8:5 He said to me, “Son of man, look up toward 1 the north.” So I looked up toward the north, and I noticed to the north of the altar gate was this statue of jealousy at the entrance.
“‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: On the day I chose Israel I swore 6 to the descendants 7 of the house of Jacob and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt. I swore 8 to them, “I am the Lord your God.”
1 tn Heb “lift your eyes (to) the way of.”
2 tn Heb “because you have interceded for your sisters with your sins.”
3 tn Heb “lift up, bear.”
4 tn Heb “lift up, bear.”
5 tn Heb “the righteousness of the righteous one will be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked one will be upon him.”
4 tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”
5 tn Heb “seed.”
6 tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”
5 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).
6 tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”
7 tn Heb “will bear.”