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Ezekiel 43:8 When they placed their threshold next to My threshold and their doorposts beside My doorposts, with only a wall between Me and them, they defiled My holy name by the abominations they committed. Therefore I have consumed them in My anger.
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So I destroyed them in my anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/43.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />They put their idol altars right next to mine with only a wall between them and me. They defiled my holy name by such detestable sin, so I consumed them in my anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/43.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />by setting their threshold by my threshold and their doorposts beside my doorposts, with only a wall between me and them. They have defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed, so I have consumed them in my anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/43.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />When they placed their threshold next to My threshold and their doorposts beside My doorposts, with only a wall between Me and them, they defiled My holy name by the abominations they committed. Therefore I have consumed them in My anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/43.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and their post by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/43.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />When they set their threshold by My threshold, and their doorpost by My doorpost, with a wall between them and Me, they defiled My holy name by the abominations which they committed; therefore I have consumed them in My anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/43.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />by putting their threshold by My threshold, and their door post beside My door post, with <i>only</i> the wall between Me and them. And they have defiled My holy name by their abominations which they have committed. So I have consumed them in My anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/43.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />by setting their threshold by My threshold and their door post beside My door post, with only the wall between Me and them. And they have defiled My holy name by their abominations which they have committed. So I have consumed them in My anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/43.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />by setting their threshold by My threshold, and their door post beside My door post, with <i>only</i> the wall between Me and them. And they have defiled My holy name by their abominations which they have committed. So I have consumed them in My anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/43.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />by putting their threshold by My threshold and their door post beside My door post, with <i>only</i> the wall between Me and them. And they have defiled My holy name by their abominations which they have done. So I have consumed them in My anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/43.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />by setting their threshold by My threshold and their doorpost beside My doorpost, with [only] the wall between Me and them. They have defiled <i>and</i> desecrated My holy name by the vile atrocities which they have committed. So I have consumed them in My anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/43.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Whenever they placed their threshold next to my threshold and their doorposts beside my doorposts, with only a wall between me and them, they were defiling my holy name by the detestable acts they committed. So I destroyed them in my anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/43.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Whenever they placed their threshold next to My threshold and their doorposts beside My doorposts, with only a wall between Me and them, they were defiling My holy name by the detestable acts they committed. So I destroyed them in My anger. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/43.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />in their setting of their threshold by my threshold, and their door-post beside my door-post, and there was but the wall between me and them; and they have defiled my holy name by their abominations which they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/43.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Israel's kings built their palaces so close to my holy temple that only a wall separated them from me. Then these kings disgraced me with their evil ways, and in my fierce anger I destroyed them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/43.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />in their setting of their threshold by my threshold, and their door post beside my door post, and there was but the wall between me and them; and they have defiled my holy name by their abominations which they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/43.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />They put their doorway by my doorway and their doorposts by my doorposts. Only a wall separated me from them. They dishonored my holy name because of the disgusting things that they have done. So I destroyed them in my anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/43.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The kings built the doorsills and doorposts of their palace right against the doorsills and doorposts of my Temple, so that there was only a wall between us. They disgraced my holy name by all the disgusting things they did, and so in my anger I destroyed them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/43.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />by their setting up their threshold too close to my threshold and their door post too close to my door post, with a wall between me and them. After all, they have defiled my holy name by the loathsome things that they did, so I devoured them in my anger. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/43.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />When they placed their threshold next to My threshold and their doorposts beside My doorposts, with only a wall between Me and them, they defiled My holy name by the abominations they committed. Therefore I have consumed them in My anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/43.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />When they placed their threshold by my threshold and their doorpost by my doorpost, with only the wall between me and them, they profaned my holy name by the abominable deeds they committed. So I consumed them in my anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/43.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />in their setting of their threshold by my threshold, and their doorpost beside my doorpost, and there was but the wall between me and them; and they have defiled my holy name by their abominations which they have committed: therefore I have consumed them in my anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/43.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />In their setting of their threshhold by my threshholds, and their post by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in my anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/43.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />in their setting of their threshold by my threshold and their door post beside my door post. There was a wall between me and them; and they have defiled my holy name by their abominations which they have committed. Therefore I have consumed them in my anger. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/43.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />In their putting their threshold with My threshold, "" And their doorpost near My doorpost, "" And the wall between Me and them, "" And they have defiled My holy Name, "" By their abominations that they have done, "" And I consume them in My anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/43.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> In their putting their threshold with My threshold, And their door-post near My door-post, And the wall between Me and them, And they have defiled My holy name, By their abominations that they have done, And I consume them in Mine anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/43.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />In their giving their threshold with my thresholds, and their door-post by my door-posts, and the wall between me and between them, and they defiled my holy name with their abominations which they did: and consuming them in my anger.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/43.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />They who have set their threshold by my threshold, and their posts by my posts: and there was but a wall between me and them: and they profaned my holy name by the abominations which they committed: for which reason I consumed them in my wrath. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/43.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />They have fabricated their threshold beside my threshold, and their doorposts beside my doorposts. And there was a wall between me and them. And they defiled my holy name by the abominations which they committed. Because of this, I consumed them in my wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/43.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />When they placed their threshold against my threshold and their doorpost next to mine, with only a wall between me and them, they defiled my holy name by the abominations they committed, and I devoured them in my wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/43.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />When they placed their threshold by my threshold and their doorposts beside my doorposts, with only a wall between me and them, they were defiling my holy name by their abominations that they committed; therefore I have consumed them in my anger.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/43.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For they used to make their gates beside my gates, and their door posts beside my doorposts, and there was only a wall between me and them; they have even defiled my holy name by the iniquities which they have committed; therefore I have consumed them in my anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/43.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />For they were making their gates by the side of my gates, and their borders on the side of my borders, and a wall was between me and them, and they polluted the name of my holiness in the evil that they had done, and I consumed them in my anger<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/43.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />in their setting of their threshold by My threshold, and their door-post beside My door-post, and there was but the wall between Me and them; and they have defiled My holy name by their abominations which they have committed; wherefore I have consumed them in Mine anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/43.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />when they set my door-way by their door-way, and my thresholds near to their thresholds: and they made my wall as it were joining myself and them, and they profaned my holy name with their iniquities which they wrought: and I destroyed them in my wrath and with slaughter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/43-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=13039" 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/43.htm">The Glory of the LORD Returns to the Temple</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">7</span>and He said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place for the soles of My feet, where I will dwell among the Israelites forever. The house of Israel will never again defile My holy name—neither they nor their kings—by their prostitution and by the funeral offerings for their kings at their deaths. <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: bə·ṯit·tām (Prep-b:: V-Qal-Inf:: 3mp) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">When they placed</a> <a href="/hebrew/5592.htm" title="5592: sip·pām (N-msc:: 3mp) -- A vestibule, a dish. From caphaph, in its original sense of containing; a vestibule; also a dish.">their threshold</a> <a href="/hebrew/854.htm" title="854: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- With (denoting proximity). Probably from 'anah; properly, nearness, near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.">next to</a> <a href="/hebrew/5592.htm" title="5592: sip·pî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- A vestibule, a dish. From caphaph, in its original sense of containing; a vestibule; also a dish.">My threshold</a> <a href="/hebrew/4201.htm" title="4201: ū·mə·zū·zā·ṯām (Conj-w:: N-fsc:: 3mp) -- A doorpost, gatepost. Or mzuzah; from the same as ziyz; a door-post.">and their doorposts</a> <a href="/hebrew/681.htm" title="681: ’ê·ṣel (Prep) -- A joining together, proximity. From 'atsal; a side; near.">beside</a> <a href="/hebrew/4201.htm" title="4201: mə·zū·zā·ṯî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- A doorpost, gatepost. Or mzuzah; from the same as ziyz; a door-post.">My doorposts,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7023.htm" title="7023: wə·haq·qîr (Conj-w, Art:: N-ms) -- A wall. Or qir; or qiyrah; from quwr; a wall.">with only a wall</a> <a href="/hebrew/996.htm" title="996: bê·nî (Prep:: 1cs) -- An interval, space between. ">between Me and them,</a> <a href="/hebrew/996.htm" title="996: ū·ḇê·nê·hem (Conj-w:: Prep:: 3mp) -- An interval, space between. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/2930.htm" title="2930: wə·ṭim·mə·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To be or become unclean. A primitive root; to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense.">they defiled</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/6944.htm" title="6944: qāḏ·šî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Apartness, sacredness. From qadash; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity.">My holy</a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šêm (N-msc) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">name</a> <a href="/hebrew/8441.htm" title="8441: bə·ṯō·w·‘ă·ḇō·w·ṯām (Prep-b:: N-fpc:: 3mp) -- Or tonebah; feminine active participle of ta'ab; properly, something disgusting, i.e. an abhorrence; especially idolatry or an idol.">by the abominations</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">they committed.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3615.htm" title="3615: wā·’ă·ḵal (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent. A primitive root; to end, whether intransitive or transitived.">Therefore I have consumed</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯām (DirObjM:: 3mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">them</a> <a href="/hebrew/639.htm" title="639: bə·’ap·pî (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 1cs) -- A nostril, nose, face, anger. From 'anaph; properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also ire.">in My anger.</a> </span><span class="reftext">9</span>Now let them remove far from Me their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings, and I will dwell among them forever.…<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="/leviticus/26-11.htm">Leviticus 26:11-12</a></span><br />And I will make My dwelling place among you, and My soul will not despise you. / I will walk among you and be your God, and you 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="/exodus/25-8.htm">Exodus 25:8</a></span><br />And they are to make a sanctuary for Me, so that I may dwell among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/21-3.htm">Revelation 21:3</a></span><br />And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/6-13.htm">1 Kings 6:13</a></span><br />And I will dwell among the Israelites and will not abandon My people Israel.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-30.htm">Jeremiah 7:30</a></span><br />For the people of Judah have done evil in My sight, declares the LORD. They have set up their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/21-4.htm">2 Kings 21:4-7</a></span><br />Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My Name.” / In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven. / He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-16.htm">1 Corinthians 3:16-17</a></span><br />Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? / If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/57-8.htm">Isaiah 57:8</a></span><br />Behind the door and doorpost you have set up your memorial. Forsaking Me, you uncovered your bed; you climbed up and opened it wide. And you have made a pact with those whose bed you have loved; you have gazed upon their nakedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/33-4.htm">2 Chronicles 33:4-7</a></span><br />Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.” / In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven. / He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Ben-hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/14-23.htm">John 14:23</a></span><br />Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/5-11.htm">Ezekiel 5:11</a></span><br />Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and abominations, I Myself will withdraw My favor; I will not look upon you with pity, nor will I spare you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/8-5.htm">Ezekiel 8:5-6</a></span><br />“Son of man,” He said to me, “now lift up your eyes to the north.” So I lifted up my eyes to the north, and in the entrance north of the Altar Gate I saw this idol of jealousy. / “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what they are doing—the great abominations that the house of Israel is committing—to drive Me far from My sanctuary? Yet you will see even greater abominations.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/8-16.htm">Ezekiel 8:16</a></span><br />So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/23-38.htm">Ezekiel 23:38-39</a></span><br />They have also done this to Me: On that very same day, they defiled My sanctuary and profaned My Sabbaths. / On the very day they slaughtered their children for their idols, they entered My sanctuary to profane it. Yes, they did this inside My house.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and their post by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed: why I have consumed them in my anger.</p><p class="hdg">setting</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/8-3.htm">Ezekiel 8:3-16</a></b></br> And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where <i>was</i> the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/23-39.htm">Ezekiel 23:39</a></b></br> For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have they done in the midst of mine house.</p><p class="hdg">and the wall between me and them.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/36-31.htm">Abominations</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-18.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-26.htm">Committed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/35-12.htm">Consume</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-29.htm">Consumed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-18.htm">Defiled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-3.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-31.htm">Disgusting</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-12.htm">Door</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-21.htm">Doorpost</a> <a href="/1_samuel/1-9.htm">Door-Post</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-21.htm">Doorposts</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-6.htm">Doorstep</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-7.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-3.htm">Pillar</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-26.htm">Placed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-21.htm">Post</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-21.htm">Posts</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-12.htm">Putting</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-21.htm">Setting</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-7.htm">Threshhold</a> <a href="/nehemiah/12-25.htm">Threshholds</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-25.htm">Threshold</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-26.htm">Thresholds</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-24.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-20.htm">Wall</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-18.htm">Wherefore</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-19.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/44-6.htm">Abominations</a> <a href="/daniel/3-13.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-13.htm">Committed</a> <a href="/daniel/2-44.htm">Consume</a> <a href="/ezekiel/47-12.htm">Consumed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-26.htm">Defiled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-9.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-6.htm">Disgusting</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-3.htm">Door</a> <a href="/exodus/21-6.htm">Doorpost</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-19.htm">Door-Post</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-19.htm">Doorposts</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-9.htm">Doorstep</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-12.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/hosea/3-4.htm">Pillar</a> <a href="/daniel/1-2.htm">Placed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-19.htm">Post</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-19.htm">Posts</a> <a href="/daniel/9-4.htm">Putting</a> <a href="/daniel/6-14.htm">Setting</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-2.htm">Threshhold</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-14.htm">Threshholds</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-2.htm">Threshold</a> <a href="/amos/9-1.htm">Thresholds</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-23.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-23.htm">Wall</a> <a href="/daniel/2-15.htm">Wherefore</a> <a href="/daniel/2-12.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 43</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/43-1.htm">The returning of the glory of God into the temple</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/43-7.htm">The sin of Israel hindered God's presence</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/43-10.htm">The prophet exhorts them to repentance and observation of the law of the house</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/43-13.htm">The measures</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/43-18.htm">and ordinances of the altar</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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In Hebrew, the word for threshold is "miphtan," which denotes a place of transition. Here, the Israelites are accused of placing their threshold next to God's, indicating a blending or confusion of sacred and profane spaces. This act symbolizes a profound disrespect for the holiness of God’s dwelling, suggesting that they equated their own spaces with the divine, thus diminishing the sanctity of God's presence.<p><b>and their doorposts beside My doorposts</b><br />The "doorposts" (Hebrew: "mezuzot") were critical in Israelite culture, often inscribed with scripture as a reminder of God's laws (<a href="/deuteronomy/6-9.htm">Deuteronomy 6:9</a>). By placing their doorposts beside God's, the Israelites were not just physically encroaching on sacred space but were spiritually aligning their own authority and identity with that of God. This act of placing human constructs alongside divine ones reflects a deeper spiritual arrogance and a failure to recognize God's supreme authority.<p><b>with only a wall between Me and them</b><br />The "wall" (Hebrew: "qir") signifies separation, yet here it is described as the only barrier between the sacred and the profane. This imagery suggests a thin, inadequate division between God's holiness and human sinfulness. The wall, meant to protect and delineate sacred space, becomes a symbol of the people's audacity in approaching God without reverence. It highlights the Israelites' failure to maintain the sanctity of God's presence, allowing their abominations to encroach upon what should be holy.<p><b>they defiled My holy name</b><br />To "defile" (Hebrew: "tame") means to make unclean or impure. God's "holy name" represents His character, reputation, and presence among His people. By their actions, the Israelites not only polluted the physical space but also tarnished the divine reputation. This defilement is a grave offense, as it misrepresents God to the nations and undermines His holiness, which is central to His identity and relationship with His people.<p><b>by the abominations they committed</b><br />"Abominations" (Hebrew: "to'evot") refer to actions that are detestable and offensive to God, often associated with idolatry and moral corruption. These acts are not merely sins but are seen as revolting in the sight of God, violating the covenant relationship. The Israelites' abominations reflect a deep-seated rebellion and a turning away from God's commandments, leading to spiritual and communal decay.<p><b>So I consumed them in My anger</b><br />The phrase "consumed them" (Hebrew: "kalah") indicates a complete and thorough judgment. God's "anger" (Hebrew: "aph") is not capricious but is a righteous response to the violation of His holiness. This divine anger is a purifying force, aimed at restoring the sanctity of His name and presence. It serves as a sobering reminder of the seriousness with which God views sin and the lengths to which He will go to uphold His holiness and justice.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/43.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) <span class= "bld">And the wall between.--</span>The sense is given in the margin: there was <span class= "ital">only</span> a wall between me and them.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/43.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 8.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds</span> etc. The first "their" can only refer to "the house of Israel and their kings;" the second "their" may also allude to these, but is best taken as pointing to the "idols," whose thresholds or temples, according to the view adopted of the preceding verse, were set up in the court of Jehovah's temple, and so close to the latter that nothing stood between them except the temple wall Smend, who favors the second view of the preceding verse, considers this verse as a complaint against the kings for having erected their royal residence on Mount Zion, in the immediate vicinity of the temple; but as David's palace was older than the temple, it is not likely Ezekiel was guilty of perverting history in the manner this hypothesis would imply. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/43-8.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 placed</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּתִתָּ֨ם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ṯit·tām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their threshold</span><br /><span class="heb">סִפָּ֜ם</span> <span class="translit">(sip·pām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5592.htm">Strong's 5592: </a> </span><span class="str2">A vestibule, a dish</span><br /><br /><span class="word">next to</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶת־</span> <span class="translit">(’eṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">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">My threshold</span><br /><span class="heb">סִפִּ֗י</span> <span class="translit">(sip·pî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5592.htm">Strong's 5592: </a> </span><span class="str2">A vestibule, a dish</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and their doorposts</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמְזֽוּזָתָם֙</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mə·zū·zā·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4201.htm">Strong's 4201: </a> </span><span class="str2">A doorpost, gatepost</span><br /><br /><span class="word">beside</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֣צֶל</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·ṣel)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_681.htm">Strong's 681: </a> </span><span class="str2">A joining together, proximity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My doorposts,</span><br /><span class="heb">מְזוּזָתִ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(mə·zū·zā·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4201.htm">Strong's 4201: </a> </span><span class="str2">A doorpost, gatepost</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with only a wall</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַקִּ֖יר</span> <span class="translit">(wə·haq·qîr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7023.htm">Strong's 7023: </a> </span><span class="str2">A wall</span><br /><br /><span class="word">between Me and them,</span><br /><span class="heb">בֵּינִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(bê·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_996.htm">Strong's 996: </a> </span><span class="str2">An interval, space between</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they defiled</span><br /><span class="heb">וְטִמְּא֣וּ ׀</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṭim·mə·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2930.htm">Strong's 2930: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be or become unclean</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My holy</span><br /><span class="heb">קָדְשִׁ֗י</span> <span class="translit">(qāḏ·šî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6944.htm">Strong's 6944: </a> </span><span class="str2">A sacred place, thing, sanctity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">name</span><br /><span class="heb">שֵׁ֣ם</span> <span class="translit">(šêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> </span><span class="str2">A name</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by the abominations</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּתֽוֹעֲבוֹתָם֙</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ṯō·w·‘ă·ḇō·w·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural<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 /><br /><span class="word">they committed.</span><br /><span class="heb">עָשׂ֔וּ</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·śū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Therefore I have consumed</span><br /><span class="heb">וָאֲכַ֥ל</span> <span class="translit">(wā·’ă·ḵal)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To eat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">them</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹתָ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Direct object marker | third person masculine plural<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">in My anger.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּאַפִּֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(bə·’ap·pî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_639.htm">Strong's 639: </a> </span><span class="str2">The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/43-8.htm">Ezekiel 43:8 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/43-8.htm">Ezekiel 43:8 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/43-8.htm">Ezekiel 43:8 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/43-8.htm">Ezekiel 43:8 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/43-8.htm">Ezekiel 43:8 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/43-8.htm">Ezekiel 43:8 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/43-8.htm">Ezekiel 43:8 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/43-8.htm">Ezekiel 43:8 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/43-8.htm">Ezekiel 43:8 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/43-8.htm">Ezekiel 43:8 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/43-8.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 43:8 In their setting of their threshold (Ezek. 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