Ezekiel 36:21

36:21 I was concerned for my holy reputation ¹  which the house of Israel profaned among the nations where they went.

Ezekiel 20:1

Israel’s Rebellion

20:1 In the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month, ²  some of the elders ³  of Israel came to seek ⁴  the Lord, and they sat down in front of me.

Ezekiel 23:40

23:40 “They even sent for men from far away; when the messenger arrived, those men set out. ⁵  For them you bathed, ⁶  painted your eyes, and decorated yourself with jewelry.

Ezekiel 23:44

23:44 They had sex with her ⁷  as one does with a prostitute. In this way they had sex with Oholah and Oholibah, promiscuous women.

Ezekiel 36:20

36:20 But when they arrived in the nations where they went, they profaned my holy name. It was said of them, ‘These are the people of the Lord, yet they have departed from his land.’

Ezekiel 44:27

44:27 On the day he enters the sanctuary, into the inner court to serve in the sanctuary, he must offer his sin offering, declares the sovereign Lord.

Ezekiel 11:16

11:16 “Therefore say: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Although I have removed them far away among the nations and have dispersed them among the countries, I have been a little ⁸  sanctuary for them among the lands where they have gone.’

Ezekiel 12:16

12:16 But I will let a small number of them survive the sword, famine, and pestilence, so that they can confess all their abominable practices to the nations where they go. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

Ezekiel 33:30

33:30 “But as for you, son of man, your people ⁹  (who are talking about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses) say to one another, ¹⁰  ‘Come hear the word that comes ¹¹  from the Lord.’

Ezekiel 47:9

47:9 Every living creature which swarms where the river ¹²  flows will live; there will be many fish, for these waters flow there. It will become fresh ¹³  and everything will live where the river flows.

[36:21]  ¹ tn Heb “name.”

[20:1]  ² sn The date would be August 14th, 591 b.c. The seventh year is the seventh year of Jehoiachin’s exile.

[20:1]  ³ tn Heb “men from the elders.”

[20:1]  ⁴ tn See the note at 14:3.

[23:40]  ³ tn Heb “to whom a messenger was sent, and look, they came.” Foreign alliances are in view here.

[23:40]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew verb form is feminine singular, indicating that Oholibah (Judah) is specifically addressed here. This address continues through verse 42a (note “her”), but then both sisters are described in verse 42b, where the feminine pronouns are again plural.

[23:44]  ⁴ tn Heb “and they came to her.”

[11:16]  ⁵ tn Or “have been partially a sanctuary”; others take this as temporal (cf. NASB, NIV, NRSV “a little while”).

[33:30]  ⁶ tn Heb “sons of your people.”

[33:30]  ⁷ tn Heb “one to one, a man to his brother.”

[33:30]  ⁸ tn Heb “comes out.”

[47:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “two rivers,” perhaps under the influence of Zech 14:8. The translation follows the LXX and other ancient versions in reading the singular, which is demanded by the context (see vv. 5-7, 9b, 12).

[47:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “will be healed.”