H1004M–בַּ֫יִת–ba.yit

But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that which I give thee.

כְּבֵ֣ית (בֵ֣ית) Veit “[the] house of”

And he said unto me, Son of man, eat that which thou findest; eat this roll, and go, speak unto the house of Israel.

בֵּ֥ית beit “[the] house of”

And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.

בֵּ֣ית beit “[the] house of”

For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of a hard language, but to the house of Israel;

בֵּ֖ית beit “[the] house of”

But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are of hard forehead and of a stiff heart.

וּבֵ֣ית (בֵ֣ית) Veit “[the] house of”בֵּ֣ית beit “[the] house of”

As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.

בֵּֽית־ beit- “[are] a house of”

Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.

לְבֵ֣ית (בֵ֣ית) Veit “[the] house of”

and I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover; for they are a rebellious house.

בֵּ֥ית beit “[are] a house of”

But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.

בֵּ֥ית beit “[are] a house of”

And take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face toward it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.

לְבֵ֥ית (בֵ֥ית) Veit “[the] house of”

Moreover lie thou upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it; [ergänzt: according to] the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it, thou shalt bear their iniquity.

בֵּֽית־ beit- “[the] house of”

For I have appointed the years of their iniquity to be unto thee a number of days, even three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

בֵּֽית־ beit- “[the] house of”

And again, when thou hast accomplished these, thou shalt lie on thy right side, and shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah: forty days, each day for a year, have I appointed it unto thee.

בֵּית־ beit- “[the] house of”

And of these again shalt thou take, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; therefrom shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.

בֵּ֥ית beit “[the] house of”

Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Smite with thy hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas! because of all the evil abominations of the house of Israel; for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.

בֵּ֣ית beit “[the] house of”

And he said unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel do commit here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but thou shalt again see yet other great abominations.

בֵּֽית־ beit- “[the] house of”

So I went in and saw; and behold, every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed upon the wall round about.

בֵּ֣ית beit “[the] house of”

And there stood before them seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel; and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, every man with his censer in his hand; and the odor of the cloud of incense went up.

בֵֽית־ veit- “[the] house of”

Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in his chambers of imagery? for they say, Jehovah seeth us not; Jehovah hath forsaken the land.

בֵֽית־ veit- “[the] house of”

Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen [ergänzt: this], O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have turned again to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.

לְבֵ֣ית (בֵ֣ית) Veit “[the] house of”

Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of wrestling [ergänzt: of judgment]: for they say, Jehovah hath forsaken the land, and Jehovah seeth not.

בֵּֽית־ beit- “[the] house of”

And the Spirit of Jehovah fell upon me, and he said unto me, Speak, Thus saith Jehovah: Thus have ye said, O house of Israel; for I know the things that come into your mind.

בֵּ֣ית beit “O house of”

Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel, all of them, [ergänzt: are they] unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from Jehovah; unto us is this land given for a possession.

בֵּ֥ית beit “[the] house of”

Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of the rebellious house, that have eyes to see, and see not, that have ears to hear, and hear not; for they are a rebellious house.

בֵּית־ beit- “[the] house of”בֵּ֥ית beit “[are] a house of”

Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they are a rebellious house.

בֵּ֥ית beit “[are] a house of”