King James Version
Ezekiel 36:18 in the King James Version says “Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they ...” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 36 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it:”
Ezekiel 36:18 · KJV
Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman.
Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it:
And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.
And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the LORD, and are gone forth out of his land.
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“Wherefore I poured”
H8210to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e., to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“upon them for the blood”
H1818blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“Wherefore I poured”
H8210to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e., to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“and for their idols”
H1544properly, a log (as round); by implication, an idol
“wherewith they had polluted”
H2930to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
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