Ezekiel 16:36

16:36 This is what the sovereign Lord says: Because your lust ¹  was poured out and your nakedness was uncovered in your prostitution with your lovers, and because of all your detestable idols, and because of the blood of your children you have given to them,

Ezekiel 43:18-19

43:18 Then he said to me: “Son of man, this is what the sovereign Lord says: These are the statutes of the altar: On the day it is built to offer up burnt offerings on it and to sprinkle blood on it, ²  43:19 you will give a young bull for a sin offering to the Levitical priests who are descended from Zadok, who approach me to minister to me, declares the sovereign Lord.

Ezekiel 44:12

44:12 Because they used to minister to them before their idols, and became a sinful obstacle ³  to the house of Israel, consequently I have made a vow ⁴  concerning them, declares the sovereign Lord, that they will be responsible ⁵  for their sin.

[16:36]  ¹ tn The Hebrew word occurs only here in the OT.

[43:18]  ² sn For the “sprinkling of blood,” see Lev 1:5, 11; 8:19; 9:12.

[44:12]  ³ tn Heb “a stumbling block of iniquity.” This is a unique phrase of the prophet Ezekiel (cf. also Ezek 7:19; 14:3, 4, 7; 18:30).

[44:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”

[44:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “will bear.”