Ezekiel 11:20

11:20 so that they may follow my statutes and observe my regulations and carry them out. Then they will be my people, and I will be their God. ¹ 

Ezekiel 16:20

16:20 “‘You took your sons and your daughters whom you bore to me and you sacrificed them ²  as food for the idols to eat. As if your prostitution not enough,

Ezekiel 20:49

20:49 Then I said, “O sovereign Lord! They are saying of me, ‘Does he not simply speak in eloquent figures of speech?’”

Ezekiel 22:18

22:18 “Son of man, the house of Israel has become slag to me. All of them are like bronze, tin, iron, and lead in the furnace; ³  they are the worthless slag of silver.

Ezekiel 23:4

23:4 Oholah was the name of the older and Oholibah ⁴  the name of her younger sister. They became mine, and gave birth to sons and daughters. ⁵  Oholah is Samaria and Oholibah is Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 23:37

23:37 For they have committed adultery and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols, and their sons, whom they bore to me, ⁶  they have passed through the fire as food to their idols. ⁷ 

Ezekiel 29:9

29:9 The land of Egypt will become a desolate ruin. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

Because he said, “The Nile is mine and I made it,”

Ezekiel 29:20

29:20 I have given him the land of Egypt as his compensation for attacking Tyre ⁸ , because they did it for me, declares the sovereign Lord.

Ezekiel 35:10

35:10 “‘You said, “These two nations, these two lands ⁹  will be mine, and we will possess them,” ¹⁰  – although the Lord was there –

Ezekiel 44:13

44:13 They will not come near me to serve me as priest, nor will they come near any of my holy things, the things which are most sacred. They will bear the shame of the abominable deeds they have committed.

[11:20]  ¹ sn The expression They will be my people, and I will be their God occurs as a promise to Abraham (Gen 17:8), Moses (Exod 6:7), and the nation (Exod 29:45).

[16:20]  ² sn The sacrifice of children was prohibited in Lev 18:21; 20:2; Deut 12:31; 18:10.

[22:18]  ³ tn For similar imagery, see Isa 1:21-26; Jer 6:27-30.

[23:4]  ⁴ tn The names Oholah and Oholibah are both derived from the word meaning “tent.” The meaning of Oholah is “her tent,” while Oholibah means “my tent is in her.”

[23:4]  ⁵ sn In this allegory the Lord is depicted as being the husband of two wives. The OT law prohibited a man from marrying sisters (Lev 18:18), but the practice is attested in the OT (cf. Jacob). The metaphor is utilized here for illustrative purposes and does not mean that the Lord condoned such a practice or bigamy in general.

[23:37]  ⁵ sn The Lord speaks here in the role of the husband of the sisters.

[23:37]  ⁶ tn Heb “they have passed to them for food.” The verb is commonly taken to refer to passing children through fire, especially as an offering to the pagan god Molech. See Jer 32:35.

[29:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “for which he worked,” referring to the assault on Tyre (v. 18).

[35:10]  ⁷ sn The reference is to Israel and Judah.

[35:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “it.”