Ezekiel 20:4

20:4 “Are you willing to pronounce judgment? ¹  Are you willing to pronounce judgment, son of man? Then confront them with the abominable practices of their fathers,

Ezekiel 20:13

20:13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness; they did not follow my statutes and they rejected my regulations (the one who obeys them will live by them), and they utterly desecrated my Sabbaths. So I decided to pour out ²  my rage on them in the wilderness and destroy them. ³ 

Ezekiel 20:21

20:21 “‘But the children ⁴  rebelled against me, did not follow my statutes, did not observe my regulations by carrying them out (the one who obeys ⁵  them will live by them), and desecrated my Sabbaths. I decided to pour out ⁶  my rage on them and fully vent my anger against them in the wilderness.

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 ⁷  and engage in prostitution with detestable idols?

[20:4]  ¹ tn Heb “will you judge.” Here the imperfect form of the verb is probably used with a desiderative nuance. Addressed to the prophet, “judge” means to warn of or pronounce God’s impending judgment.

[20:13]  ² tn Heb “and I said/thought to pour out.”

[20:13]  ³ tn Heb “to bring them to an end.”

[20:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “sons.”

[20:21]  ⁵ tn Or “carries them out.”

[20:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “and I said/thought to pour out.”

[20:30]  ⁷ tn Heb “in the way of your fathers.”