Ezekiel 11:20

11:20 so that they may follow my statutes and observe my regulations and carry them out. Then they will be my people, and I will be their God. ¹ 

Ezekiel 18:17

18:17 refrains from wrongdoing, ²  does not engage in usury or charge interest, carries out my regulations and follows my statutes. He will not die for his father’s iniquity; ³  he will surely live.

Ezekiel 20:11

20:11 I gave them my statutes ⁴  and revealed my regulations to them. The one ⁵  who carries ⁶  them out will live by them! ⁷ 

Ezekiel 20:24

20:24 I did this ⁸  because they did not observe my regulations, they rejected my statutes, they desecrated my Sabbaths, and their eyes were fixed on ⁹  their fathers’ idols.

Ezekiel 39:21

39:21 “I will display my majesty ¹⁰  among the nations. All the nations will witness the judgment I have executed, and the power I have exhibited ¹¹  among them.

¹ sn The expression They will be my people, and I will be their God occurs as a promise to Abraham (Gen 17:8), Moses (Exod 6:7), and the nation (Exod 29:45).

² tc This translation follows the LXX. The MT reads “restrains his hand from the poor,” which makes no sense here.

³ tn Or “in his father’s punishment.” The phrase “in/for [a person’s] iniquity/punishment” occurs fourteen times in Ezekiel: here and in vv. 18, 19, 20; 3:18, 19; 4:17; 7:13, 16; 24:23; 33:6, 8, 9; 39:23. The Hebrew word for “iniquity” may also mean the “punishment for iniquity.”

³ sn The laws were given at Mount Sinai.

⁴ tn Heb “the man.”

⁵ tn Heb “does.”

⁶ tn The wording and the concept is contained in Lev 18:5 and Deut 30:15-19.

⁴ tn The words “I did this” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied for stylistic reasons. Verses 23-24 are one long sentence in the Hebrew text. The translation divides this sentence into two for stylistic reasons.

⁵ tn Or “they worshiped” (NCV, TEV, CEV); Heb “their eyes were on” or “were after” (cf. v. 16).

⁵ tn Or “my glory.”

⁶ tn Heb “my hand which I have placed.”