Ezekiel 13:19

13:19 You have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. You have put to death people ¹  who should not die and kept alive those who should not live by your lies to my people, who listen to lies!

Ezekiel 21:12

21:12 Cry out and moan, son of man,

for it is wielded against my people;

against all the princes of Israel.

They are delivered up to the sword, along with my people.

Therefore, strike your thigh. ² 

Ezekiel 33:2

33:2 “Son of man, speak to your people, ³  and say to them, ‘Suppose I bring a sword against the land, and the people of the land take one man from their borders and make him their watchman.

Ezekiel 33:31

33:31 They come to you in crowds, ⁴  and they sit in front of you as ⁵  my people. They hear your words, but do not obey ⁶  them. For they talk lustfully, ⁷  and their heart is set on ⁸  their own advantage. ⁹ 

Ezekiel 38:8

38:8 After many days you will be summoned; in the latter years you will come to a land restored from the ravages of war, ¹⁰  with many peoples gathered on the mountains of Israel that had long been in ruins. Its people ¹¹  were brought out from the peoples, and all of them will be living securely.

Ezekiel 44:19

44:19 When they go out to the outer court to the people, they must remove the garments they were ministering in, and place them in the holy chambers; they must put on other garments so that they will not transmit holiness to the people with their garments. ¹² 

[13:19]  ¹ tn Heb “human lives” or “souls.”

[21:12]  ² sn This physical action was part of an expression of grief. Cp. Jer. 31:19.

[33:2]  ³ tn Heb “sons of your people.”

[33:31]  ⁴ tn Heb “as people come.” Apparently this is an idiom indicating that they come in crowds. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:264.

[33:31]  ⁵ tn The word “as” is supplied in the translation.

[33:31]  ⁶ tn Heb “do.”

[33:31]  ⁷ tn Heb “They do lust with their mouths.”

[33:31]  ⁸ tn Heb “goes after.”

[33:31]  ⁹ 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.

[38:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “from the sword.”

[38:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “it.”

[44:19]  ⁶ sn For a similar concept of the transmitting of holiness, see Exod 19:12-14; Lev 10:1-2; 2 Sam 6:7. Similar laws concerning the priest are found in Lev 10 and 21.