Ezekiel 34:18
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Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of the pasture with your feet? Is it not enough for you to drink the clear waters? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet?
In other translations
Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of the pasture with your feet? Is it not enough for you to drink the clear waters? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet?
Hebrew words
הַמְעַטham'at¿ [too] littleH4592מִכֶּםmikemfor youהַמִּרְעֶהhamir'eh[is] the pastureH4829הַטּוֹבhatov<the> goodH2896תִּרְעוּtir'u[which] you are grazingH7462וְיֶתֶרveyeterand [the] rest ofH3499מִרְעֵיכֶםmir'eikhempasture yourH4829תִּרְמְסוּtirmesuyou are tramplingH7429בְּרַגְלֵיכֶםberagleikhemwith feet yourH7272וּמִשְׁקַע־umishka'-and clearness ofH4950מַיִםmayimwatersH4325תִּשְׁתּוּtishtu[which] you are drinkingH8354וְאֵתve'etand <obj.>H853הַנּוֹתָרִיםhanotarimthose [which] are leftH3498בְּרַגְלֵיכֶםberagleikhemwith feet yourH7272תִּרְפֹּשׂוּן׃tirposunyou are fouling !H7515
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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