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 ¹  right before their faces. Should I really allow them to seek ²  me?

Yehezkiel 44:12

44:12 Because they used to minister to them before their idols, and became a sinful obstacle ³  to the house of Israel, consequently I have made a vow ⁴  concerning them, declares the sovereign Lord, that they will be responsible ⁵  for their sin.

Yehezkiel 3:20

3:20 “When a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I set an obstacle ⁶  before him, he will die. If you have not warned him, he will die for his sin. The righteous deeds he performed will not be considered, but I will hold you accountable for his death.

Yehezkiel 14:4

14:4 Therefore speak to them and say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: When any one from the house of Israel erects his idols in his heart and sets the obstacle leading to his iniquity before his face, and then consults a prophet, I the Lord am determined to answer him personally according to the enormity of his idolatry. ⁷ 

Yehezkiel 14:7

14:7 For when anyone from the house of Israel, or the foreigner who lives in Israel, separates himself from me and erects his idols in his heart and sets the obstacle leading to his iniquity before his face, and then consults a prophet to seek something from me, I the Lord am determined to answer him personally.

Yehezkiel 33:12

33:12 “And you, son of man, say to your people, ⁸  ‘The righteousness of the righteous will not deliver him if he rebels. ⁹  As for the wicked, his wickedness will not make him stumble if he turns from it. ¹⁰  The righteous will not be able to live by his righteousness ¹¹  if he sins.’ ¹² 

Yehezkiel 21:15

21:15 So hearts melt with fear and many stumble.

At all their gates I have stationed the sword for slaughter.

Ah! It is made to flash, it is drawn for slaughter!

Yehezkiel 7:19

7:19 They will discard their silver in the streets, and their gold will be treated like filth. ¹³  Their silver and gold will not be able to deliver them on the day of the Lord’s fury. ¹⁴  They will not satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs because their wealth ¹⁵  was the obstacle leading to their iniquity. ¹⁶ 

Yehezkiel 14:6

14:6 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Return! Turn from your idols, and turn your faces away from your abominations.

Yehezkiel 18:30

18:30 “Therefore I will judge each person according to his conduct, ¹⁷  O house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord. Repent ¹⁸  and turn from all your wickedness; then it will not be an obstacle leading to iniquity. ¹⁹ 

[14:3]  ¹ tn Heb “the stumbling block of their iniquity.” This phrase is unique to the prophet Ezekiel.

[14:3]  ² 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).

[44:12]  ³ tn Heb “a stumbling block of iniquity.” This is a unique phrase of the prophet Ezekiel (cf. also Ezek 7:19; 14:3, 4, 7; 18:30).

[44:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”

[44:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “will bear.”

[3:20]  ⁶ tn Or “stumbling block.” The Hebrew term refers to an obstacle in the road in Lev 19:14.

[14:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “in accordance with the multitude of his idols.”

[33:12]  ⁸ tn Heb “the sons of your people.”

[33:12]  ⁹ tn Heb “in the day of his rebellion.” The statement envisions a godly person rejecting what is good and becoming sinful. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:247-48.

[33:12]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and the wickedness of the wicked, he will not stumble in it in the day of his turning from his wickedness.”

[33:12]  ¹¹ tn Heb “by it.”

[33:12]  ¹² tn Heb “in the day of his sin.”

[7:19]  ¹³ tn The Hebrew term can refer to menstrual impurity. The term also occurs at the end of v. 20.

[7:19]  ¹⁴ sn Compare Zeph 1:18.

[7:19]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “it.” Apparently the subject is the silver and gold mentioned earlier (see L. C. Allen, Ezekiel [WBC], 1:102).

[7:19]  ¹⁶ tn The “stumbling block of their iniquity” is a unique phrase of the prophet Ezekiel (Ezek 14:3, 4, 7; 18:30; 44:12).

[18:30]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “ways.”

[18:30]  ¹⁸ tn The verbs and persons in this verse are plural whereas the individual has been the subject of the chapter.

[18:30]  ¹⁹ tn Or “leading to punishment.”