Ezekiel 19:3

19:3 She reared one of her cubs; he became a young lion.

He learned to tear prey; he devoured people. ¹ 

Ezekiel 19:6

19:6 He walked about among the lions; he became a young lion.

He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.

Ezekiel 18:11

18:11 (though the father did not do any of them). ²  He eats pagan sacrifices on the mountains, ³  defiles his neighbor’s wife,

Ezekiel 18:15

18:15 He does not eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains, does not pray to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife,

Ezekiel 18:6

18:6 does not eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains ⁴  or pray to the idols ⁵  of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife, does not have sexual relations with a ⁶  woman during her period,

[19:3]  ¹ tn Heb “a man.”

[18:11]  ² tn Heb “and he all of these did not do.” The parenthetical note refers back to the father described in the preceding verses.

[18:11]  ³ sn See note on “mountains” in v. 6.

[18:6]  ³ tn Heb, “on the mountains he does not eat.” The mountains are often mentioned as the place where idolatrous sacrifices were eaten (Ezek 20:28; 22:9; 34:6).

[18:6]  ⁴ tn Heb, “does not lift up his eyes.” This refers to looking to idols for help.

[18:6]  ⁵ tn Heb, “does not draw near to.” “Draw near” is a euphemism for sexual intercourse (Lev 18:14; Deut 22:14; Isa 8:3).