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 24:22

24:22 Then you will do as I have done: You will not cover your lip or eat food brought by others. ³ 

Ezekiel 33:17

33:17 “Yet your people ⁴  say, ‘The behavior ⁵  of the Lord is not right,’ ⁶  when it is their behavior that is not right.

Ezekiel 44:20

44:20 “‘They must not shave their heads ⁷  nor let their hair grow long; ⁸  they must only trim their heads.

[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.

[24:22]  ³ tn See v. 17.

[33:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “the sons of your people.”

[33:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “way.”

[33:17]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew verb translated “is (not) right” has the basic meaning of “to measure.” For a similar concept, see Ezek 18:25, 29.

[44:20]  ⁷ sn The shaving of the head was associated with mourning (Ezek 7:18).

[44:20]  ⁸ sn Letting the hair grow was associated with the taking of a vow (Num 6:5; Acts 21:23-26).