Ezekiel 44:8

Amplified Bible

"And you have not kept charge of My holy things yourselves, but you have chosen foreigners [to please yourselves] and have set them in charge of My sanctuary."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
You have not kept charge of my holy things but have appointed others to keep charge of my sanctuary for you.’

Hebrew Names Version
You have not kept the charge of my holy things; but you have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.

King James Version
And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.

English Standard Version
And you have not kept charge of my holy things, but you have set others to keep my charge for you in my sanctuary.

New American Standard Bible
"And you have not taken responsibility for My holy things yourselves, but you have appointed foreigners to take responsibility for My sanctuary."

New Century Version
You did not take care of my holy things yourselves but put foreigners in charge of my Temple.

Geneva Bible (1587)
For yee haue not kept the ordinances of mine holy things: but you your selues haue set other to take the charge of my Sanctuarie.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"And you have not kept charge of My holy things yourselves, but you have set foreigners to keep charge of My sanctuary."

Legacy Standard Bible
And you have not kept the responsibility of My holy things yourselves, but you have set foreigners as keepers of the responsibility given by Me for My sanctuary."

Berean Standard Bible
And you have not kept charge of My holy things, but have appointed others to keep charge of My sanctuary for you.'

Contemporary English Version
Instead of following the proper ways to worship me, you have put foreigners in charge of worship at my temple.

Complete Jewish Bible
Instead of taking care of my holy things yourselves, you have put these people in charge of my sanctuary.'

Darby Translation
And ye have not kept the charge of my holy things, but have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.

Easy-to-Read Version
You did not take care of my holy things. No, you let foreigners have responsibility of my holy place!'"

George Lamsa Translation
And you have not had charge of my sanctuary; but you have made the keepers of my sanctuary guards for yourselves.

Good News Translation
They have not taken charge of the sacred rituals in my Temple, but instead have put foreigners in charge.

Lexham English Bible
And you did not observe the responsibility of my sanctuary, but you appointed them as the keepers of my responsibility in my sanctuary for you."

Literal Translation
And you have not kept the charge of My holy things, but you have set them as keepers of My charge in My sanctuary, for themselves.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and not kepte the holy ordinaunces of my Sanctuary: but set kepers of my Sanctuary, euen after youre owne mynde.

American Standard Version
And ye have not kept the charge of my holy things; but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.

Bible in Basic English
And you have not taken care of my holy things; but you have put them as keepers to take care of my work in my holy place.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And ye have not kept the charge of My holy things; but ye have set keepers of My charge in My sanctuary to please yourselves.

King James Version (1611)
And yee haue not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye haue set keepers of my charge in my Sanctuarie for your selues.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And ye haue not kept the ordinaunces of my holy thinges, and ye haue set kepers to kepe my sanctuarie for you.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and ye appointed others to keep the charges in my sanctuary.

English Revised Version
And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.

World English Bible
You have not kept the charge of my holy things; but you have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And ye kepten not the comaundementis of my seyntuarie, and ye settiden keperis of my kepyngis in my seyntuarye to you silf.

Update Bible Version
And you have not kept the charge of my holy things; but you have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.

Webster's Bible Translation
And ye have not kept the charge of my holy things: but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.

New English Translation
You have not kept charge of my holy things, but you have assigned foreigners to keep charge of my sanctuary for you.

New King James Version
And you have not kept charge of My holy things, but you have set others to keep charge of My sanctuary for you."

New Living Translation
Instead of safeguarding my sacred rituals, you have hired foreigners to take charge of my sanctuary.

New Life Bible
And you have not taken care of My holy things yourselves. You have let strangers take care of My holy place."

New Revised Standard
And you have not kept charge of my sacred offerings; but you have appointed foreigners to act for you in keeping my charge in my sanctuary.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Neither kept ye the charge of my holy things,- But ye did set men to be keepers of my charge in my sanctuary, for your own pleasure,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And you have not kept the ordinances of my sanctuary: but you have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.

Revised Standard Version
And you have not kept charge of my holy things; but you have set foreigners to keep my charge in my sanctuary.

Young's Literal Translation
and ye have not kept the charge of My holy things, and ye set [them] for keepers of My charge in My sanctuary for you.

Contextual Overview

⁴Then He brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the house; I looked, and behold, the glory and brilliance of the LORD filled the house of the LORD, and I fell face downward. ⁵The LORD said to me, "Son of man, pay careful attention, see with your eyes and hear with your ears all that I say to you concerning all the statutes of the house of the LORD and all its laws; and pay careful attention to the entering of the house [by people], with all the departures from the sanctuary [of people, those who are allowed to enter the temple and all those who are excluded from the sanctuary]. ⁶"You shall say to the rebellious ones, to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Enough of all your repulsive acts, O house of Israel! ⁷"In that you brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in My sanctuary to pollute and profane it—My house—when you offered My bread, the fat, and the blood; and they made My covenant void —this in addition to all your other repulsive acts. ⁸"And you have not kept charge of My holy things yourselves, but you have chosen foreigners [to please yourselves] and have set them in charge of My sanctuary."⁹'Thus says the Lord GOD, "No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and flesh, of all the foreigners who are among the sons of Israel, shall enter My sanctuary.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

ye have not: Leviticus 22:2-33, Numbers 18:3-5, Acts 7:53, 1 Timothy 6:13, 2 Timothy 4:1

charge: or, ward, or ordinance, and so Ezekiel 44:14, Ezekiel 44:16, Ezekiel 40:45, Ezekiel 40:46, 1 Chronicles 23:32, Ezra 8:24-30

Reciprocal: Numbers 3:10 - they shall Numbers 8:26 - to keep Numbers 9:23 - they kept 2 Chronicles 13:11 - we keep Zephaniah 3:4 - her priests Zechariah 3:7 - if thou wilt keep

Cross-References

Genesis 42:21
And they said to one another, "Truly we are guilty regarding our brother [Joseph], because we saw the distress and anguish of his soul when he pleaded with us [to let him go], yet we would not listen [to his cry]; so this distress and anguish has come on us."

Genesis 42:27
And at the lodging place, as one of them opened his sack to feed his donkey, he saw his money in the opening of his sack.

Genesis 42:35
Now when they emptied their sacks, every man's bundle of money [paid to buy grain] was in his sack. When they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.

Genesis 43:12
"Take double the [amount of] money with you, and take back the money that was returned in the opening of your sacks; perhaps it was an oversight.

Genesis 44:7
They said to him, "Why does my lord speak these things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!

Genesis 44:10
And the steward said, "Now let it be as you say; he with whom the cup is found will be my slave, but the rest of you shall be blameless."

Genesis 44:11
Then every man quickly lowered his sack to the ground and each man opened his sack [confident the cup would not be found among them].

Genesis 44:21
"Then you said to your servants, 'Bring him down to me that I may actually see him.'

Genesis 44:22
"But we said to my lord, 'The young man cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.'

Exodus 20:15
"You shall not steal [secretly, openly, fraudulently, or through carelessness].

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things,.... That is, have not kept and retained the holy doctrines of the Gospel; nor observed the holy ordinances of it, as they were first delivered:

but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves; meaning either, that such as were in public office did not attend to it; but were idol shepherds, and left the flock, their care and charge, to others, to surrogates and curates, to do their work for them; while they indulged themselves in sloth and idleness: or that the members and hearers set up preachers for themselves, according to their lusts, agreeable to their own carnal sentiments, without any regard to the will and glory of God.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Admonition to the ministering priests, grounded upon former neglect.

Ezekiel 44:4

The north gate before the house - The north gate of the inner court. God expostulates with His people in the seat of their former idolatries Ezekiel 8:3.

Ezekiel 44:5

Mark well - The careful arrangements made had all been intended to keep the temple and its surroundings from profanation. Hence, attention to these particulars is enjoined.

Ezekiel 44:7

Strangers - This refers especially to the sin of unauthorized and unfaithful priests ministering in the services of the temple. Compare marginal references.

Ezekiel 44:8

Mine holy things - The altar, its sacrifices, the sacred utensils, and the like.

For yourselves - According to your own pleasure, not My ordinances Numbers 16:40.

Ezekiel 44:10

The Levites as a body had remained true to the temple-service at Jerusalem 2 Chronicles 11:13; but individuals among them deserted to Israel probably from the first (see the marginal references), as in later years some went over to the worship of the Samaritans on Mount Gerizim. These apostate Levites “shall bear their iniquities,” they shall not be restored to their former rank and privileges.

Ezekiel 44:11

Ministers - As, according to the new system, the Levites, as a body, were to receive their portion in the “oblation” Ezekiel 45:5; the only manner in which the Levites of Ezekiel 44:10 could live at all, was as part of the whole body, to which they were therefore reunited, but in the lowest grade. It is remarkable that the number of Levites who returned after the captivity was very small, not exceeding 400, of whom only 74 were priests’ assistants (Ezra 2:40-42; compare Ezra 8:15-19). The gap in their number was filled up by 220 Nethinim (“given” ones), probably originally strangers and captives, who, although employed in the temple services, were held by the Jews in the lowest repute.

Ezekiel 44:12

Lifted up mine hand - i. e., “The Lord sware” Ezekiel 20:5, that they should bear their iniquities.