Ezekiel 20:11

20:11 I gave them my statutes ¹  and revealed my regulations to them. The one ²  who carries ³  them out will live by them! ⁴ 

Ezekiel 24:12

24:12 It has tried my patience; ⁵ 

yet its thick rot is not removed ⁶  from it.

Subject its rot to the fire! ⁷ 

[20:11]  ¹ sn The laws were given at Mount Sinai.

[20:11]  ² tn Heb “the man.”

[20:11]  ³ tn Heb “does.”

[20:11]  ⁴ tn The wording and the concept is contained in Lev 18:5 and Deut 30:15-19.

[24:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “(with) toil she has wearied.” The meaning of the statement is unclear in the Hebrew text; some follow the LXX and delete it. The first word in the statement (rendered “toil” in the literal translation above) occurs only here in the OT, and the verb “she has wearied” lacks a stated object. Elsewhere the Hiphil of the verb refers to wearying someone or trying someone’s patience. The feminine subject is apparently the symbolic pot.

[24:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “does not go out.”

[24:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “in fire its rust.” The meaning of the expression is unclear. The translation understands the statement as a command to burn the rust away. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:768.