Ezekiel 16:33
16:33 All prostitutes receive payment,
1 but instead you give gifts to every one of your lovers. You bribe them to come to you from all around for your sexual favors!
Ezekiel 18:12
18:12 oppresses the poor and the needy,
2 commits robbery, does not give back what was given in pledge, prays to
3 idols, performs abominable acts,
Ezekiel 18:14
18:14 “But suppose he in turn has a son who notices all the sins his father commits, considers them, and does not follow his father’s example. 4
Ezekiel 34:26
34:26 I will turn them and the regions around my hill into a blessing. I will make showers come down in their season; they will be showers that bring blessing.
5
Ezekiel 44:29
44:29 They may eat the grain offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering, and every devoted thing in Israel will be theirs.
1 tn The Hebrew word occurs only here in the OT.
2 sn The poor and needy are often mentioned together in the OT (Deut 24:14; Jer 22:16; Ezek 14:69; Ps 12:6; 35:10; 37:14).
3 tn Heb “lifts up his eyes.”
3 tn Heb “and he sees and does not do likewise.”
4 tn Heb “showers of blessing.” Abundant rain, which in turn produces fruit and crops (v. 27), is a covenantal blessing for obedience (Lev 26:4).