Ezekiel 44:12

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up mine hand against them, saith the Lord GOD, 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 Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and saw an 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 Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz came from Damascus. 12 And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon. 13 And he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering, and poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, upon the altar. 14 And he brought also the brasen altar, which was before the LORD, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar. 15 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to enquire by. 16 Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
• Ps 106:26 : 26 Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:
• Ezek 14:3-4 : 3 Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by them? 4 Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the LORD will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols;
• Ezek 20:15 : 15 Yet also I lifted up my hand 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 I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;
• Ezek 44:10 : 10 And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity.
• Ezek 44:13 : 13 And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy place: 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 will also forget thy children.
• Hos 5:1 : 1 Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
• Amos 8:7 : 7 The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
• Mal 2:8-9 : 8 But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD 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 been partial in the law.
• Rev 10:5-6 : 5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, 6 And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:
• Ezek 20:28 : 28 For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink offerings.
• Ezek 20:6 : 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:
• Isa 9:16 : 16 For the leaders of 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, I live for ever. 41 If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me. 42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon 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 honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people? 30 Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.