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
I brought them out H3318 (יָצָא) — to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.

¹⁵ Moreover also I sware unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;

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Strong's numbers (from RLT):

Yet also I lifted up H5375 (נָשָׂא) — to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
my hand H3027 (יָד) — a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of a…
unto them in the wilderness H4057 (מִדְבָּר) — a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
that I would not bring H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
them into the land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
which I had given H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
flowing H2100 (זוּב) — to flow freely (as water), i.e. (specifically) to have a (sexual) flux; figuratively, to waste away; also to overflow
with milk H2461 (חָלָב) — milk (as the richness of kine)
and honey H1706 (דְּבַשׁ) — honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup
the glory H6643 (צְבִי) — splendor (as conspicuous)
of all lands H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

¹⁶ because they rejected mine ordinances, and walked not in my statutes, and profaned my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.

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Strong's numbers (from RLT):

Because they despised H3988 (מָאַס) — to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear
my judgments H4941 (מִשְׁפָּט) — properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or…
and walked H1980 (הָלַךְ) — to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
not in my statutes H2708 (חֻקָּה)
but polluted H2490 (חָלַל) — properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by a…
my sabbaths H7676 (שַׁבָּת) — intermission, i.e (specifically) the Sabbath
for their heart H3820 (לֵב) — the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
went H1980 (הָלַךְ) — to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
after H310 (אַחַר) — properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
their idols H1544 (גִּלּוּל) — properly, a log (as round); by implication, an idol

¹⁷ Nevertheless mine eye spared them, and I destroyed them not, neither did I make a full end of them in the wilderness.

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Strong's numbers (from RLT):

Nevertheless mine eye H5869 (עַיִן) — an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
spared H2347 (חוּס) — properly, to cover, i.e. (figuratively) to compassionate
them from destroying H7843 (שָׁחַת) — to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
them, neither did I make H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
an end H3617 (כָּלָה) — a completion; adverb, completely; also destruction
of them in the wilderness H4057 (מִדְבָּר) — a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)

¹⁸ And I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their ordinances, nor defile yourselves with their idols.

Cross references & Strong's

Strong's numbers (from RLT):

But I said H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
unto their children H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
in the wilderness H4057 (מִדְבָּר) — a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
Walk H3212 (יָלַךְ) — to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
ye not in the statutes H2706 (חֹק) — an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
of your fathers H1 (אָב) — father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
neither observe H8104 (שָׁמַר) — properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
their judgments H4941 (מִשְׁפָּט) — properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or…
nor defile H2930 (טָמֵא) — to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
yourselves with their idols H1544 (גִּלּוּל) — properly, a log (as round); by implication, an idol

¹⁹ I am Jehovah your God: walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them;

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Strong's numbers (from RLT):

Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
your God H430 (אֱלֹהִים) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference…
walk H3212 (יָלַךְ) — to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
in my statutes H2708 (חֻקָּה)
and keep H8104 (שָׁמַר) — properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
my judgments H4941 (מִשְׁפָּט) — properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or…
and do H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

²⁰ and hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am Jehovah your God.

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Strong's numbers (from RLT):

And hallow H6942 (קָדַשׁ) — to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)
my sabbaths H7676 (שַׁבָּת) — intermission, i.e (specifically) the Sabbath
and they shall be a sign H226 (אוֹת) — a signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.
between me and you, that ye may know H3045 (יָדַע) — to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation…
Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
your God H430 (אֱלֹהִים) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference…

²¹ But the children rebelled against me; they walked not in my statutes, neither kept mine ordinances to do them, which if a man do, he shall live in them; they profaned my sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.

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Strong's numbers (from RLT):

Notwithstanding the children H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
rebelled H4784 (מָרָה) — to be (causatively, make) bitter (or unpleasant); (figuratively) to rebel (or resist; causatively, to provoke)
against me: they walked H1980 (הָלַךְ) — to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
not in my statutes H2708 (חֻקָּה)
neither kept H8104 (שָׁמַר) — properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
my judgments H4941 (מִשְׁפָּט) — properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or…
to do H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
a man H120 (אָדָם) — ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
do H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
he shall even live H2425 (חָיַי) — to live; causatively to revive
in them; they polluted H2490 (חָלַל) — properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by a…
my sabbaths H7676 (שַׁבָּת) — intermission, i.e (specifically) the Sabbath
then I said H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
I would pour out H8210 (שָׁפַךְ) — to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.); intensi…
my fury H2534 (חֵמָה) — heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)
upon them, to accomplish H3615 (כָּלָה) — to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume)
my anger H639 (אַף) — properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
against them in the wilderness H4057 (מִדְבָּר) — a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)

²² Nevertheless I withdrew my hand, and wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them forth.

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Strong's numbers (from RLT):

Nevertheless I withdrew H7725 (שׁוּב) — to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally…
mine hand H3027 (יָד) — a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of a…
and wrought H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
for my name’s H8034 (שֵׁם) — an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
sake, that it should not be polluted H2490 (חָלַל) — properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by a…
in the sight H5869 (עַיִן) — an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
of the heathen H1471 (גּוֹי) — a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
in whose sight H5869 (עַיִן) — an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
I brought them forth H3318 (יָצָא) — to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.

²³ Moreover I sware unto them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries;

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Strong's numbers (from RLT):

I lifted up H5375 (נָשָׂא) — to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
mine hand H3027 (יָד) — a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of a…
unto them also in the wilderness H4057 (מִדְבָּר) — a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
that I would scatter H6327 (פּוּץ) — to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
them among the heathen H1471 (גּוֹי) — a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
and disperse H2219 (זָרָה) — to toss about; by implication, to diffuse, winnow
them through the countries H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

²⁴ because they had not executed mine ordinances, but had rejected my statutes, and had profaned my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers’ idols.

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Strong's numbers (from RLT):

Because they had not executed H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
my judgments H4941 (מִשְׁפָּט) — properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or…
but had despised H3988 (מָאַס) — to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear
my statutes H2708 (חֻקָּה)
and had polluted H2490 (חָלַל) — properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by a…
my sabbaths H7676 (שַׁבָּת) — intermission, i.e (specifically) the Sabbath
and their eyes H5869 (עַיִן) — an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
were after H310 (אַחַר) — properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
their fathers’ H1 (אָב) — father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
idols H1544 (גִּלּוּל) — properly, a log (as round); by implication, an idol

²⁵ Moreover also I gave them statutes that were not good, and ordinances wherein they should not live;

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Strong's numbers (from RLT):

Wherefore I gave H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
them also statutes H2706 (חֹק) — an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
not good H2896 (טוֹב) — good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good t…
and judgments H4941 (מִשְׁפָּט) — properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or…
whereby they should not live H2421 (חָיָה) — to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive

²⁶ and I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am Jehovah.

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Strong's numbers (from RLT):

And I polluted H2930 (טָמֵא) — to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
them in their own gifts H4979 (מַתָּנָה) — a present; specifically (in a good sense), a sacrificial offering, (in a bad sense) a bribe
in that they caused to pass through H5674 (עָבַר) — to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation…
all that openeth H6363 (פֶּטֶר) — a fissure, i.e. (concretely) firstling (as opening the matrix)
the womb H7356 (רַחַם) — compassion (in the plural); by extension, the womb (as cherishing the fetus); by implication, a maiden
that I might make them desolate H8074 (שָׁמֵם) — to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
to the end that they might know H3045 (יָדַע) — to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation…
Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God

²⁷ Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In this moreover have your fathers blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me.

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Strong's numbers (from RLT):

Therefore, son H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
of man H120 (אָדָם) — ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
speak H1696 (דָבַר) — perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
unto the house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
of Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
and say H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
unto them, Thus saith H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
the Lord H136 (אֲדֹנָי) — the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
Yhwh H3069 (יְהֹוִה)
Yet in this your fathers H1 (אָב) — father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
have blasphemed H1442 (גָּדַף) — to hack (with words), i.e. revile
me, in that they have committed H4603 (מָעַל) — properly, to cover up; used only figuratively, to act covertly, i.e. treacherously
a trespass H4604 (מַעַל) — treachery, i.e. sin

²⁸ For when I had brought them into the land, which I sware to give unto them, then they saw every high hill, and every thick tree, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering; there also they made their sweet savor, and they poured out there their drink-offerings.

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Strong's numbers (from RLT):

when I had brought H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
them into the land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
the which I lifted up H5375 (נָשָׂא) — to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
mine hand H3027 (יָד) — a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of a…
to give H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
it to them, then they saw H7200 (רָאָה) — to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
every high H7311 (רוּם) — to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
hill H1389 (גִּבְעָה) — a hillock
and all the thick H5687 (עָבֹת) — intwined, i.e. dense
trees H6086 (עֵץ) — a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
and they offered H2076 (זָבַח) — to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice)
there their sacrifices H2077 (זֶבַח) — properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
and there they presented H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
the provocation H3708 (כַּעַס) — vexation
of their offering H7133 (קׇרְבָּן) — something brought near the altar, i.e. a sacrificial present
there also they made H7760 (שׂוּם) — to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
their sweet H5207 (נִיחוֹחַ) — properly, restful, i.e. pleasant; abstractly, delight
savour H7381 (רֵיחַ) — odor (as if blown)
and poured out H5258 (נָסַךְ) — to pour out, especially a libation, or to cast (metal); by analogy, to anoint a king
there their drink offerings H5262 (נֶסֶךְ) — a libation; also a cast idol

²⁹ Then I said unto them, What meaneth the high place whereunto ye go? So the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.

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Strong's numbers (from RLT):

Then I said H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
the high place H1116 (בָּמָה) — an elevation
whereunto ye go H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
And the name H8034 (שֵׁם) — an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
thereof is called H7121 (קָרָא) — to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Bamah H1117 (בָּמָה) — Bamah, a place in Palestine
unto this day H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…

³⁰ Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Do ye pollute yourselves after the manner of your fathers? and play ye the harlot after their abominations?

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Strong's numbers (from RLT):

Wherefore say H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
unto the house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
of Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
Thus saith H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
the Lord H136 (אֲדֹנָי) — the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
Yhwh H3069 (יְהֹוִה)
Are ye polluted H2930 (טָמֵא) — to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
after the manner H1870 (דֶּרֶךְ) — a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
of your fathers H1 (אָב) — father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
and commit ye whoredom H2181 (זָנָה) — to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish…
after H310 (אַחַר) — properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
their abominations H8251 (שִׁקּוּץ) — disgusting, i.e. filthy; especially idolatrous or (concretely) an idol

³¹ and when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, do ye pollute yourselves with all your idols unto this day? and shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will not be inquired of by you;

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Strong's numbers (from RLT):

For when ye offer H5375 (נָשָׂא) — to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
your gifts H4979 (מַתָּנָה) — a present; specifically (in a good sense), a sacrificial offering, (in a bad sense) a bribe
when ye make your sons H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
to pass through H5674 (עָבַר) — to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation…
the fire H784 (אֵשׁ) — fire (literally or figuratively)
ye pollute H2930 (טָמֵא) — to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
yourselves with all your idols H1544 (גִּלּוּל) — properly, a log (as round); by implication, an idol
even unto this day H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
and shall I be enquired H1875 (דָּרַשׁ) — properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship
of by you, O house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
of Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
I live H2416 (חַי) — alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing),…
saith H5002 (נְאֻם) — an oracle
the Lord H136 (אֲדֹנָי) — the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
Yhwh H3069 (יְהֹוִה)
I will not be enquired H1875 (דָּרַשׁ) — properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship

³² and that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, in that ye say, We will be as the nations, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.

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Strong's numbers (from RLT):

And that which cometh H5927 (עָלָה) — to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
into your mind H7307 (רוּחַ) — wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by re…
shall not be at all, that ye say H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
We will be H1961 (הָיָה) — to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
as the heathen H1471 (גּוֹי) — a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
as the families H4940 (מִשְׁפָּחָה) — a family, i.e. circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extension a tribe or people
of the countries H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
to serve H8334 (שָׁרַת) — to attend as a menial or worshipper; figuratively, to contribute to
wood H6086 (עֵץ) — a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
and stone H68 (אֶבֶן) — a stone

³³ As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, surely with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out, will I be king over you.

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Strong's numbers (from RLT):

I live H2416 (חַי) — alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing),…
saith H5002 (נְאֻם) — an oracle
the Lord H136 (אֲדֹנָי) — the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
Yhwh H3069 (יְהֹוִה)
surely with a mighty H2389 (חָזָק) — strong (usu. in a bad sense, hard, bold, violent)
hand H3027 (יָד) — a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of a…
and with a stretched out H5186 (נָטָה) — to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
arm H2220 (זְרוֹעַ) — the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force
and with fury H2534 (חֵמָה) — heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)
poured out H8210 (שָׁפַךְ) — to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.); intensi…
will I rule H4427 (מָלַךְ) — to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel

³⁴ And I will bring you out from the peoples, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out;

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Strong's numbers (from RLT):

And I will bring you out H3318 (יָצָא) — to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
from the people H5971 (עַם) — a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
and will gather H6908 (קָבַץ) — to grasp, i.e. collect
you out of the countries H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
wherein ye are scattered H6327 (פּוּץ) — to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
with a mighty H2389 (חָזָק) — strong (usu. in a bad sense, hard, bold, violent)
hand H3027 (יָד) — a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of a…
and with a stretched out H5186 (נָטָה) — to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
arm H2220 (זְרוֹעַ) — the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force
and with fury H2534 (חֵמָה) — heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)
poured out H8210 (שָׁפַךְ) — to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.); intensi…

³⁵ and I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there will I enter into judgment with you face to face.

Cross references & Strong's

Strong's numbers (from RLT):

And I will bring H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
you into the wilderness H4057 (מִדְבָּר) — a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
of the people H5971 (עַם) — a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
and there will I plead H8199 (שָׁפַט) — to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figur…
with you face H6440 (פָּנִים) — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (befo…
to face H6440 (פָּנִים) — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (befo…

³⁶ Like as I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I enter into judgment with you, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Cross references & Strong's

Strong's numbers (from RLT):

Like as I pleaded H8199 (שָׁפַט) — to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figur…
with your fathers H1 (אָב) — father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
in the wilderness H4057 (מִדְבָּר) — a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
of the land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
of Egypt H4714 (מִצְרַיִם) — Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
so will I plead H8199 (שָׁפַט) — to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figur…
with you, saith H5002 (נְאֻם) — an oracle
the Lord H136 (אֲדֹנָי) — the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
Yhwh H3069 (יְהֹוִה)

³⁷ And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant;

Cross references & Strong's

Strong's numbers (from RLT):

And I will cause you to pass H5674 (עָבַר) — to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation…
under the rod H7626 (שֵׁבֶט) — a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
and I will bring H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
you into the bond H4562 (מָסֹרֶת) — a band
of the covenant H1285 (בְּרִית) — a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)

³⁸ and I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me; I will bring them forth out of the land where they sojourn, but they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

Cross references & Strong's

Strong's numbers (from RLT):

And I will purge out H1305 (בָּרַר) — to clarify (i.e. brighten), examine, select
from among you the rebels H4775 (מָרַד) — to rebel
and them that transgress H6586 (פָּשַׁע) — to break away (from just authority), i.e. trespass, apostatize, quarrel
against me: I will bring them forth H3318 (יָצָא) — to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
out of the country H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
where they sojourn H4033 (מָגוּר) — a temporary abode; by extension, a permanent residence
and they shall not enter H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
into the land H127 (אֲדָמָה) — soil (from its general redness)
of Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
and ye shall know H3045 (יָדַע) — to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation…
Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God

³⁹ As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Go ye, serve every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me; but my holy name shall ye no more profane with your gifts, and with your idols.

Cross references & Strong's

Strong's numbers (from RLT):

As for you, O house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
of Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
thus saith H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
the Lord H136 (אֲדֹנָי) — the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
Yhwh H3069 (יְהֹוִה)
Go H3212 (יָלַךְ) — to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
ye, serve H5647 (עָבַד) — to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
ye every one H376 (אִישׁ) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
his idols H1544 (גִּלּוּל) — properly, a log (as round); by implication, an idol
and hereafter H310 (אַחַר) — properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
if ye will not hearken H8085 (שָׁמַע) — to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
unto me: but pollute H2490 (חָלַל) — properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by a…
ye my holy H6944 (קֹדֶשׁ) — a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
name H8034 (שֵׁם) — an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
no more with your gifts H4979 (מַתָּנָה) — a present; specifically (in a good sense), a sacrificial offering, (in a bad sense) a bribe
and with your idols H1544 (גִּלּוּל) — properly, a log (as round); by implication, an idol

⁴⁰ For in my holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord Jehovah, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them, serve me in the land: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the first-fruits of your oblations, with all your holy things.

Cross references & Strong's

Strong's numbers (from RLT):

For in mine holy H6944 (קֹדֶשׁ) — a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
mountain H2022 (הַר) — a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
in the mountain H2022 (הַר) — a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
of the height H4791 (מָרוֹם) — altitude, i.e. concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elation), or adverbially (aloft)
of Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
saith H5002 (נְאֻם) — an oracle
the Lord H136 (אֲדֹנָי) — the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
Yhwh H3069 (יְהֹוִה)
there shall all the house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
all of them in the land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
serve H5647 (עָבַד) — to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
me: there will I accept H7521 (רָצָה) — to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy a debt
them, and there will I require H1875 (דָּרַשׁ) — properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship
your offerings H8641 (תְּרוּמָה) — a present (as offered up), especially in sacrifice or as tribute
and the firstfruits H7225 (רֵאשִׁית) — the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit)
of your oblations H4864 (מַשְׂאֵת) — properly, (abstractly) a raising (as of the hands in prayer), or rising (of flame); figuratively, an utterance; concretely, a beacon (as raised); a present (as…
with all your holy things H6944 (קֹדֶשׁ) — a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity

⁴¹ As a sweet savor will I accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you in the sight of the nations.

Cross references & Strong's

Strong's numbers (from RLT):

I will accept H7521 (רָצָה) — to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy a debt
you with your sweet H5207 (נִיחוֹחַ) — properly, restful, i.e. pleasant; abstractly, delight
savour H7381 (רֵיחַ) — odor (as if blown)
when I bring you out H3318 (יָצָא) — to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
from the people H5971 (עַם) — a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
and gather H6908 (קָבַץ) — to grasp, i.e. collect
you out of the countries H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
wherein ye have been scattered H6327 (פּוּץ) — to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
and I will be sanctified H6942 (קָדַשׁ) — to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)
in you before H5869 (עַיִן) — an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
the heathen H1471 (גּוֹי) — a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts

⁴² And ye shall know that I am Jehovah, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country which I sware to give unto your fathers.

Cross references & Strong's

Strong's numbers (from RLT):

And ye shall know H3045 (יָדַע) — to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation…
Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
when I shall bring H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
you into the land H127 (אֲדָמָה) — soil (from its general redness)
of Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
into the country H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
the which I lifted up H5375 (נָשָׂא) — to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
mine hand H3027 (יָד) — a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of a…
to give H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
it to your fathers H1 (אָב) — father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

⁴³ And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have polluted yourselves; and ye shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed.

Cross references & Strong's

Strong's numbers (from RLT):

And there shall ye remember H2142 (זָכַר) — properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
your ways H1870 (דֶּרֶךְ) — a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
and all your doings H5949 (עֲלִילָה) — an exploit (of God), or a performance (of man, often in a bad sense); by implication, an opportunity
wherein ye have been defiled H2930 (טָמֵא) — to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
and ye shall lothe H6962 (קוּט) — properly, to cut off, i.e. (figuratively) detest
yourselves in your own sight H6440 (פָּנִים) — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (befo…
for all your evils H7451 (רַע) — bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
that ye have committed H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

⁴⁴ And ye shall know that I am Jehovah, when I have dealt with you for my name’s sake, not according to your evil ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Cross references & Strong's

Strong's numbers (from RLT):

And ye shall know H3045 (יָדַע) — to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation…
Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
when I have wrought H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
with you for my name’s H8034 (שֵׁם) — an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
sake, not according to your wicked H7451 (רַע) — bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
ways H1870 (דֶּרֶךְ) — a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
nor according to your corrupt H7843 (שָׁחַת) — to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
doings H5949 (עֲלִילָה) — an exploit (of God), or a performance (of man, often in a bad sense); by implication, an opportunity
O ye house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
of Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
saith H5002 (נְאֻם) — an oracle
the Lord H136 (אֲדֹנָי) — the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
Yhwh H3069 (יְהֹוִה)

⁴⁵ And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

Cross references & Strong's

Strong's numbers (from RLT):

Moreover the word H1697 (דָּבָר) — a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
of Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
came unto me, saying H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)

⁴⁶ Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the field in the South;

Cross references & Strong's

Strong's numbers (from RLT):

Son H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
of man H120 (אָדָם) — ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
set H7760 (שׂוּם) — to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
thy face H6440 (פָּנִים) — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (befo…
toward H1870 (דֶּרֶךְ) — a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
the south H8486 (תֵּימָן) — the south (as being on the right hand of a person facing the east)
and drop H5197 (נָטַף) — to ooze, i.e. distil gradually; by implication, to fall in drops; figuratively, to speak by inspiration
toward the south H1864 (דָּרוֹם) — the south; poet. the south wind
and prophesy H5012 (נָבָא) — to prophesy, i.e. speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse)
against the forest H3293 (יַעַר) — a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
of the south H5045 (נֶגֶב) — the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine)
field H7704 (שָׂדֶה) — a field (as flat)

⁴⁷ and say to the forest of the South, Hear the word of Jehovah: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burnt thereby.

Cross references & Strong's

Strong's numbers (from RLT):

And say H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
to the forest H3293 (יַעַר) — a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
of the south H5045 (נֶגֶב) — the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine)
Hear H8085 (שָׁמַע) — to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
the word H1697 (דָּבָר) — a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
of Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
Thus saith H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
the Lord H136 (אֲדֹנָי) — the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
Yhwh H3069 (יְהֹוִה)
Behold, I will kindle H3341 (יָצַת) — to burn or set on fire; figuratively, to desolate
a fire H784 (אֵשׁ) — fire (literally or figuratively)
in thee, and it shall devour H398 (אָכַל) — to eat (literally or figuratively)
every green H3892 (לַח) — fresh, i.e. unused or undried
tree H6086 (עֵץ) — a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
in thee, and every dry H3002 (יָבֵשׁ) — dry
the flaming H3852 (לֶהָבָה)
flame H7957 (שַׁלְהֶבֶת) — a flare of fire
shall not be quenched H3518 (כָּבָה) — to expire or (causatively) to extinguish (fire, light, anger)
and all faces H6440 (פָּנִים) — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (befo…
from the south H5045 (נֶגֶב) — the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine)
to the north H6828 (צָפוֹן) — properly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as a quarter (gloomy and unknown)
shall be burned H6866 (צָרַב) — to burn

⁴⁸ And all flesh shall see that I, Jehovah, have kindled it; it shall not be quenched.

Cross references & Strong's

Strong's numbers (from RLT):

And all flesh H1320 (בָּשָׂר) — flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
shall see H7200 (רָאָה) — to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
that I Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
have kindled H1197 (בָּעַר) — to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be (-come) brutish
it: it shall not be quenched H3518 (כָּבָה) — to expire or (causatively) to extinguish (fire, light, anger)

⁴⁹ Then said I, Ah Lord Jehovah! they say of me, Is he not a speaker of parables?

Cross references & Strong's

Strong's numbers (from RLT):

Then said H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
I, Ah H162 (אֲהָהּ) — Oh!
Lord H136 (אֲדֹנָי) — the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
Yhwh H3069 (יְהֹוִה)
they say H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
of me, Doth he not speak H4911 (מָשַׁל) — to liken, i.e. (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like); intransitively, to resemble
parables H4912 (מָשָׁל) — properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)