Ezekiel 44:5-7
New English Translation
5 The Lord said to me: “Son of man, pay attention,[a] watch closely, and listen carefully to[b] everything I tell you concerning all the statutes of the Lord’s house and all its laws. Pay attention to the entrances[c] to the temple with all the exits of the sanctuary. 6 Say to the rebellious,[d] to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Enough of all your abominable practices, O house of Israel! 7 When you bring foreigners, those uncircumcised in heart and in flesh, into my sanctuary, you desecrate[e] it—even my house—when you offer my food, the fat and the blood. You[f] have broken my covenant by all your abominable practices.
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- Ezekiel 44:5 tn Heb “set your heart” (so also in the latter part of the verse).
- Ezekiel 44:5 tn Heb “Set your mind, look with your eyes, and with your ears hear.”
- Ezekiel 44:5 tc The Syriac, Vulgate, and Targum read the plural. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:618.
- Ezekiel 44:6 tc The LXX reads “house of rebellion.”
- Ezekiel 44:7 tn Heb “to desecrate.”
- Ezekiel 44:7 tc The Greek, Syriac, and Latin versions read “you.” The Masoretic text reads “they.”
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