Yehezkiel 16:40

16:40 They will summon a mob who will stone you and hack you in pieces with their swords.

Yehezkiel 20:25

20:25 I also gave ¹  them decrees ²  which were not good and regulations by which they could not live.

Yehezkiel 21:6

21:6 “And you, son of man, groan with an aching heart ³  and bitterness; groan before their eyes.

Yehezkiel 31:13

31:13 On its ruins all the birds of the sky will live, and all the wild animals ⁴  will walk ⁵  on its branches.

[20:25]  ¹ tn Or “permitted.”

[20:25]  sn The content of the verse is shocking: that God would “give” bad decrees. This probably does not refer to the Mosaic law but to the practices of the Canaanites who were left in the land in order to test Israel. See Judg 2:20-23, the note on “decrees” in v. 25, and the note on “pass through the fire” in v. 26.

[20:25]  ² tn The Hebrew term חֻקּוֹת (khuqot; translated “statutes” elsewhere in this chapter) is normally feminine. Here Ezekiel changes the form to masculine: חֻקִּים (khuqim). Further, they are not called “my decrees” as vv. 11 and 13 refer to “my statutes.” The change is a signal that Ezekiel is not talking about the same statutes in vv. 11 and 13, which lead to life.

[21:6]  ³ tn Heb “breaking loins.”

[31:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “the beasts of the field,” referring to wild as opposed to domesticated animals.

[31:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “be.”