Ezekiel 8:12

8:12 He said to me, “Do you see, son of man, what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, each in the chamber of his idolatrous images? ¹  For they think, ‘The Lord does not see us! The Lord has abandoned the land!’”

Ezekiel 8:17

8:17 He said to me, “Do you see, son of man? Is it a trivial thing that the house of Judah commits these abominations they are practicing here? For they have filled the land with violence and provoked me to anger still further. Look, they are putting the branch to their nose! ² 

Ezekiel 13:9

13:9 My hand will be against the prophets who see delusion and announce lying omens. They will not be included in the council ³  of my people, nor be written in the registry ⁴  of the house of Israel, nor enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the sovereign Lord.

Ezekiel 24:14

24:14 “‘I the Lord have spoken; judgment ⁵  is coming and I will act! I will not relent, or show pity, or be sorry! ⁶  I will judge you ⁷  according to your conduct ⁸  and your deeds, declares the sovereign Lord.’”

Ezekiel 25:3

25:3 Say to the Ammonites, ‘Hear the word of the sovereign Lord: This is what the sovereign Lord says: You said “Aha!” about my sanctuary when it was desecrated, about the land of Israel when it was made desolate, and about the house of Judah when they went into exile.

Ezekiel 33:11

33:11 Say to them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but prefer that the wicked change his behavior ⁹  and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil deeds! ¹⁰  Why should you die, O house of Israel?’

Ezekiel 36:6

36:6 “Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I have spoken in my zeal and in my anger, because you have endured the insults of the nations.

Ezekiel 44:5

44:5 The Lord said to me: “Son of man, pay attention, ¹¹  watch closely and listen carefully to ¹²  everything I tell you concerning all the statutes of the Lord’s house and all its laws. Pay attention to the entrances ¹³  to the temple with all the exits of the sanctuary.

[8:12]  ¹ tn Heb “the room of his images.” The adjective “idolatrous” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[8:17]  ² tn It is not clear what the practice of “holding a branch to the nose” indicates. A possible parallel is the Syrian relief of a king holding a flower to his nose as he worships the stars (ANEP 281). See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 1:145-46. The LXX glosses the expression as “Behold, they are like mockers.”

[13:9]  ³ tn The Hebrew term may refer to the secret council of the Lord (Jer 23:18; Job 15:8), but here it more likely refers to a human council comprised of civic leaders (Gen 49:6; Jer 6:11; 15:17 Ps 64:3; 111:1).

[13:9]  ⁴ tn The reference here is probably to a civil list (as in Ezra 2:16; Neh 7:64) rather than to a “book of life” (Exod 32:32; Isa 4:3; Ps 69:29; Dan 12:1). This registry may have been established at the making of David’s census (2 Sam 24:2, 9).

[24:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “it”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[24:14]  ⁵ tn Or perhaps, “change my mind.”

[24:14]  ⁶ tc Some medieval Hebrew mss and the major ancient versions read a first person verb here. Most Hebrew mss read have an indefinite subject, “they will judge you,” which could be translated, “you will be judged.”

[24:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “ways.”

[33:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “turn from his way.”

[33:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “ways.” This same word is translated “behavior” earlier in the verse.

[44:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “set your heart” (so also in the latter part of the verse).

[44:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “Set your mind, look with your eyes, and with your ears hear.”

[44:5]  ⁸ tc The Syriac, Vulgate, and Targum read the plural. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:618.