Ezekiel 20:16
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.”
חָלַל
Pierced, wounded, profaned. Chalal. To be fatally pierced through. This is the word used for Jesus being pierced on the cross. He was pierced because of what we did, not because of anything He did.
שַׁבָּת
sabbaths/ my
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שַׁבָּת
Sabbath. Shabbat. The seventh day of rest. A declaration that God is in control and we can stop striving. Rest is an act of trust.
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לֵב
heart/ their
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לֵב
Heart, mind, will. Leb. The centre of human personality. Guard your heart above all else for everything you do flows from it.
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יַעַן
because
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יַעַן
properly, heed; by implication, purpose (sake or account); used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause
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חֻקָּה
statutes/ my
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חֻקָּה
{an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)}
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הָלַךְ
they had walked
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הָלַךְ
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
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גִּלּוּל
idols/ their
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גִּלּוּל
properly, a log (as round); by implication, an idol
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מָאַס
they had rejected
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מָאַס
to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear
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