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 22:2

22:2 “As for you, son of man, are you willing to pronounce judgment, ²  are you willing to pronounce judgment on the bloody city? ³  Then confront her with all her abominable deeds!

Ezekiel 23:36

23:36 The Lord said to me: “Son of man, are you willing to pronounce judgment ⁴  on Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominable deeds!

Ezekiel 33:7-9

33:7 “As for you, son of man, I have made you a watchman ⁵  for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you must warn them on my behalf. 33:8 When I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you must certainly die,’ ⁶  and you do not warn ⁷  the wicked about his behavior, ⁸  the wicked man will die for his iniquity, but I will hold you accountable for his death. ⁹  33:9 But if you warn the wicked man to change his behavior, ¹⁰  and he refuses to change, ¹¹  he will die for his iniquity, but you have saved your own life.

Isaiah 58:1

The Lord Desires Genuine Devotion

58:1 “Shout loudly! Don’t be quiet!

Yell as loud as a trumpet!

Confront my people with their rebellious deeds; ¹² 

confront Jacob’s family with their sin! ¹³ 

Hosea 8:1

God Will Raise Up the Assyrians to Attack Israel

8:1 Sound the alarm! ¹⁴ 

An eagle ¹⁵  looms over the temple of the Lord!

For they have broken their covenant with me, ¹⁶ 

and have rebelled against my law.

[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.

[22:2]  ² 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 upon the city. See 20:4.

[22:2]  ³ tn The phrase “bloody city” is used of Nineveh in Nah 3:1.

[23:36]  ⁴ 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. See 20:4; 22:2.

[33:7]  ⁵ sn Jeremiah (Jer 6:17) and Habakkuk (Hab 2:1) also served in the role of a watchman.

[33:8]  ⁶ tn The same expression occurs in Gen 2:17.

[33:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “and you do not speak to warn.”

[33:8]  ⁸ tn Heb “way.”

[33:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “and his blood from your hand I will seek.”

[33:9]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “from his way to turn from it.”

[33:9]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and he does not turn from his way.”

[58:1]  ¹² tn Heb “declare to my people their rebellion.”

[58:1]  ¹³ tn Heb “and to the house of Jacob their sin.” The verb “declare” is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).

[8:1]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “A horn unto your gums!”; NAB “A trumpet to your lips!”

[8:1]  ¹⁵ tn Or perhaps “A vulture.” Some identify the species indicated by the Hebrew term נֶשֶׁר (nesher) as the griffon vulture (cf. NEB, NRSV).

[8:1]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “my covenant” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “the covenant I made with them.”