Yehezkiel 1:9

1:9 their wings touched each other; they did not turn as they moved, but went straight ahead. ¹ 

Yehezkiel 7:16

7:16 Their survivors will escape to the mountains and become like doves of the valleys; all of them will moan – each one for his iniquity.

Yehezkiel 7:20

7:20 They rendered the beauty of his ornaments into pride, ²  and with it they made their abominable images – their detestable idols. Therefore I will render it filthy to them.

Yehezkiel 13:2

13:2 “Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who are now prophesying. Say to the prophets who prophesy from their imagination: ³  ‘Hear the word of the Lord!

Yehezkiel 14:3

14:3 “Son of man, these men have erected their idols in their hearts and placed the obstacle leading to their iniquity ⁴  right before their faces. Should I really allow them to seek ⁵  me?

Yehezkiel 14:18

14:18 Even if these three men were in it, as surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, they could not save their own sons or daughters – they would save only their own lives.

Yehezkiel 17:6

17:6 It sprouted and became a vine,

spreading low to the ground; ⁶ 

its branches turning toward him, ⁷  its roots were under itself. ⁸ 

So it became a vine; it produced shoots and sent out branches.

Yehezkiel 18:6

18:6 does not eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains ⁹  or pray to the idols ¹⁰  of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife, does not have sexual relations with a ¹¹  woman during her period,

Yehezkiel 18:13

18:13 engages in usury and charges interest. Will he live? He will not! Because he has done all these abominable deeds he will certainly die. ¹²  He will bear the responsibility for his own death. ¹³ 

Yehezkiel 20:26

20:26 I declared them to be defiled because of their sacrifices ¹⁴  – they caused all their first born to pass through the fire ¹⁵  – so that I would devastate them, so that they will know that I am the Lord.’ ¹⁶ 

Yehezkiel 28:17

28:17 Your heart was proud because of your beauty;

you corrupted your wisdom on account of your splendor.

I threw you down to the ground;

I placed you before kings, that they might see you.

Yehezkiel 33:2

33:2 “Son of man, speak to your people, ¹⁷  and say to them, ‘Suppose I bring a sword against the land, and the people of the land take one man from their borders and make him their watchman.

Yehezkiel 33:4

33:4 but there is one who hears the sound of the trumpet yet does not heed the warning. Then the sword comes and sweeps him away. He will be responsible for his own death. ¹⁸ 

Yehezkiel 34:30

34:30 Then they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them, ¹⁹  and that they are my people, the house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord. ²⁰ 

[1:9]  ¹ tn Heb “They each went in the direction of one of his faces.”

[7:20]  ² tc The MT reads “he set up the beauty of his ornament as pride.” The verb may be repointed as plural without changing the consonantal text. The Syriac reads “their ornaments” (plural), implying עֶדְיָם (’edyam) rather than עֶדְיוֹ (’edyo) and meaning “they were proud of their beautiful ornaments.” This understands “ornaments” in the common sense of women’s jewelry, which then were used to make idols. The singular suffix “his ornaments” would refer to using items from the temple treasury to make idols. D. I. Block points out the foreshadowing of Ezek 16:17 which, with Rashi and the Targum, supports the understanding that this is a reference to temple items. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:265.

[13:2]  ³ tn Heb “from their mind.”

[13:2]  sn Who prophesy from their imagination. Note the testimony of Moses in Num 16:28, which contains a similar expression.

[14:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “the stumbling block of their iniquity.” This phrase is unique to the prophet Ezekiel.

[14:3]  ⁵ tn Or “I will not reveal myself to them.” The Hebrew word is used in a technical sense here of seeking an oracle from a prophet (2 Kgs 1:16; 3:11; 8:8).

[17:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “short of stature.”

[17:6]  ⁷ tn That is, the eagle.

[17:6]  ⁸ tn Or “him,” i.e., the eagle.

[18:6]  ⁹ tn Heb, “on the mountains he does not eat.” The mountains are often mentioned as the place where idolatrous sacrifices were eaten (Ezek 20:28; 22:9; 34:6).

[18:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb, “does not lift up his eyes.” This refers to looking to idols for help.

[18:6]  ¹¹ tn Heb, “does not draw near to.” “Draw near” is a euphemism for sexual intercourse (Lev 18:14; Deut 22:14; Isa 8:3).

[18:13]  ¹² tn Heb “be put to death.” The translation follows an alternative reading that appears in several ancient textual witnesses.

[18:13]  ¹³ tn Heb “his blood will be upon him.”

[20:26]  ¹⁴ tn Or “gifts.”

[20:26]  ¹⁵ sn This act is prohibited in Deut 12:29-31 and Jer 7:31; 19:5; 32:35. See also 2 Kgs 21:6; 23:10. This custom indicates that the laws the Israelites were following were the disastrous laws of pagan nations (see Ezek 16:20-21).

[20:26]  ¹⁶ sn God sometimes punishes sin by inciting the sinner to sin even more, as the biblical examples of divine hardening and deceit make clear. See Robert B. Chisholm, Jr., “Divine Hardening in the Old Testament,” BSac 153 (1996): 410-34; idem, “Does God Deceive?” BSac 155 (1998): 11-28. For other instances where the Lord causes individuals to act unwisely or even sinfully as punishment for sin, see 1 Sam 2:25; 2 Sam 17:14; 1 Kgs 12:15; 2 Chr 25:20.

[33:2]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “sons of your people.”

[33:4]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “his blood will be on his own head.”

[34:30]  ¹⁹ sn A promise given to Abraham (Gen 15:7) and his descendants (Gen 15:8; Exod 6:7).

[34:30]  ²⁰ sn The blessings described in vv. 25-30 are those promised for obedience in Lev 26:4-13.