Yehezkiel 20:15

20:15 I also swore ¹  to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them to the land I had given them – a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands.

Yehezkiel 24:13

24:13 You mix uncleanness with obscene conduct. ² 

I tried to cleanse you, ³  but you are not clean.

You will not be cleansed from your uncleanness ⁴ 

until I have exhausted my anger on you.

Yehezkiel 36:22

36:22 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: It is not for your sake that I am about to act, O house of Israel, but for the sake of my holy reputation ⁵  which you profaned among the nations where you went.

Yehezkiel 44:13

44:13 They will not come near me to serve me as priest, nor will they come near any of my holy things, the things which are most sacred. They will bear the shame of the abominable deeds they have committed.

[20:15]  ¹ tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”

[24:13]  ² tn Heb “in your uncleanness (is) obscene conduct.”

[24:13]  ³ tn Heb “because I cleansed you.” In this context (see especially the very next statement), the statement must refer to divine intention and purpose. Despite God’s efforts to cleanse his people, they resisted him and remained morally impure.

[24:13]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew text adds the word “again.”

[36:22]  ⁵ sn In Ezek 20:22 God refrained from punishment for the sake of his holy name. Here God’s reputation is the basis for Israel’s restoration.