Ezekiel 11:21

11:21 But those whose hearts are devoted to detestable things and abominations, I hereby repay them for what they have done, ¹  says the sovereign Lord.”

Ezekiel 14:3

14:3 “Son of man, these men have erected their idols in their hearts and placed the obstacle leading to their iniquity ²  right before their faces. Should I really allow them to seek ³  me?

Ezekiel 20:16

20:16 I did this ⁴  because they rejected my regulations, did not follow my statutes, and desecrated my Sabbaths; for their hearts followed their idols. ⁵ 

Ezekiel 6:9

6:9 Then your survivors will remember me among the nations where they are exiled. They will realize ⁶  how I was crushed by their unfaithful ⁷  heart which turned from me and by their eyes which lusted after their idols. They will loathe themselves ⁸  because of the evil they have done and because of all their abominable practices.

Ezekiel 33:31

33:31 They come to you in crowds, ⁹  and they sit in front of you as ¹⁰  my people. They hear your words, but do not obey ¹¹  them. For they talk lustfully, ¹²  and their heart is set on ¹³  their own advantage. ¹⁴ 

¹ tn Heb “their way on their head I have placed.”

² tn Heb “the stumbling block of their iniquity.” This phrase is unique to the prophet Ezekiel.

³ 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).

³ tn The words “I did this” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied for stylistic reasons. Verses 15-16 are one long sentence in the Hebrew text. The translation divides this sentence into two for stylistic reasons.

⁴ tn Heb “for after their idols their heart was going.” The use of the active participle (“was going”) in the Hebrew text draws attention to the ongoing nature of their idolatrous behavior.

⁴ tn The words “they will realize” are not in the Hebrew text; they are added here for stylistic reasons since this clause assumes the previous verb “to remember” or “to take into account.”

⁵ tn Heb “how I was broken by their adulterous heart.” The image of God being “broken” is startling, but perfectly natural within the metaphorical framework of God as offended husband. The idiom must refer to the intense grief that Israel’s unfaithfulness caused God. For a discussion of the syntax and semantics of the Hebrew text, see M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 1:134.

⁶ tn Heb adds “in their faces.”

⁵ tn Heb “as people come.” Apparently this is an idiom indicating that they come in crowds. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:264.

⁶ tn The word “as” is supplied in the translation.

⁷ tn Heb “do.”

⁸ tn Heb “They do lust with their mouths.”

⁹ tn Heb “goes after.”

¹⁰ tn The present translation understands the term often used for “unjust gain” in a wider sense, following M. Greenberg, who also notes that the LXX uses a term which can describe either sexual or ritual pollution. See M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:687.