Ezekiel 3:8

3:8 “I have made your face adamant ¹  to match their faces, and your forehead hard to match their foreheads.

Ezekiel 9:10

9:10 But as for me, my eye will not pity them nor will I spare ²  them; I hereby repay them for what they have done.” ³ 

Ezekiel 11:21

11:21 But those whose hearts are devoted to detestable things and abominations, I hereby repay them for what they have done, ⁴  says the sovereign Lord.”

Ezekiel 16:18

16:18 You took your embroidered clothing and used it to cover them; you offered my olive oil and my incense to them.

Ezekiel 20:25

20:25 I also gave ⁵  them decrees ⁶  which were not good and regulations by which they could not live.

Ezekiel 22:31

22:31 So I have poured my anger on them, and destroyed them with the fire of my fury. I hereby repay them for what they have done, ⁷  declares the sovereign Lord.”

Ezekiel 24:8

24:8 To arouse anger, to take vengeance,

I have placed her blood on an exposed rock so that it cannot be covered up.

Ezekiel 36:28

36:28 Then you will live in the land I gave to your fathers; you will be my people, and I will be your God. ⁸ 

[3:8]  ¹ tn Heb “strong, resolute.”

[9:10]  ² tn The meaning of the Hebrew term is primarily emotional: “to pity,” which in context implies an action, as in being moved by pity in order to spare them from the horror of their punishment.

[9:10]  ³ tn Heb “their way on their head I have placed.” The same expression occurs in 1 Kgs 8:32; Ezek 11:21; 16:43; 22:31.

[11:21]  ³ tn Heb “their way on their head I have placed.”

[20:25]  ⁴ tn Or “permitted.”

[20:25]  ⁵ 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.

[22:31]  ⁵ tn Heb “their way on their head I have placed.”

[36:28]  ⁶ sn This promise reflects the ancient covenantal ideal (see Exod 6:7).