| 26. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Ezekiel 20:26:1 ⧉וָאֲטַמְּאֵ֤אvaatammeand I defiled Ezekiel 20:26:2 ⧉אוֹתָם֙otamthem Ezekiel 20:26:3 ⧉בְּמַתְּנוֹתָ֔םbemattenotamby their gifts Ezekiel 20:26:4 ⧉בְּהַעֲבִ֖ירbehaavirin causing to pass over or offering up Ezekiel 20:26:5 ⧉כָּל־פֶּ֣טֶרkalpeterevery first to open Ezekiel 20:26:6 ⧉רָ֑חַםrakhama womb Ezekiel 20:26:7 ⧉לְמַ֣עַןlemaanso that Ezekiel 20:26:8 ⧉אֲשִׁמֵּ֔םashimmemI might make them desolate Ezekiel 20:26:9 ⧉לְמַ֙עַן֙lemaanso that Ezekiel 20:26:10 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֣רasherthat Ezekiel 20:26:11 ⧉יֵדְע֔וּyedeuthey may know Ezekiel 20:26:12 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֖רasherthat Ezekiel 20:26:13 ⧉אֲנִ֣יaniI Ezekiel 20:26:14 ⧉יְהוָֽה׃סyahwehLORD |
| 26. Formal Translation And I defiled them through their gifts when they caused to pass every opener of the womb, so that I might devastate them, and in order that they might know that I am the LORD {Yahweh, Righteous Judge}. |
| 26. Dynamic Translation I made them unclean by their own offerings—when they made every firstborn pass through the fire—so that I might devastate them, and so they would know that I am the LORD {Yahweh, Revealer of Justice}. |