Ezekiel 36:18

36:18 So I poured my anger on them ¹  because of the blood they shed on the land and because of the idols with which they defiled it. ² 

Ezekiel 20:18

20:18 “‘But I said to their children ³  in the wilderness, “Do not follow the practices of your fathers; do not observe their regulations, ⁴  nor defile yourselves with their idols.

[36:18]  ¹ sn See Ezek 7:8; 9:8; 14:19; 20:8, 13, 21; 22:22; 30:15.

[36:18]  ² sn For the concept of defiling the land in legal literature, see Lev 18:28; Deut 21:23.

[20:18]  ³ tn Heb “sons,” reflecting the patriarchal idiom of the culture.

[20:18]  ⁴ tn Or “standard of justice.” See Ezek 7:27.