H1004M–בַּ֫יִת–ba.yit

But thou, son of man, hear what I say to 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”

Moreover he said to me, Son of man, eat what thou findest; eat this roll, and go, speak to the house of Israel.

בֵּ֥ית beit “[the] house of”

And he said to me, Son of man, depart, go to the house of Israel, and speak with my words to 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 to thee; for they will not hearken to me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hard-hearted.

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 to 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 to them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; 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”

Moreover take thou to thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against 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”

Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: 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 laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

בֵּֽית־ beit- “[the] house of”

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

בֵּית־ beit- “[the] house of”

Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire: from which a fire shall come forth into all the house of Israel.

בֵּ֥ית beit “[the] house of”

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thy hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas, for 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”

He said furthermore to me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should withdraw from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations.

בֵּֽית־ beit- “[the] house of”

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

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, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.

בֵֽית־ veit- “[the] house of”

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

בֵֽית־ veit- “[the] house of”

Then he said to me, Hast thou seen 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 returned to provoke me to anger: and lo, they put the branch to their nose.

לְבֵ֣ית (בֵ֣ית) Veit “[the] house of”

Then said he to 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 perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not.

בֵּֽית־ beit- “[the] house of”

And the spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said to me, Speak; Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them.

בֵּ֣ית beit “O house of”

Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, are they to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Retire far from the LORD: to us is this land given in possession.

בֵּ֥ית beit “[the] house of”

Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, who have eyes to see, and see not; they 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”