EZEKIEL 20:8

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“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 will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.”

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Ezekiel 20:8 Translation & Meaning

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But they rebelled וַיַּמְרוּ To be (causatively, make) bitter (or unpleasant); (figuratively) to rebel (or resist; causatively, to provoke) rebelled
against me, and would אָבוּ֙ To breathe after, i.e., (figuratively) to be acquiescent against would
not וְלֹ֤א Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles not
hearken לִּשְׁמֹ֣עַ To hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.) hearken
unto אֵלַ֔י Near, with or among; often in general, to unto
me: they did not לֹ֣א Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles did not
every man אִ֣ישׁ 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) every man
cast away הִשְׁלִ֔יכוּ To throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively) cast away
the abominations שִׁקּוּצֵ֤י Disgusting, i.e., filthy; especially idolatrous or (concretely) an idol abominations
of their eyes, עֵֽינֵיהֶם֙ An eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) eyes
neither לֹ֣א Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles neither
did they forsake עָזָ֑בוּ To loosen, i.e., relinquish, permit, etc did forsake
the idols גִּלּוּלֵ֥י Properly, a log (as round); by implication, an idol idols
of Egypt: מִצְרַ֖יִם Mitsrajim, i.e., Upper and Lower Egypt Egypt
then I said, וָאֹמַ֞ר To say (used with great latitude) then said
I will pour out לִשְׁפֹּ֧ךְ 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.); intensively, to sprawl out pour out
my fury חֲמָתִ֣י Heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever) fury
upon עֲלֵיהֶ֗ם Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications upon
them, to accomplish לְכַלּ֤וֹת To end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume) accomplish
my anger אַפִּי֙ Properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire anger
against them in the midst בְּת֖וֹךְ A bisection, i.e., (by implication) the center against midst
of the land אֶ֥רֶץ The earth (at large, or partitively a land) land
of Egypt. מִצְרָֽיִם׃ Mitsrajim, i.e., Upper and Lower Egypt Egypt

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  • 6  In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:

  • 7  Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

  • 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 will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.

  • 9  But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.

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




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