Ezekiel 16:31

16:31 When you built your chamber at the head of every street and put up your pavilion in every public square, you were not like a prostitute, because you scoffed at payment. ¹ 

Ezekiel 16:39

16:39 I will give you into their hands and they will destroy your chambers and tear down your pavilions. They will strip you of your clothing and take your beautiful jewelry and leave you naked and bare.

Ezekiel 20:28-29

20:28 I brought them to the land which I swore ²  to give them, but whenever they saw any high hill or leafy tree, they offered their sacrifices there and presented the offerings that provoke me to anger. They offered their soothing aroma there and poured out their drink offerings. 20:29 So I said to them, What is this high place you go to?’” (So it is called “High Place” ³  to this day.)

Ezekiel 20:2

20:2 The word of the Lord came to me:

Ezekiel 21:3-7

21:3 and say to them, ⁴  ‘This is what the Lord says: Look, ⁵  I am against you. ⁶  I will draw my sword ⁷  from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked. ⁸  21:4 Because I will cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked, my sword will go out from its sheath against everyone ⁹  from the south ¹⁰  to the north. 21:5 Then everyone will know that I am the Lord, who drew my sword from its sheath – it will not be sheathed again!’

21:6 “And you, son of man, groan with an aching heart ¹¹  and bitterness; groan before their eyes. 21:7 When they ask you, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you will reply, ‘Because of the report that has come. Every heart will melt with fear and every hand will be limp; everyone ¹²  will faint and every knee will be wet with urine.’ ¹³  Pay attention – it is coming and it will happen, declares the sovereign Lord.”

Ezekiel 23:5-7

23:5 “Oholah engaged in prostitution while she was mine. ¹⁴  She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians ¹⁵  – warriors ¹⁶  23:6 clothed in blue, governors and officials, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on horses. 23:7 She bestowed her sexual favors on them; all of them were the choicest young men of Assyria. She defiled herself with all whom she desired ¹⁷  – with all their idols.

Ezekiel 23:11-12

23:11 “Her sister Oholibah watched this, ¹⁸  but she became more corrupt in her lust than her sister had been, and her acts of prostitution were more numerous than those of her sister. 23:12 She lusted after the Assyrians – governors and officials, warriors in full armor, horsemen riding on horses, all of them desirable young men.

Ezekiel 23:2

23:2 “Son of man, there were two women who were daughters of the same mother.

Ezekiel 33:3-7

33:3 He sees the sword coming against the land, blows the trumpet, ¹⁹  and warns the people, ²⁰  33:4 but there is one who hears the sound of the trumpet yet does not heed the warning. Then the sword comes and sweeps him away. He will be responsible for his own death. ²¹  33:5 He heard the sound of the trumpet but did not heed the warning, so he is responsible for himself. ²²  If he had heeded the warning, he would have saved his life. 33:6 But suppose the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people. Then the sword comes and takes one of their lives. He is swept away for his iniquity, ²³  but I will hold the watchman accountable for that person’s death.’ ²⁴ 

33:7 “As for you, son of man, I have made you a watchman ²⁵  for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you must warn them on my behalf.

[16:31]  ¹ tn The Hebrew term, which also occurs in vv. 34 and 41 of this chapter, always refers to the payment of a prostitute (Deut 23:19; Isa 23:17; Hos 9:1; Mic 1:7).

[20:28]  ² tn Heb “which I lifted up my hand.”

[20:29]  ³ tn The Hebrew word (“Bamah”) means “high place.”

[21:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “the land of Israel.”

[21:3]  ⁵ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) draws attention to something and has been translated here as a verb.

[21:3]  ⁶ tn Or “I challenge you.” The phrase “I am against you” may be a formula for challenging someone to combat or a duel. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:201-2, and P. Humbert, “Die Herausforderungsformel ‘h!nn#n' ?l?K>,’” ZAW 45 (1933): 101-8.

[21:3]  ⁷ sn This is the sword of judgment, see Isa 31:8; 34:6; 66:16.

[21:3]  ⁸ sn Ezekiel elsewhere pictures the Lord’s judgment as discriminating between the righteous and the wicked (9:4-6; 18:1-20; see as well Pss 1 and 11) and speaks of the preservation of a remnant (3:21; 6:8; 12:16). Perhaps here he exaggerates for rhetorical effect in an effort to subdue any false optimism. See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:25-26; D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:669-70; and W. Zimmerli, Ezekiel (Hermeneia), 1:424-25.

[21:4]  ⁹ tn Heb “all flesh” (also in the following verse).

[21:4]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Negev.” The Negev is the south country.

[21:6]  ¹¹ tn Heb “breaking loins.”

[21:7]  ¹² tn Heb “every spirit will be dim.”

[21:7]  ¹³ sn This expression depicts in a very vivid way how they will be overcome with fear. See the note on the same phrase in 7:17.

[23:5]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “while she was under me.” The expression indicates that Oholah is viewed as the Lord’s wife. See Num 5:19-20, 29.

[23:5]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “Assyria.”

[23:5]  ¹⁶ tn The term apparently refers to Assyrian military officers; it is better construed with the description that follows. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:738.

[23:7]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “lusted after.”

[23:11]  ¹⁸ tn The word “this” is not in the original text.

[33:3]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “shofar,” a ram’s horn rather than a brass instrument (so throughout the chapter).

[33:3]  ²⁰ tn Sounding the trumpet was a warning of imminent danger (Neh 4:18-20; Jer 4:19; Amos 3:6).

[33:4]  ²¹ tn Heb “his blood will be on his own head.”

[33:5]  ²² tn Heb “his blood will be on him.”

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

[33:6]  ²⁴ tn Heb “his blood from the hand of the watchman I will seek.”

[33:7]  ²⁵ sn Jeremiah (Jer 6:17) and Habakkuk (Hab 2:1) also served in the role of a watchman.