Yehezkiel 7:20

7:20 They rendered the beauty of his ornaments into pride, ¹  and with it they made their abominable images – their detestable idols. Therefore I will render it filthy to them.

Yehezkiel 23:17

23:17 The Babylonians crawled into bed with her. ²  They defiled her with their lust; after she was defiled by them, she ³  became disgusted with them.

Yehezkiel 24:11

24:11 Set the empty pot on the coals, ⁴ 

until it becomes hot and its copper glows,

until its uncleanness melts within it and its rot ⁵  is consumed.

Yehezkiel 36:18

36:18 So I poured my anger on them ⁶  because of the blood they shed on the land and because of the idols with which they defiled it. ⁷ 

Yehezkiel 36:25

36:25 I will sprinkle you with pure water ⁸  and you will be clean from all your impurities. I will purify you from all your idols.

[7:20]  ¹ 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.

[23:17]  ² tn Heb “The sons of Babel came to her on a bed of love.”

[23:17]  ³ tn Heb “her soul.”

[24:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “set it upon its coals, empty.”

[24:11]  ⁵ tn Or “rust” (so also in v. 12).

[36:18]  ⁶ sn See Ezek 7:8; 9:8; 14:19; 20:8, 13, 21; 22:22; 30:15.

[36:18]  ⁷ sn For the concept of defiling the land in legal literature, see Lev 18:28; Deut 21:23.

[36:25]  ⁸ sn The Lord here uses a metaphor from the realm of ritual purification. For the use of water in ritual cleansing, see Exod 30:19-20; Lev 14:51; Num 19:18; Heb 10:22.