Ezekiel 16:3

16:3 and say, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites; your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.

Ezekiel 16:45

16:45 You are the daughter of your mother, who detested her husband and her sons, and you are the sister of your sisters who detested their husbands and their sons. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.

Ezekiel 18:2

18:2 “What do you mean by quoting this proverb concerning the land of Israel,

“‘The fathers eat sour grapes

And the children’s teeth become numb?’ ¹ 

Ezekiel 18:4

18:4 Indeed! All lives are mine – the life of the father as well as the life of the son is mine. The one ²  who sins will die.

Ezekiel 18:14

18:14 “But suppose he in turn has a son who notices all the sins his father commits, considers them, and does not follow his father’s example. ³ 

Ezekiel 18:17-18

18:17 refrains from wrongdoing, ⁴  does not engage in usury or charge interest, carries out my regulations and follows my statutes. He will not die for his father’s iniquity; ⁵  he will surely live. 18:18 As for his father, because he practices extortion, robs his brother, and does what is not good among his people, he will die for his iniquity.

Ezekiel 20:18

20:18 “‘But I said to their children ⁶  in the wilderness, “Do not follow the practices of your fathers; do not observe their regulations, ⁷  nor defile yourselves with their idols.

Ezekiel 20:24

20:24 I did this ⁸  because they did not observe my regulations, they rejected my statutes, they desecrated my Sabbaths, and their eyes were fixed on ⁹  their fathers’ idols.

Ezekiel 20:30

20:30 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Will you defile yourselves like your fathers ¹⁰  and engage in prostitution with detestable idols?

Ezekiel 20:36

20:36 Just as I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgment with you, declares the sovereign Lord.

Ezekiel 20:42

20:42 Then you will know that I am the Lord when I bring you to the land of Israel, to the land I swore ¹¹  to give to your fathers.

Ezekiel 22:11

22:11 One ¹²  commits an abominable act with his neighbor’s wife; another obscenely defiles his daughter-in-law; another violates ¹³  his sister – his father’s daughter ¹⁴  – within you.

Ezekiel 47:14

47:14 You must divide it equally just as I vowed to give it to your forefathers; ¹⁵  this land will be assigned as your inheritance. ¹⁶ 

[18:2]  ¹ tn This word only occurs here and in the parallel passage in Jer 31:29-30 in the Qal stem and in Eccl 10:10 in the Piel stem. In the latter passage it refers to the bluntness of an ax that has not been sharpened. Here the idea is of the “bluntness” of the teeth, not from having ground them down due to the bitter taste of sour grapes but to the fact that they have lost their “edge,” “bite,” or “sharpness” because they are numb from the sour taste. For this meaning for the word, see W. L. Holladay, Jeremiah (Hermeneia), 2:197.

[18:4]  ¹ tn Heb “life.”

[18:14]  ¹ tn Heb “and he sees and does not do likewise.”

[18:17]  ¹ tc This translation follows the LXX. The MT reads “restrains his hand from the poor,” which makes no sense here.

[18:17]  ² tn Or “in his father’s punishment.” The phrase “in/for [a person’s] iniquity/punishment” occurs fourteen times in Ezekiel: here and in vv. 18, 19, 20; 3:18, 19; 4:17; 7:13, 16; 24:23; 33:6, 8, 9; 39:23. The Hebrew word for “iniquity” may also mean the “punishment for iniquity.”

[20:18]  ¹ tn Heb “sons,” reflecting the patriarchal idiom of the culture.

[20:18]  ² tn Or “standard of justice.” See Ezek 7:27.

[20:24]  ¹ tn The words “I did this” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied for stylistic reasons. Verses 23-24 are one long sentence in the Hebrew text. The translation divides this sentence into two for stylistic reasons.

[20:24]  ² tn Or “they worshiped” (NCV, TEV, CEV); Heb “their eyes were on” or “were after” (cf. v. 16).

[20:30]  ¹ tn Heb “in the way of your fathers.”

[20:42]  ¹ tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”

[22:11]  ¹ tn Heb “a man.”

[22:11]  ² tn The verb is the same one used in verse 10b and suggests forcible sexual violation of the woman.

[22:11]  ³ sn Sexual relations with one’s half-sister may be primarily in view here. See Lev 18:9; 20:17.

[47:14]  ¹ sn Gen 15:9-21.

[47:14]  ² tn Heb “will fall to you as an inheritance.”