Ezekiel 5:11

5:11 “Therefore, as surely as I live, says the sovereign Lord, because you defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable idols and with all your abominable practices, I will withdraw; my eye will not pity you, nor will I spare ¹  you.

Ezekiel 8:7-10

8:7 He brought me to the entrance of the court, and as I watched, I noticed a hole in the wall. 8:8 He said to me, “Son of man, dig into the wall.” So I dug into the wall and discovered a doorway.

8:9 He said to me, “Go in and see the evil abominations they are practicing here.” 8:10 So I went in and looked. I noticed every figure ²  of creeping thing and beast – detestable images ³  – and every idol of the house of Israel, engraved on the wall all around. ⁴ 

Ezekiel 8:15-16

8:15 He said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? You will see even greater abominations than these!”

8:16 Then he brought me to the inner court of the Lord’s house. Right there ⁵  at the entrance to the Lord’s temple, between the porch and the altar, ⁶  were about twenty-five ⁷  men with their backs to the Lord’s temple, ⁸  facing east – they were worshiping the sun ⁹  toward the east!

Ezekiel 8:2

8:2 As I watched, I noticed ¹⁰  a form that appeared to be a man. ¹¹  From his waist downward was something like fire, ¹²  and from his waist upward something like a brightness, ¹³  like an amber glow. ¹⁴ 

Ezekiel 21:4

21:4 Because I will cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked, my sword will go out from its sheath against everyone ¹⁵  from the south ¹⁶  to the north.

Ezekiel 21:7

21:7 When they ask you, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you will reply, ‘Because of the report that has come. Every heart will melt with fear and every hand will be limp; everyone ¹⁷  will faint and every knee will be wet with urine.’ ¹⁸  Pay attention – it is coming and it will happen, declares the sovereign Lord.”

Ezekiel 23:11-12

23:11 “Her sister Oholibah watched this, ¹⁹  but she became more corrupt in her lust than her sister had been, and her acts of prostitution were more numerous than those of her sister. 23:12 She lusted after the Assyrians – governors and officials, warriors in full armor, horsemen riding on horses, all of them desirable young men.

Ezekiel 23:2

23:2 “Son of man, there were two women who were daughters of the same mother.

Ezekiel 33:4-7

33:4 but there is one who hears the sound of the trumpet yet does not heed the warning. Then the sword comes and sweeps him away. He will be responsible for his own death. ²⁰  33:5 He heard the sound of the trumpet but did not heed the warning, so he is responsible for himself. ²¹  If he had heeded the warning, he would have saved his life. 33:6 But suppose the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people. Then the sword comes and takes one of their lives. He is swept away for his iniquity, ²²  but I will hold the watchman accountable for that person’s death.’ ²³ 

33:7 “As for you, son of man, I have made you a watchman ²⁴  for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you must warn them on my behalf.

Ezekiel 36:14

36:14 therefore you will no longer devour people and no longer bereave your nation of children, declares the sovereign Lord.

Jeremiah 7:30

7:30 The Lord says, “I have rejected them because ²⁵  the people of Judah have done what I consider evil. ²⁶  They have set up their disgusting idols in the temple ²⁷  which I have claimed for my own ²⁸  and have defiled it.

[5:11]  ¹ 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.

[8:10]  ² tn Or “pattern.”

[8:10]  ³ tn Heb “detestable.” The word is often used to describe the figures of foreign gods.

[8:10]  ⁴ sn These engravings were prohibited in the Mosaic law (Deut 4:16-18).

[8:16]  ⁵ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something.

[8:16]  ⁶ 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]  ⁷ 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]  ⁸ sn The temple faced east.

[8:16]  ⁹ tn Or “the sun god.”

[8:2]  ¹⁰ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb (so also throughout the chapter).

[8:2]  ¹¹ tc The MT reads “fire” rather than “man,” the reading of the LXX. The nouns are very similar in Hebrew.

[8:2]  ¹² tc The MT reads “what appeared to be his waist and downwards was fire.” The LXX omits “what appeared to be,” reading “from his waist to below was fire.” Suggesting that “like what appeared to be” belongs before “fire,” D. I. Block (Ezekiel [NICOT], 1:277) points out the resulting poetic symmetry of form with the next line as followed in the translation here.

[8:2]  ¹³ tc The LXX omits “like a brightness.”

[8:2]  ¹⁴ tn See Ezek 1:4.

[21:4]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “all flesh” (also in the following verse).

[21:4]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “Negev.” The Negev is the south country.

[21:7]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “every spirit will be dim.”

[21:7]  ¹⁸ sn This expression depicts in a very vivid way how they will be overcome with fear. See the note on the same phrase in 7:17.

[23:11]  ¹⁹ tn The word “this” is not in the original text.

[33:4]  ²⁰ tn Heb “his blood will be on his own head.”

[33:5]  ²¹ tn Heb “his blood will be on him.”

[33:6]  ²² tn Or “in his punishment.” The phrase “in/for [a person’s] iniquity/punishment” occurs fourteen times in Ezekiel: here and in vv. 8 and 9; 3:18, 19; 4:17; 7:13, 16; 18: 17, 18, 19, 20; 24:23; 39:23. The Hebrew word for “iniquity” may also mean the “punishment” for iniquity or “guilt” of iniquity.

[33:6]  ²³ tn Heb “his blood from the hand of the watchman I will seek.”

[33:7]  ²⁴ sn Jeremiah (Jer 6:17) and Habakkuk (Hab 2:1) also served in the role of a watchman.

[7:30]  ²⁵ tn The words “I have rejected them” are not in the Hebrew text, which merely says “because.” These words are supplied in the translation to show more clearly the connection to the preceding.

[7:30]  ²⁶ tn Heb “have done the evil in my eyes.”

[7:30]  ²⁷ sn Compare, e.g., 2 Kgs 21:3, 5, 7; 23:4, 6; Ezek 8:3, 5, 10-12, 16. Manasseh had desecrated the temple by building altars, cult symbols, and idols in it. Josiah had purged the temple of these pagan elements. But it is obvious from both Jeremiah and Ezekiel that they had been replaced shortly after Josiah’s death. They were a primary cause of Judah’s guilt and punishment (see beside this passage, 19:5; 32:34-35).

[7:30]  ²⁸ tn Heb “the house which is called by my name.” Cf. 7:10, 11, 14 and see the translator’s note 7:10 for the explanation for this rendering.