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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/11.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/ezekiel/11.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220They will return to it and remove all its vile images and detestable idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/11.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“When the people return to their homeland, they will remove every trace of their vile images and detestable idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/11.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And when they come there, they will remove from it all its detestable things and all its abominations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />When they return to it, they will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/11.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/11.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And they will go there, and they will take away all its detestable things and all its abominations from there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />When they come there, they will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations from it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/11.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220When they come there, they will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations from it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“When they come there, they will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations from it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />When they come there, they will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations from it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />When they return there, they will remove from it all [traces of] its detestable things and all its repulsive things (remnants of paganism).<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“When they arrive there, they will remove all its abhorrent acts and detestable practices from it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When they arrive there, they will remove all its detestable things and practices from it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/11.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />When that happens, I want you to clear the land of all those idols I hate so much. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/11.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />They will come and remove all the disgusting and detestable things that are there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/11.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />When they return, they are to get rid of all the filthy, disgusting idols they find. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/11.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />When they return from there and cast away all of their loathsome things and detestable practices, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />When they return to it, they will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/11.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"When they return to it, they will remove from it all its detestable things and all its abominations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />They shall come there, and they shall take away all the detestable things of it and all its abominations from there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And they shall come thither, and they shall take away from thence all its detestable things, and all its abominations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/11.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“‘They will come there, and they will take away all its detestable things and all its abominations from there. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And they have gone in there, "" And turned aside all its detestable things, "" And all its abominations—out of it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And they have gone in thither. And turned aside all its detestable things, And all its abominations -- out of it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they came there, and they took away all the abominable things, and all the abominations from thence.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And they shall go in thither, and shall take away all the scandals, and all the abominations thereof from thence. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And they shall go to that place, and they shall remove all the offenses and all its abominations from that place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/11.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />They will enter it and remove all its atrocities and abominations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />When they come there, they will remove from it all its detestable things and all its abominations.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And they shall come thither, and shall remove from it all its idols and all its abominations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And they shall enter it and they shall remove all its idols and all its uncleanness from it<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And they shall enter in there, and shall remove all the abominations of it, and all its iniquities from it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/11-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=2433" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/11.htm">A Promise of Restoration</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">17</span>Therefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you from the countries to which you have been scattered, and I will give back to you the land of Israel.’ <span class="reftext">18</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: ū·ḇā·’ū- (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">When they return</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: šām·māh (Adv:: 3fs) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">to it,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5493.htm" title="5493: wə·hê·sî·rū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To turn aside. Or suwr; a primitive root; to turn off.">they will remove</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: mim·men·nāh (Prep:: 3fs) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses."></a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/8251.htm" title="8251: šiq·qū·ṣe·hā (N-mpc:: 3fs) -- Detested thing. Or shiqquts; from shaqats; disgusting, i.e. Filthy; especially idolatrous or an idol.">its detestable things</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/8441.htm" title="8441: tō·w·‘ă·ḇō·w·ṯe·hā (N-fpc:: 3fs) -- Or tonebah; feminine active participle of ta'ab; properly, something disgusting, i.e. an abhorrence; especially idolatry or an idol.">its abominations.</a> </span><span class="reftext">19</span>And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/36-25.htm">Ezekiel 36:25-27</a></span><br />I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols. / I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. / And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/24-7.htm">Jeremiah 24:7</a></span><br />I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD. They will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with all their heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-33.htm">Jeremiah 31:33</a></span><br />“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-16.htm">2 Corinthians 6:16</a></span><br />What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/8-10.htm">Hebrews 8:10</a></span><br />For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/37-23.htm">Ezekiel 37:23</a></span><br />They will no longer defile themselves with their idols or detestable images, or with any of their transgressions. I will save them from all their apostasies by which they sinned, and I will cleanse them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/13-2.htm">Zechariah 13:2</a></span><br />And on that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/7-1.htm">2 Corinthians 7:1</a></span><br />Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/12-2.htm">Romans 12:2</a></span><br />Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/3-5.htm">Colossians 3:5-10</a></span><br />Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry. / Because of these, the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience. / When you lived among them, you also used to walk in these ways. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-16.htm">Isaiah 1:16-18</a></span><br />Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil! / Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.” / “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/32-38.htm">Jeremiah 32:38-40</a></span><br />They will be My people, and I will be their God. / I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them. / I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/30-6.htm">Deuteronomy 30:6</a></span><br />The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-9.htm">Romans 8:9</a></span><br />You, however, are controlled not by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/4-22.htm">Ephesians 4:22-24</a></span><br />to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; / to be renewed in the spirit of your minds; / and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from there.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/11-21.htm">Ezekiel 11:21</a></b></br> But <i>as for them</i> whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/5-11.htm">Ezekiel 5:11</a></b></br> Wherefore, <i>as</i> I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish <i>thee</i>; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/7-20.htm">Ezekiel 7:20</a></b></br> As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations <i>and</i> of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/9-4.htm">Abominations</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-15.htm">Detestable</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-15.htm">Disgusting</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-20.htm">Hated</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-10.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-12.htm">Images</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-22.htm">Remove</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-3.htm">Thence</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-11.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/ezekiel/1-20.htm">Thither</a> <a href="/ezekiel/10-16.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-9.htm">Vile</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/11-21.htm">Abominations</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-21.htm">Detestable</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-21.htm">Disgusting</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-21.htm">Hated</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-3.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-21.htm">Images</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-19.htm">Remove</a> <a href="/ezekiel/47-19.htm">Thence</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-14.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-46.htm">Thither</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-19.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-21.htm">Vile</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 11</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/11-1.htm">The presumption of the princes</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/11-4.htm">Their sin and judgment</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/11-13.htm">Ezekiel complaining, God shows him his purpose in saving a remnant</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/11-22.htm">The glory of God leaves the city</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/11-24.htm">Ezekiel is returned to the captivity</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Historically, this return was a significant event, marking the end of a period of punishment and the beginning of restoration. Theologically, it signifies God's faithfulness to His covenant promises. The return is a fulfillment of prophecies found in <a href="/jeremiah/29-10.htm">Jeremiah 29:10</a> and <a href="/isaiah/44-28.htm">Isaiah 44:28</a>, where God promises to bring His people back to their land. This return is also a type of the ultimate restoration that believers anticipate in the New Heaven and New Earth.<p><b>they will remove all its detestable things</b><br>The "detestable things" refer to the idols and pagan practices that had infiltrated the worship of Yahweh in Israel. These practices were a primary reason for the exile, as they represented a breach of the covenant relationship between God and His people. The removal of these idols is a sign of repentance and a return to true worship. This cleansing is echoed in the New Testament, where believers are called to put away sin and idolatry (<a href="/1_corinthians/10-14.htm">1 Corinthians 10:14</a>, <a href="/colossians/3-5.htm">Colossians 3:5</a>).<p><b>and all its abominations</b><br>"Abominations" is a term often used in the Old Testament to describe practices that are abhorrent to God, particularly those related to idolatry and moral corruption (<a href="/deuteronomy/18-9.htm">Deuteronomy 18:9-12</a>). The removal of these abominations is necessary for the restoration of a holy community. This cleansing process is symbolic of the sanctification that believers undergo through the Holy Spirit, as seen in passages like <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:3-7</a>. The ultimate fulfillment of this cleansing is found in the work of Jesus Christ, who purifies His people and makes them holy (<a href="/ephesians/5-25.htm">Ephesians 5:25-27</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet during the Babylonian exile, Ezekiel is the author of the book and a key figure in delivering God's messages to the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God who are in exile due to their disobedience and idolatry. They are the primary audience of Ezekiel's prophecies.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The holy city that has been defiled by idolatry and is the focal point of God's promise of restoration.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/d/detestable_things_and_abominations.htm">Detestable Things and Abominations</a></b><br>Refers to the idols and sinful practices that the Israelites adopted, which led to their exile.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/r/return.htm">Return</a></b><br>The event of the Israelites coming back to their land, symbolizing both physical and spiritual restoration.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_renewal.htm">Spiritual Renewal</a></b><br>Just as the Israelites were called to remove detestable things, Christians are called to remove sin from their lives to experience spiritual renewal.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>True repentance involves a turning away from sin and a return to God, leading to restoration and blessing.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_and_purity.htm">Holiness and Purity</a></b><br>God desires His people to live in holiness, removing anything that defiles their relationship with Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness.htm">God's Faithfulness</a></b><br>Despite Israel's unfaithfulness, God remains faithful to His promises, offering hope and restoration.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_cleansing.htm">Community Cleansing</a></b><br>The call to remove abominations is not just individual but communal, emphasizing the importance of a holy community.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 11</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_about_hacking.htm">What does the Bible say about being defiled?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_child_sacrifice.htm">What does the Bible say about child sacrifice?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_deut._18_9-12_view_miracles.htm">How does Deuteronomy 18:9-12 reconcile the prohibition of sorcery with biblical accounts of approved miracles that seem similarly supernatural?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/key_themes_in_ezekiel's_life.htm">What are the key themes in Ezekiel's life story?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/11.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) <span class= "bld">They shall take away.--</span>Chastened and purified by their chastisement, they should return to the land to do away utterly with the abominations which had caused their exile. Historically, this was fully realised in the abomination in which idolatry, the great sin of the people, was ever after held among the Jews. The change of person from <span class= "ital">you </span>to <span class= "ital">they, </span>though so common as not necessarily to call for remark, may yet here possibly indicate that what is foretold was to belong rather to their children than to themselves.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/11-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">‘When they return</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבָ֖אוּ־</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇā·’ū-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to it,</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁ֑מָּה</span> <span class="translit">(šām·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> </span><span class="str2">There, then, thither</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they will remove</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהֵסִ֜ירוּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hê·sî·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5493.htm">Strong's 5493: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn aside</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from it</span><br /><span class="heb">מִמֶּֽנָּה׃</span> <span class="translit">(mim·men·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> </span><span class="str2">A part of, from, out of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">its detestable things</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁקּוּצֶ֛יהָ</span> <span class="translit">(šiq·qū·ṣe·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8251.htm">Strong's 8251: </a> </span><span class="str2">Disgusting, filthy, idolatrous, an idol</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֶת־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’eṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">its abominations.</span><br /><span class="heb">תּוֹעֲבוֹתֶ֖יהָ</span> <span class="translit">(tō·w·‘ă·ḇō·w·ṯe·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8441.htm">Strong's 8441: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something disgusting, an abhorrence, idolatry, an idol</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/11-18.htm">Ezekiel 11:18 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/11-18.htm">Ezekiel 11:18 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/11-18.htm">Ezekiel 11:18 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/11-18.htm">Ezekiel 11:18 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/11-18.htm">Ezekiel 11:18 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/11-18.htm">Ezekiel 11:18 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/11-18.htm">Ezekiel 11:18 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/11-18.htm">Ezekiel 11:18 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/11-18.htm">Ezekiel 11:18 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/11-18.htm">Ezekiel 11:18 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/11-18.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 11:18 They shall come there and they shall (Ezek. 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