Ezekiel 3:20

3:20 “When a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I set an obstacle ¹  before him, he will die. If you have not warned him, he will die for his sin. The righteous deeds he performed will not be considered, but I will hold you accountable for his death.

Ezekiel 7:19

7:19 They will discard their silver in the streets, and their gold will be treated like filth. ²  Their silver and gold will not be able to deliver them on the day of the Lord’s fury. ³  They will not satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs because their wealth ⁴  was the obstacle leading to their iniquity. ⁵ 

Ezekiel 18:30

18:30 “Therefore I will judge each person according to his conduct, ⁶  O house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord. Repent ⁷  and turn from all your wickedness; then it will not be an obstacle leading to iniquity. ⁸ 

Ezekiel 44:12

44:12 Because they used to minister to them before their idols, and became a sinful obstacle ⁹  to the house of Israel, consequently I have made a vow ¹⁰  concerning them, declares the sovereign Lord, that they will be responsible ¹¹  for their sin.

Ezekiel 14:4

14:4 Therefore speak to them and say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: When any one from the house of Israel erects his idols in his heart and sets the obstacle leading to his iniquity before his face, and then consults a prophet, I the Lord am determined to answer him personally according to the enormity of his idolatry. ¹² 

Ezekiel 14:7

14:7 For when anyone from the house of Israel, or the foreigner who lives in Israel, separates himself from me and erects his idols in his heart and sets the obstacle leading to his iniquity before his face, and then consults a prophet to seek something from me, I the Lord am determined to answer him personally.

¹ tn Or “stumbling block.” The Hebrew term refers to an obstacle in the road in Lev 19:14.

² tn The Hebrew term can refer to menstrual impurity. The term also occurs at the end of v. 20.

³ sn Compare Zeph 1:18.

⁴ tn Heb “it.” Apparently the subject is the silver and gold mentioned earlier (see L. C. Allen, Ezekiel [WBC], 1:102).

⁵ tn The “stumbling block of their iniquity” is a unique phrase of the prophet Ezekiel (Ezek 14:3, 4, 7; 18:30; 44:12).

³ tn Heb “ways.”

⁴ tn The verbs and persons in this verse are plural whereas the individual has been the subject of the chapter.

⁵ tn Or “leading to punishment.”

⁴ tn Heb “a stumbling block of iniquity.” This is a unique phrase of the prophet Ezekiel (cf. also Ezek 7:19; 14:3, 4, 7; 18:30).

⁵ tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”

⁶ tn Heb “will bear.”

⁵ tn Heb “in accordance with the multitude of his idols.”