Ezekiel 20:4
20:4 “Are you willing to pronounce judgment?
1 Are you willing to pronounce judgment, son of man? Then confront them with the abominable practices of their fathers,
Ezekiel 20:13
20:13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness; they did not follow my statutes and they rejected my regulations (the one who obeys them will live by them), and they utterly desecrated my Sabbaths. So I decided to pour out
2 my rage on them in the wilderness and destroy them.
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Ezekiel 20:21
20:21 “‘But the children
4 rebelled against me, did not follow my statutes, did not observe my regulations by carrying them out (the one who obeys
5 them will live by them), and desecrated my Sabbaths. I decided to pour out
6 my rage on them and fully vent my anger against them in the wilderness.
Ezekiel 20:30
20:30 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Will you defile yourselves like your fathers 7 and engage in prostitution with detestable idols?
1 tn Heb “will you judge.” Here the imperfect form of the verb is probably used with a desiderative nuance. Addressed to the prophet, “judge” means to warn of or pronounce God’s impending judgment.
2 tn Heb “and I said/thought to pour out.”
3 tn Heb “to bring them to an end.”
4 tn Heb “sons.”
5 tn Or “carries them out.”
6 tn Heb “and I said/thought to pour out.”
7 tn Heb “in the way of your fathers.”