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And Yahweh said, “Son of man,[a] set your heart[b] and look with your eyes and with your ears hear everything[c] I am saying to you concerning all the statutes of the temple[d] of Yahweh and concerning all its laws,[e] and you must listen with your heart concerning the entrance of the temple[f] with all of the exits of the sanctuary. And you must say to the rebellious, to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Enough for you, house of Israel, of[g] all of your detestable things! At[h] your bringing foreigners[i] who are uncircumcised of heart and uncircumcised of flesh to be in my sanctuary to profane it, my temple,[j] as you offered my food, fat, and blood,[k] so[l] you broke my covenant by all of your detestable things.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 44:5 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
  2. Ezekiel 44:5 Or “pay close attention” or “listen closely”
  3. Ezekiel 44:5 Literally “all of which/what”
  4. Ezekiel 44:5 Or “house”
  5. Ezekiel 44:5 According to the reading tradition (Qere); cf. BHS
  6. Ezekiel 44:5 Or “house”
  7. Ezekiel 44:6 Or “from”
  8. Ezekiel 44:7 Or “in”
  9. Ezekiel 44:7 Literally “children/people of a foreign land”
  10. Ezekiel 44:7 Or “house”
  11. Ezekiel 44:7 Literally “in/at your offering my food and fat and blood”
  12. Ezekiel 44:7 Or “and”