Ezekiel 20:24
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
becauseיַ֜עַן
(ya·'an)
3282: on account of, becausefrom anah
they had not observedעָשׂוּ֙
(a·su)
6213a: do, makea prim. root
My ordinances,מִשְׁפָּטַ֤י
(mish·pa·tai)
4941: judgmentfrom shaphat
but had rejectedמָאָ֔סוּ
(ma·'a·su,)
3988a: to rejecta prim. root
My statutesוְחֻקֹּותַ֣י
(ve·chuk·ko·v·tai)
2708: something prescribed, an enactment, statutefem. of choq
and had profanedחִלֵּ֑לוּ
(chil·le·lu;)
2490c: to pollute, defile, profanea prim. root
My sabbaths,שַׁבְּתֹותַ֖י
(shab·be·to·v·tai)
7676: sabbathfrom shabath
and their eyesעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃
(ei·nei·hem.)
5869: an eyeof uncertain derivation
were on the idolsגִּלּוּלֵ֣י
(gil·lu·lei)
1544: an idolfrom galal
of their fathers.אֲבֹותָ֔ם
(a·vo·v·tam,)
1: fatherfrom an unused word


















KJV Lexicon
Because they had not executed
`asah  (aw-saw')
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
my judgments
mishpat  (mish-pawt')
a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective
but had despised
ma'ac  (maw-as')
to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear
my statutes
chuqqah  (khook-kaw')
appointed, custom, manner, ordinance, site, statute.
and had polluted
chalal  (khaw-lal')
to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an opening wedge) instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound.
my sabbaths
shabbath  (shab-bawth')
intermission, i.e (specifically) the Sabbath -- (+ every) sabbath.
and their eyes
`ayin  (ah'-yin)
an eye; by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
were after
'achar  (akh-ar')
the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
their fathers'
'ab  (awb)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), patrimony, principal. Compare names in Abi-.
idols
gilluwl  (ghil-lool')
a log (as round); by implication, an idol -- idol.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
because they had not observed My ordinances, but had rejected My statutes and had profaned My sabbaths, and their eyes were on the idols of their fathers.

King James Bible
Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers' idols.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For they did not practice My ordinances but rejected My statutes and profaned My Sabbaths, and their eyes were fixed on their fathers' idols.

International Standard Version
because they didn't observe my ordinances. Instead, they rejected my statutes, profaned my Sabbaths, and worshipped their ancestors' idols.

NET Bible
I did this because they did not observe my regulations, they rejected my statutes, they desecrated my Sabbaths, and their eyes were fixed on their fathers' idols.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They didn't follow my rules, and they rejected my laws. They dishonored the days to worship me, and they looked to their ancestors' disgusting idols for help.

King James 2000 Bible
Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were fixed on their fathers' idols.
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