Ezekiel 20:39

20:39 “‘As for you, O house of Israel, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Each of you go and serve your idols, ¹  if you will not listen to me. ²  But my holy name will not be profaned ³  again by your sacrifices ⁴  and your idols.

Ezekiel 22:26

22:26 Her priests abuse my law and have desecrated my holy things. They do not distinguish between the holy and the profane, ⁵  or recognize any distinction between the unclean and the clean. They ignore ⁶  my Sabbaths and I am profaned in their midst.

¹ sn Compare the irony here to Amos 4:4 and Jer 44:25.

² tn Heb “and after, if you will not listen to me.” The translation leaves out “and after” for smoothness. The text is difficult. M. Greenberg (Ezekiel [AB], 1:374) suggests that it may mean “but afterwards, if you will not listen to me…” with an unspoken threat.

³ sn A similar concept may be found in Lev 18:21; 20:3.

⁴ tn Or “gifts.”

⁵ tn Or “between the consecrated and the common.”

⁶ tn Heb “hide their eyes from.” The idiom means to disregard or ignore something or someone (see Lev 20:4; 1 Sam 12:3; Prov 28:27; Isa 1:15).