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Ezekiel 33:26

You have relied on your swords, you have committed detestable acts, and each of you has defiled his neighbor’s wife. Should you then possess the land?’

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ASV

Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbor’s wife: and shall ye possess the land?

KJV

Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour’s wife: and shall ye possess the land?

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
עֲמַדְתֶּ֤ם'a.mad.Temyou have stoodH5975 →
עַֽל־'al-onH5921 →
חַרְבְּכֶם֙char.be.Khemsword yourH2719 →
עֲשִׂיתֶ֣ן'a.si.Tenyou have doneH6213 →
תּוֹעֵבָ֔הto.'e.VahabominationH8441 →
וְאִ֛ישׁve.'Ishand everyoneH376 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
אֵ֥שֶׁת'E.shet[the] wife ofH802 →
רֵעֵ֖הוּre.'E.huneighbor hisH7453 →
טִמֵּאתֶ֑םti.me.Temyou have defiledH2930 →
וְהָאָ֖רֶץve.ha.'A.retzand the landH776 →
תִּירָֽשׁוּ׃ סti.Ra.shuwill you possess?H3423 →

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Micah 2:1–2Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.Genesis 27:40You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck.”Zephaniah 3:3Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.Psalms 94:20–21Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?Leviticus 18:25–30Even the land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its sin, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants.Ezekiel 18:15He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife.Revelation 21:8But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”Leviticus 20:13If a man lies with a man as with a woman, they have both committed an abomination. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.Joshua 23:15–16But just as every good thing the LORD your God promised you has come to pass, likewise the LORD will bring upon you the calamity He has threatened, until He has destroyed you from this good land He has given you.Psalms 50:16–20To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?Leviticus 20:22You are therefore to keep all My statutes and ordinances, so that the land where I am bringing you to live will not vomit you out.Deuteronomy 4:25–26After you have children and grandchildren and you have been in the land a long time, if you then act corruptly and make an idol of any form—doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God and provoking Him to anger—Ezekiel 18:11–12though the father has done none of them: Indeed, the son eats at the mountain and defiles his neighbor’s wife.1 Kings 11:5–7Solomon followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.1 Peter 4:3For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.Jeremiah 5:8–9They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighbor’s wife.1 Samuel 2:30Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.Ezekiel 18:6He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her period.

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