Ezekiel 44:12

American Standard Version (1901)

Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and became a stumblingblock of iniquity unto the house of Israel; therefore have I lifted up my hand against them, saith the Lord Jehovah, and they shall bear their iniquity.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יַ֗עַן אֲשֶׁ֨ר יְשָׁרְת֤וּ אוֹתָם֙ לִפְנֵ֣י גִלּֽוּלֵיהֶ֔ם וְהָי֥וּ לְבֵֽית־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לְמִכְשׁ֣וֹל עָוֺ֑ן עַל־כֵּן֩ נָשָׂ֨אתִי יָדִ֜י עֲלֵיהֶ֗ם נְאֻם֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה וְנָשְׂא֖וּ עֲוֺנָֽם׃

Transliteration

Ya'an which yəšārəṯû them before gillûlêhem, and hāyû to bêṯ-Yiśrāʾēl to miḵšôl 'āwōn; therefore nāśāʾṯî yāḏî against them, nəʾum ʾăḏōnāy YHWH, and nāśə'û 'ăwōnām.

Grammar Details

• *Ya'an*: conjunction - because
• *yəšārəṯû*: Piel perfect 3rd common plural - they ministered to
• *gillûlêhem*: masculine plural with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their idols
• *hāyû*: Qal perfect 3rd common plural - they were/became
• *bêṯ*: construct state - house of
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *miḵšôl*: masculine singular construct - stumbling block of
• *'āwōn*: masculine singular - iniquity
• *nāśāʾṯî*: Qal perfect 1st common singular - I lifted/raised
• *yāḏî*: feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my hand
• *nəʾum*: masculine singular construct - declaration of
• *ʾăḏōnāy*: title - Lord/Master
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *nāśə'û*: Qal perfect 3rd common plural - they bore/carried
• *'ăwōnām*: masculine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their iniquity

Word Meanings

• *Ya'an*: because/since/due to
• *yəšārəṯû*: they ministered to/they served/they attended
• *gillûlêhem*: their idols/their dung-gods/their abominations
• *hāyû*: they were/they became
• *miḵšôl*: stumbling block/obstacle/offense
• *'āwōn*: iniquity/guilt/sin
• *nāśāʾṯî*: I lifted/I raised/I swore
• *yāḏî*: my hand/my power
• *nəʾum*: declaration of/utterance of/pronouncement of
• *nāśə'û*: they bore/they carried/they will bear
• *'ăwōnām*: their iniquity/their guilt/their punishment

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 16:10-16 : 10 And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw the altar that was at Damascus; and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof. 11 And Urijah the priest built an altar: according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so did Urijah the priest make it against the coming of king Ahaz from Damascus. 12 And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king drew near unto the altar, and offered thereon. 13 And he burnt his burnt-offering and his meal-offering, and poured his drink-offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace-offerings, upon the altar. 14 And the brazen altar, which was before Jehovah, he brought from the forefront of the house, from between his altar and the house of Jehovah, and put it on the north side of his altar. 15 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt-offering, and the evening meal-offering, and the king's burnt-offering, and his meal-offering, with the burnt-offering of all the people of the land, and their meal-offering, and their drink-offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt-offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: but the brazen altar shall be for me to inquire by. 16 Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
• Ps 106:26 : 26 Therefore he sware unto them, That he would overthrow them in the wilderness,
• Ezek 14:3-4 : 3 Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be inquired of at all by them? 4 Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Every man of the house of Israel that taketh his idols into his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I Jehovah will answer him therein according to the multitude of his idols;
• Ezek 20:15 : 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;
• Ezek 20:23 : 23 Moreover I sware unto them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries;
• Ezek 44:10 : 10 But the Levites that went far from me, when Israel went astray, that went astray from me after their idols, they shall bear their iniquity.
• Ezek 44:13 : 13 And they shall not come near unto me, to execute the office of priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, unto the things that are most holy; but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.
• Hos 4:6 : 6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.
• Hos 5:1 : 1 Hear this, O ye priests, and hearken, O house of Israel, and give ear, O house of the king; for unto you pertaineth the judgment; for ye have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
• Amos 8:7 : 7 Jehovah hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
• Mal 2:8-9 : 8 But ye are turned aside out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble in the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith Jehovah of hosts. 9 Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have had respect of persons in the law.
• Rev 10:5-6 : 5 And the angel that I saw standing upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his right hand to heaven, 6 and sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created the heaven and the things that are therein, and the earth and the things that are therein, and the sea and the things that are therein, that there shall be delay no longer:
• Ezek 20:28 : 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.
• Ezek 20:6 : 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.
• Isa 9:16 : 16 For they that lead this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
• Deut 32:40-42 : 40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, And say, As I live for ever, 41 If I whet my glittering sword, And my hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine adversaries, And will recompense them that hate me. 42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, And my sword shall devour flesh; With the blood of the slain and the captives, From the head of the leaders of the enemy.
• 1 Sam 2:29-30 : 29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in [my] habitation, and honorest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people? 30 Therefore Jehovah, the God of Israel, saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now Jehovah saith, Be it far from me; for them that honor me I will honor, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.