Ezekiel 12:2

12:2 “Son of man, you are living in the midst of a rebellious house. ¹  They have eyes to see, but do not see, and ears to hear, but do not hear, ²  because they are a rebellious house.

Ezekiel 20:5-6

20:5 and say to them:

“‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: On the day I chose Israel I swore ³  to the descendants ⁴  of the house of Jacob and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt. I swore ⁵  to them, “I am the Lord your God.” 20:6 On that day I swore ⁶  to bring them out of the land of Egypt to a land which I had picked out ⁷  for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, ⁸  the most beautiful of all lands.

[12:2]  ¹ sn The book of Ezekiel frequently refers to the Israelites as a rebellious house (Ezek 2:5, 6, 8; 3:9, 26-27; 12:2-3, 9, 25; 17:12; 24:3).

[12:2]  ² sn This verse is very similar to Isa 6:9-10.

[20:5]  ³ tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”

[20:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “seed.”

[20:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”

[20:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “I lifted up my hand to them.”

[20:6]  ⁶ tn Or “searched out.” The Hebrew word is used to describe the activity of the spies in “spying out” the land of Canaan (Num 13-14); cf. KJV “I had espied for them.”

[20:6]  ⁷ sn The phrase “a land flowing with milk and honey,” a figure of speech describing the land’s abundant fertility, occurs in v. 15 as well as Exod 3:8, 17; 13:5; 33:3; Lev 20:24; Num 13:27; Deut 6:3; 11:9; 26:9; 27:3; Josh 5:6; Jer 11:5; 32:23 (see also Deut 1:25; 8:7-9).