Ezekiel 20:30

20:30 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Will you defile yourselves like your fathers ¹  and engage in prostitution with detestable idols?

Ezekiel 23:7

23:7 She bestowed her sexual favors on them; all of them were the choicest young men of Assyria. She defiled herself with all whom she desired ²  – with all their idols.

Ezekiel 23:49

23:49 They will repay you for your obscene conduct, and you will be punished for idol worship. ³  Then you will know that I am the sovereign Lord.”

Ezekiel 36:18

36:18 So I poured my anger on them ⁴  because of the blood they shed on the land and because of the idols with which they defiled it. ⁵ 

[20:30]  ¹ tn Heb “in the way of your fathers.”

[23:7]  ² tn Heb “lusted after.”

[23:49]  ³ tn Heb “and the sins of your idols you will bear.” By extension it can mean the punishment for the sins.

[36:18]  ⁴ sn See Ezek 7:8; 9:8; 14:19; 20:8, 13, 21; 22:22; 30:15.

[36:18]  ⁵ sn For the concept of defiling the land in legal literature, see Lev 18:28; Deut 21:23.