OET interlinear EZEK 33:25

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

(Occurrence 0) You eat blood

(Some words not found in UHB: for=so/thus/hence say to,them thus he/it_had_said my=master GOD on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,blood eat and,eyes_of,your(pl) lift_up to/towards idols_of,your(pl) and,blood shed and=the=earth possess )

It is implied that they eat blood by eating meat that still has blood in it. Yahweh had commanded them to drain out the blood. Alternate translation: [You eat meat with blood in it]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

(Occurrence 0) you lift up your eyes towards your idols

(Some words not found in UHB: for=so/thus/hence say to,them thus he/it_had_said my=master GOD on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,blood eat and,eyes_of,your(pl) lift_up to/towards idols_of,your(pl) and,blood shed and=the=earth possess )

“you look to your idols” This is an idiom. Alternate translation: [you worship your idols]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) you pour out people’s blood

(Some words not found in UHB: for=so/thus/hence say to,them thus he/it_had_said my=master GOD on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,blood eat and,eyes_of,your(pl) lift_up to/towards idols_of,your(pl) and,blood shed and=the=earth possess )

Here “blood” represents a person’s life. To pour out blood is an idiom that means to murder. Alternate translation: [you murder people] (See also: figs-idiom)

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

(Occurrence 0) Should you really possess the land?

(Some words not found in UHB: for=so/thus/hence say to,them thus he/it_had_said my=master GOD on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,blood eat and,eyes_of,your(pl) lift_up to/towards idols_of,your(pl) and,blood shed and=the=earth possess )

Yahweh used this question to rebuke the people. Alternate translation: [You should not possess this land!] or [You do not deserve this land!]