23:36 The Lord said to me: “Son of man, are you willing to pronounce judgment 4 on Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominable deeds!
33:7 “As for you, son of man, I have made you a watchman 5 for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you must warn them on my behalf. 33:8 When I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you must certainly die,’ 6 and you do not warn 7 the wicked about his behavior, 8 the wicked man will die for his iniquity, but I will hold you accountable for his death. 9 33:9 But if you warn the wicked man to change his behavior, 10 and he refuses to change, 11 he will die for his iniquity, but you have saved your own life.
58:1 “Shout loudly! Don’t be quiet!
Yell as loud as a trumpet!
Confront my people with their rebellious deeds; 12
confront Jacob’s family with their sin! 13
8:1 Sound the alarm! 14
An eagle 15 looms over the temple of the Lord!
For they have broken their covenant with me, 16
and have rebelled against my law.
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 “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 upon the city. See 20:4.
3 tn The phrase “bloody city” is used of Nineveh in Nah 3:1.
4 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. See 20:4; 22:2.
5 sn Jeremiah (Jer 6:17) and Habakkuk (Hab 2:1) also served in the role of a watchman.
6 tn The same expression occurs in Gen 2:17.
7 tn Heb “and you do not speak to warn.”
8 tn Heb “way.”
9 tn Heb “and his blood from your hand I will seek.”
10 tn Heb “from his way to turn from it.”
11 tn Heb “and he does not turn from his way.”
12 tn Heb “declare to my people their rebellion.”
13 tn Heb “and to the house of Jacob their sin.” The verb “declare” is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).
14 tn Heb “A horn unto your gums!”; NAB “A trumpet to your lips!”
15 tn Or perhaps “A vulture.” Some identify the species indicated by the Hebrew term נֶשֶׁר (nesher) as the griffon vulture (cf. NEB, NRSV).
16 tn Heb “my covenant” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “the covenant I made with them.”