33:30 “But as for you, son of man, your people 4 (who are talking about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses) say to one another, 5 ‘Come hear the word that comes 6 from the Lord.’ 33:31 They come to you in crowds, 7 and they sit in front of you as 8 my people. They hear your words, but do not obey 9 them. For they talk lustfully, 10 and their heart is set on 11 their own advantage. 12
1 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
2 tn Heb “one who makes playing music well.”
3 sn Similar responses are found in Isa 29:13; Matt 21:28-32; James 1:22-25.
4 tn Heb “sons of your people.”
5 tn Heb “one to one, a man to his brother.”
6 tn Heb “comes out.”
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.