Ezekiel 18:29 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 18:29

Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Are My ways unjust, O house of Israel? Is it not your ways that are unjust?

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ASV

Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?

KJV

Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?

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Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאָֽמְרוּ֙	ve.'a.me.Ru	and they say	H559 →
בֵּ֣ית	beit	[the] house of	H1004 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
לֹ֥א	lo'	not	H3808 →
יִתָּכֵ֖ן	yi.ta.Khen	it is correct	H8505 →
דֶּ֣רֶךְ	De.rekh	[the] way of	H1870 →
אֲדֹנָ֑י	'a.do.Nai	[the] Lord	H136 →
הַדְּרָכַ֞י	ha.de.ra.Khai	¿ ways my	H1870 →
לֹ֤א	lo'	not	H3808 →
יִתָּֽכְנּוּ֙	yi.ta.khe.Nu	are they correct	H8505 →
בֵּ֣ית	beit	O house of	H1004 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
הֲלֹ֥א	ha.Lo'	¿ not	H3808 →
דַרְכֵיכֶ֖ם	dar.khei.Khem	ways your	H1870 →
לֹ֥א	lo'	not	H3808 →
יִתָּכֵֽן׃	yi.ta.Khen	is it correct	H8505 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H8505yitakhenit is correct18×

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Through
Ezekiel 18:2
“What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge’?
leads to
- Jeremiah 31:29–30
  “In those days, it will no longer be said: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.’
- Lamentations 5:7
  Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.
- Ezekiel 37:19
  you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel associated with…
- Ezekiel 37:11
  Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’
- Ezekiel 37:25
  They will live in the land that I gave to My servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They will live there forever with their children and grandchildren, and My servant David will be their…
Through
Proverbs 19:3
A man’s own folly subverts his way, yet his heart rages against the LORD.
leads to
- Revelation 16:9–11
  And the people were scorched by intense heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues; yet they did not repent and give Him glory.
- Psalms 37:7
  Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.
Through
Ezekiel 18:25
Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is it My way that is unjust? Is it not your ways that are unjust?
leads to
- Ezekiel 33:17
  Yet your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But it is their way that is not just.

About Ezekiel

The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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