Ezekiel 20:32
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And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.When you say, ‘Let us be like the nations, like the peoples of the lands, serving wood and stone,’ what you have in mind will never come to pass.
In other translations
And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.When you say, ‘Let us be like the nations, like the peoples of the lands, serving wood and stone,’ what you have in mind will never come to pass.
Hebrew words
וְהָעֹלָהveha'olahand the [thing which] comes upH5927עַל־'al-onH5921רוּחֲכֶםruchakhemspirit yourH7307הָיוֹhayocertainly <happen>H1961לֹאlo'notH3808תִהְיֶהtihyehit will happenH1961אֲשֶׁר׀'asher[that] whichH834אַתֶּם'atemyouH859אֹמְרִים'omerim[are] sayingH559נִהְיֶהnihyehwe will beH1961כַגּוֹיִםkhagoyimlike the nationsH1471כְּמִשְׁפְּחוֹתkemishpechotlike [the] clans ofH4940הָאֲרָצוֹתha'aratzotthe landsH776לְשָׁרֵתlesharetto serveH8334עֵץ'etzwoodH6086וָאָבֶן׃va'avenand stoneH68
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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