Ezekiel 20:32

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָֽעֹלָה֙ עַל־ר֣וּחֲכֶ֔ם הָי֖וֹ לֹ֣א תִֽהְיֶ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר ׀ אַתֶּ֣ם אֹמְרִ֗ים נִֽהְיֶ֤ה כַגּוֹיִם֙ כְּמִשְׁפְּח֣וֹת הָאֲרָצ֔וֹת לְשָׁרֵ֖ת עֵ֥ץ וָאָֽבֶן׃

Transliteration

wəhāʿōlâ ʿal-rûḥăḵem hāyô lōʾ ṯihyê ʾăšer ʾattem ʾōmərîm nihyê ḵaggôyim kəmišpəḥôṯ hāʾărāṣôṯ ləšārēṯ ʿēṣ wāʾāḇen

Grammar Details

*wəhāʿōlâ*: conjunction + definite article + participle, feminine singular - and that which comes up
*ʿal*: preposition - upon/on
*rûḥăḵem*: noun, feminine singular construct + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your spirit/mind
*hāyô*: infinitive absolute - being/happening
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*ṯihyê*: qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - it will be
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - that/which
*ʾattem*: pronoun, 2nd masculine plural - you
*ʾōmərîm*: qal participle, masculine plural - saying
*nihyê*: qal imperfect, 1st common plural - we will be
*ḵaggôyim*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine plural - like the nations
*kəmišpəḥôṯ*: preposition + noun, feminine plural construct - like the families/clans of
*hāʾărāṣôṯ*: definite article + noun, feminine plural - the lands/countries
*ləšārēṯ*: preposition + piel infinitive construct - to serve/minister to
*ʿēṣ*: noun, masculine singular - wood/tree
*wāʾāḇen*: conjunction + noun, feminine singular - and stone

Word Meanings

*wəhāʿōlâ*: and what comes up/and what enters/and what arises
*rûḥăḵem*: your spirit/your mind/your thoughts
*hāyô* *lōʾ* *ṯihyê*: surely will not happen/definitely will not come to pass/absolutely will not be
*nihyê*: let us be/we will become/we should be
*ḵaggôyim*: like the nations/like the gentiles/like the heathen
*kəmišpəḥôṯ*: like the families/like the clans/like the peoples
*ləšārēṯ*: to serve/to worship/to minister to
*ʿēṣ* *wāʾāḇen*: wood and stone [idiomatic for idols]

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Referenced Verses

Jer 44:17 : 17 But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.
Ezek 11:5 : 5 And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them.
Dan 5:4 : 4 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
Rev 9:20 : 20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
Deut 4:28 : 28 And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
Deut 28:36 : 36 The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.
Deut 28:64 : 64 And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.
Deut 29:17 : 17 And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them:)
1 Sam 8:5 : 5 And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
Ps 139:2 : 2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
Prov 19:21 : 21 There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
Isa 37:19 : 19 And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
Rom 12:2 : 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Ezek 38:10 : 10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
Jer 44:29 : 29 And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the LORD, that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil:
Lam 3:37 : 37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?

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