What Does Ezekiel 44:7 Mean?

“In that ye have brought”

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

“into my sanctuary strangers”

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or

foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom

“and uncircumcised”

properly, exposed, i.e., projecting loose (as to the prepuce); used only technically, uncircumcised (i.e., still having the prepuce uncurtailed)

“in heart”

the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything

“and uncircumcised”

properly, exposed, i.e., projecting loose (as to the prepuce); used only technically, uncircumcised (i.e., still having the prepuce uncurtailed)

“in flesh”

flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“to be in my sanctuary”

a consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary (whether of jehovah or of idols) or asylum

“to pollute”

properly, to bore, i.e., (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“it even my house”

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

“when ye offer”

to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“my bread”

food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)

“the fat”

fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part

“and the blood”

blood (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

“and they have broken”

to break up (usually figuratively), i.e., to violate, frustrate

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“my covenant”

a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)

“because”

near, with or among; often in general, to

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“of all your abominations”

properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e., (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol