Ezekiel 20:25

20:25 I also gave ¹  them decrees ²  which were not good and regulations by which they could not live.

Ezekiel 22:19

22:19 Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: ‘Because all of you ³  have become slag, look out! – I am about to gather you in the middle of Jerusalem. ⁴ 

[20:25]  ¹ tn Or “permitted.”

[20:25]  ² tn The Hebrew term חֻקּוֹת (khuqot; translated “statutes” elsewhere in this chapter) is normally feminine. Here Ezekiel changes the form to masculine: חֻקִּים (khuqim). Further, they are not called “my decrees” as vv. 11 and 13 refer to “my statutes.” The change is a signal that Ezekiel is not talking about the same statutes in vv. 11 and 13, which lead to life.

[22:19]  ³ tn The Hebrew second person pronoun is masculine plural here and in vv. 19b-21, indicating that the people are being addressed.

[22:19]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.