Ezekiel 33:17

33:17 “Yet your people ¹  say, ‘The behavior ²  of the Lord is not right,’ ³  when it is their behavior that is not right.

Ezekiel 37:27

37:27 My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Ezekiel 44:16

44:16 They will enter my sanctuary, and approach my table to minister to me; they will keep my charge.

Ezekiel 2:5

2:5 And as for them, ⁴  whether they listen ⁵  or not – for they are a rebellious ⁶  house ⁷  – they will know that a prophet has been among them.

Ezekiel 23:8

23:8 She did not abandon the prostitution she had practiced in Egypt; for in her youth men had sex with her, fondled her virgin breasts, and ravished her. ⁸ 

Ezekiel 25:4

25:4 So take note, ⁹  I am about to make you slaves of ¹⁰  the tribes ¹¹  of the east. They will make camps among you and pitch their tents among you. They will eat your fruit and drink your milk.

Ezekiel 34:30

34:30 Then they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them, ¹²  and that they are my people, the house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord. ¹³ 

Ezekiel 8:16

8:16 Then he brought me to the inner court of the Lord’s house. Right there ¹⁴  at the entrance to the Lord’s temple, between the porch and the altar, ¹⁵  were about twenty-five ¹⁶  men with their backs to the Lord’s temple, ¹⁷  facing east – they were worshiping the sun ¹⁸  toward the east!

Ezekiel 44:11

44:11 Yet they will be ministers in my sanctuary, having oversight at the gates of the temple, and serving the temple. They will slaughter the burnt offerings and the sacrifices for the people, and they will stand before them to minister to them.

[33:17]  ¹ tn Heb “the sons of your people.”

[33:17]  ² tn Heb “way.”

[33:17]  ³ tn The Hebrew verb translated “is (not) right” has the basic meaning of “to measure.” For a similar concept, see Ezek 18:25, 29.

[2:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “they”; the phrase “And as for them” has been used in the translation for clarity.

[2:5]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew word implies obedience rather than mere hearing or paying attention.

[2:5]  ⁶ tn This Hebrew adjective is also used to describe the Israelites in Num 17:25 and Isa 30:9.

[2:5]  ⁷ sn The book of Ezekiel frequently refers to the Israelites as a rebellious house (Ezek 2:5, 6, 8; 3:9, 26-27; 12:2-3, 9, 25; 17:12; 24:3).

[23:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “and poured out their harlotry on her.”

[25:4]  ¹⁰ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates being aware of or taking notice of something and has been translated here with a verb (so also throughout the chapter).

[25:4]  ¹¹ tn Heb “Look I am about to give you for a possession to.”

[25:4]  ¹² tn Heb “sons.”

[34:30]  ¹³ sn A promise given to Abraham (Gen 15:7) and his descendants (Gen 15:8; Exod 6:7).

[34:30]  ¹⁴ sn The blessings described in vv. 25-30 are those promised for obedience in Lev 26:4-13.

[8:16]  ¹⁶ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something.

[8:16]  ¹⁷ sn The priests prayed to God between the porch and the altar on fast days (Joel 2:17). This is the location where Zechariah was murdered (Matt 23:35).

[8:16]  ¹⁸ tc The LXX reads “twenty” instead of twenty-five, perhaps because of the association of the number twenty with the Mesopotamian sun god Shamash.

[8:16]  ¹⁹ sn The temple faced east.

[8:16]  ²⁰ tn Or “the sun god.”