Ezekiel 21:2

21:2 “Son of man, turn toward ¹  Jerusalem ²  and speak out against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel

Ezekiel 21:2

21:2 “Son of man, turn toward ³  Jerusalem ⁴  and speak out against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel

Ezekiel 7:19

7:19 They will discard their silver in the streets, and their gold will be treated like filth. ⁵  Their silver and gold will not be able to deliver them on the day of the Lord’s fury. ⁶  They will not satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs because their wealth ⁷  was the obstacle leading to their iniquity. ⁸ 

Psalms 83:12

83:12 who said, ⁹  “Let’s take over ¹⁰  the pastures of God!”

¹ tn Heb “set your face toward.”

² map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

³ tn Heb “set your face toward.”

⁴ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁵ tn The Hebrew term can refer to menstrual impurity. The term also occurs at the end of v. 20.

⁶ sn Compare Zeph 1:18.

⁷ tn Heb “it.” Apparently the subject is the silver and gold mentioned earlier (see L. C. Allen, Ezekiel [WBC], 1:102).

⁸ tn The “stumbling block of their iniquity” is a unique phrase of the prophet Ezekiel (Ezek 14:3, 4, 7; 18:30; 44:12).

⁹ tn The translation assumes that “Zebah and Zalmunna” are the antecedents of the relative pronoun (“who [said]”). Another option is to take “their nobles…all their rulers” as the antecedent and to translate, “those who say.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “let’s take possession for ourselves.”