26:39 “‘As for the ones who remain among you, they will rot away because of 3 their iniquity in the lands of your enemies, and they will also rot away because of their ancestors’ 4 iniquities which are with them.
1 tn The same verb appears in 4:17 and 33:10.
2 tn Or “in your punishment.” The phrase “in/for [a person’s] iniquity/punishment” occurs fourteen times in Ezekiel: here; 3:18, 19; 4:17; 7:13, 16; 18:17, 18, 19, 20; 33:6, 8, 9; 39:23. The Hebrew word for “iniquity” may also mean the “punishment” for iniquity or “guilt” of iniquity.
3 tn Heb “in” (so KJV, ASV; also later in this verse).
4 tn Heb “fathers’” (also in the following verse).