Ezekiel 3:11

3:11 Go to the exiles, to your fellow countrymen, ¹  and speak to them – say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says,’ whether they pay attention or not.”

Ezekiel 5:6-7

5:6 Then she defied my regulations and my statutes, becoming more wicked than the nations ²  and the countries around her. ³  Indeed, they ⁴  have rejected my regulations, and they do not follow my statutes.

5:7 “Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Because you are more arrogant ⁵  than the nations around you, ⁶  you have not followed my statutes and have not carried out my regulations. You have not even ⁷  carried out the regulations of the nations around you!

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 ⁸  my rage on them in the wilderness and destroy them. ⁹ 

Ezekiel 20:21

20:21 “‘But the children ¹⁰  rebelled against me, did not follow my statutes, did not observe my regulations by carrying them out (the one who obeys ¹¹  them will live by them), and desecrated my Sabbaths. I decided to pour out ¹²  my rage on them and fully vent my anger against them in the wilderness.

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, ¹³  if you will not listen to me. ¹⁴  But my holy name will not be profaned ¹⁵  again by your sacrifices ¹⁶  and your idols.

Ezekiel 25:3

25:3 Say to the Ammonites, ‘Hear the word of the sovereign Lord: This is what the sovereign Lord says: You said “Aha!” about my sanctuary when it was desecrated, about the land of Israel when it was made desolate, and about the house of Judah when they went into exile.

Ezekiel 33:31

33:31 They come to you in crowds, ¹⁷  and they sit in front of you as ¹⁸  my people. They hear your words, but do not obey ¹⁹  them. For they talk lustfully, ²⁰  and their heart is set on ²¹  their own advantage. ²² 

Ezekiel 37:21

37:21 Then tell them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to take the Israelites from among the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from round about and bring them to their land.

¹ tn Heb “to the sons of your people.”

² sn The nations are subject to a natural law according to Gen 9; see also Amos 1:3-2:3; Jonah 1:2.

³ tn Heb “she defied my laws, becoming wicked more than the nations, and [she defied] my statutes [becoming wicked] more than the countries around her.”

⁴ sn One might conclude that the subject of the plural verbs is the nations/countries, but the context (vv. 5-6a) indicates that the people of Jerusalem are in view. The text shifts from using the feminine singular (referring to personified Jerusalem) to the plural (referring to Jerusalem’s residents). See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 1:73.

³ tn Traditionally this difficult form has been derived from a hypothetical root הָמוֹן (hamon), supposedly meaning “be in tumult/uproar,” but such a verb occurs nowhere else. It is more likely that it is to be derived from a root מָנוֹן (manon), meaning “disdain” (see L. C. Allen, Ezekiel [WBC], 1:52). A derivative from this root is used in Prov 29:21 of a rebellious servant. See HALOT 600 s.v. מָנוֹן.

⁴ sn You are more arrogant than the nations around you. Israel is accused of being worse than the nations in Ezek 16:27; 2 Kgs 21:11; Jer 2:11.

⁵ tc Some Hebrew mss and the Syriac omit the words “not even.” In this case they are being accused of following the practices of the surrounding nations. See Ezek 11:12.

⁴ tn Heb “and I said/thought to pour out.”

⁵ tn Heb “to bring them to an end.”

⁵ tn Heb “sons.”

⁶ tn Or “carries them out.”

⁷ tn Heb “and I said/thought to pour out.”

⁶ sn Compare the irony here to Amos 4:4 and Jer 44:25.

⁷ 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.

⁸ sn A similar concept may be found in Lev 18:21; 20:3.

⁹ tn Or “gifts.”

⁷ tn Heb “as people come.” Apparently this is an idiom indicating that they come in crowds. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:264.

⁸ tn The word “as” is supplied in the translation.

⁹ tn Heb “do.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “They do lust with their mouths.”

¹¹ tn Heb “goes after.”

¹² tn The present translation understands the term often used for “unjust gain” in a wider sense, following M. Greenberg, who also notes that the LXX uses a term which can describe either sexual or ritual pollution. See M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:687.