Ezekiel 8:5-6

8:5 He said to me, “Son of man, look up toward ¹  the north.” So I looked up toward the north, and I noticed to the north of the altar gate was this statue of jealousy at the entrance.

8:6 He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what they are doing – the great abominations that the people ²  of Israel are practicing here, to drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see greater abominations than these!”

Ezekiel 8:16

8:16 Then he brought me to the inner court of the Lord’s house. Right there ³  at the entrance to the Lord’s temple, between the porch and the altar, ⁴  were about twenty-five ⁵  men with their backs to the Lord’s temple, ⁶  facing east – they were worshiping the sun ⁷  toward the east!

Ezekiel 23:28

23:28 “For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look here, ⁸  I am about to deliver you over to ⁹  those whom you hate, to those with whom you were disgusted.

Ezekiel 44:7

44:7 When you bring foreigners, those uncircumcised in heart and in flesh, into my sanctuary, you desecrate ¹⁰  it – even my house – when you offer my food, the fat and the blood. You ¹¹  have broken my covenant by all your abominable practices.

Ezekiel 44:2

44:2 The Lord said to me: “This gate will be shut; it will not be opened, and no one will enter by it. For the Lord, the God of Israel, has entered by it; therefore it will remain shut.

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 ¹²  from the south ¹³  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 ¹⁴  will faint and every knee will be wet with urine.’ ¹⁵  Pay attention – it is coming and it will happen, declares the sovereign Lord.”

Ezekiel 23:12

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

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. ¹⁶ 

Ezekiel 33:7

33:7 “As for you, son of man, I have made you a watchman ¹⁷  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 7:9-11

7:9 You steal. ¹⁸  You murder. You commit adultery. You lie when you swear on oath. You sacrifice to the god Baal. You pay allegiance to ¹⁹  other gods whom you have not previously known. 7:10 Then you come and stand in my presence in this temple I have claimed as my own ²⁰  and say, “We are safe!” You think you are so safe that you go on doing all those hateful sins! ²¹  7:11 Do you think this temple I have claimed as my own ²²  is to be a hideout for robbers? ²³  You had better take note! ²⁴  I have seen for myself what you have done! says the Lord.

Jeremiah 32:34

32:34 They set up their disgusting idols in the temple which I have claimed for my own ²⁵  and defiled it.

[8:5]  ¹ tn Heb “lift your eyes (to) the way of.”

[8:6]  ² tn Heb “house.”

[8:16]  ³ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something.

[8:16]  ⁴ 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]  ⁵ 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]  ⁶ sn The temple faced east.

[8:16]  ⁷ tn Or “the sun god.”

[23:28]  ⁸ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[23:28]  ⁹ tn Heb “I am giving you into the hand of.”

[44:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “to desecrate.”

[44:7]  ¹¹ tc The Greek, Syriac, and Latin versions read “you.” The Masoretic text reads “they.”

[21:4]  ¹² tn Heb “all flesh” (also in the following verse).

[21:4]  ¹³ tn Heb “Negev.” The Negev is the south country.

[21:7]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “every spirit will be dim.”

[21:7]  ¹⁵ 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.

[33:4]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “his blood will be on his own head.”

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

[7:9]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “Will you steal…then say, ‘We are safe’?” Verses 9-10 are one long sentence in the Hebrew text.

[7:9]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “You go/follow after.” See the translator’s note at 2:5 for an explanation of the idiom involved here.

[7:10]  ²⁰ tn Heb “over which my name is called.” For this nuance of this idiom cf. BDB 896 s.v. קָרָא Niph.2.d(4) and see the usage in 2 Sam 12:28.

[7:10]  ²¹ tn Or “‘We are safe!’ – safe, you think, to go on doing all those hateful things.” Verses 9-10 are all one long sentence in the Hebrew text. It has been broken up for English stylistic reasons. Somewhat literally it reads “Will you steal…then come and stand…and say, ‘We are safe’ so as to/in order to do…” The Hebrew of v. 9 has a series of infinitives which emphasize the bare action of the verb without the idea of time or agent. The effect is to place a kind of staccato like emphasis on the multitude of their sins all of which are violations of one of the Ten Commandments. The final clause in v. 8 expresses purpose or result (probably result) through another infinitive. This long sentence is introduced by a marker (ה interrogative in Hebrew) introducing a rhetorical question in which God expresses his incredulity that they could do these sins, come into the temple and claim the safety of his protection, and then go right back out and commit the same sins. J. Bright (Jeremiah [AB], 52) catches the force nicely: “What? You think you can steal, murder…and then come and stand…and say, ‘We are safe…’ just so that you can go right on…”

[7:11]  ²² tn Heb “over which my name is called.” For this nuance of this idiom cf. BDB 896 s.v. קָרָא Niph.2.d(4) and see the usage in 2 Sam 12:28.

[7:11]  ²³ tn Heb “Is this house…a den/cave of robbers in your eyes?”

[7:11]  ²⁴ tn Heb “Behold!”

[32:34]  ²⁵ tn Heb “the house which is called by my name.” Cf. 7:10, 11, 14 and see the translator’s note on 7:10 for the explanation for this rendering.