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Eze 16 V1 V4 V7 V10 V13 V16 V19 V22 V25 V28 V31 V34 V37 V40 V43 V46 V49 V52 V55 V58 V61
OET (OET-LV) And_took DOM sons_of_your and_DOM daughters_of_your whom you_had_borne to_me and_sacrificed_them to/for_them to_devoured the_not_enough from_whorings_of_your[fn].
16:20 OSHB variant note: מ/תזנת/ך: (x-qere) ’מִ/תַּזְנוּתָֽיִ/ךְ’: lemma_m/8457 n_0 morph_HR/Ncfpc/Sp2fs id_26R79 מִ/תַּזְנוּתָֽיִ/ךְ
OET (OET-RV) Then you took your sons and daughters that you bore for me, and you sacrificed them to those idols to be devoured as food. Are your acts of prostitution a small matter?
(Occurrence 0) whom you bore for me
(Some words not found in UHB: and,took DOM sons_of,your and=DOM daughters_of,your which/who borne to=me and,sacrificed,them to/for=them to,devoured the,not_enough from,whorings_of,your )
Alternate translation: “who were my children”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
(Occurrence 0) you sacrificed them to the images to be devoured as food
(Some words not found in UHB: and,took DOM sons_of,your and=DOM daughters_of,your which/who borne to=me and,sacrificed,them to/for=them to,devoured the,not_enough from,whorings_of,your )
Here Yahweh speaks of something that the people of Israel had actually done. They sacrificed their children to pagan idols. In these ancient pagan sacrifices, the people believed that the gods would eat the food that they offered to them. If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “you sacrificed them to the images so that those images could devour them as food” (See also: figs-activepassive)
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
(Occurrence 0) Are your acts of prostitution a small matter?
(Some words not found in UHB: and,took DOM sons_of,your and=DOM daughters_of,your which/who borne to=me and,sacrificed,them to/for=them to,devoured the,not_enough from,whorings_of,your )
Yahweh asks this rhetorical question to emphasize that the woman is acting as if her prostitution was not bad enough and so she decided to sacrifice her children as well. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this question as a statement. Alternate translation: “You must think that your acts of prostitution are a small matter.” or “I do not think your acts of prostitution are a small matter.”
16:1-63 Jerusalem is exposed as a wanton prostitute. Even in the relatively mild form of the English translation, ch 16 is hard to read, and it was at least as shocking in the ancient context. Ezekiel was graphically communicating the full ugliness and offensiveness of Judah’s sin. He refused to be polite when discussing his people’s depravity. In fact, his refusal to tone down the offensiveness of Jerusalem’s sin is precisely the point of the passage. The offensive nature of the portrayal was critical to its effectiveness because Ezekiel’s hearers could understand that God’s awful judgment upon them was justified only if they first understood the magnitude of their sin in his sight. A less graphic presentation would not have adequately communicated this message.
OET (OET-LV) And_took DOM sons_of_your and_DOM daughters_of_your whom you_had_borne to_me and_sacrificed_them to/for_them to_devoured the_not_enough from_whorings_of_your[fn].
16:20 OSHB variant note: מ/תזנת/ך: (x-qere) ’מִ/תַּזְנוּתָֽיִ/ךְ’: lemma_m/8457 n_0 morph_HR/Ncfpc/Sp2fs id_26R79 מִ/תַּזְנוּתָֽיִ/ךְ
OET (OET-RV) Then you took your sons and daughters that you bore for me, and you sacrificed them to those idols to be devoured as food. Are your acts of prostitution a small matter?
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.