Ezekiel 11:21

11:21 But those whose hearts are devoted to detestable things and abominations, I hereby repay them for what they have done, ¹  says the sovereign Lord.”

Ezekiel 14:6

14:6 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Return! Turn from your idols, and turn your faces away from your abominations.

Ezekiel 9:4

9:4 The Lord said to him, “Go through the city of Jerusalem ²  and put a mark ³  on the foreheads of the people who moan and groan over all the abominations practiced in it.”

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¹ tn Heb “their way on their head I have placed.”

² tn Heb “through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem.”

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³ tn The word translated “mark” is in Hebrew the letter ת (tav). Outside this context the only other occurrence of the word is in Job 31:35. In ancient Hebrew script this letter was written like the letter X.

sn For a similar concept in the Bible, see Rev 7:2-4; 13:16; 14:9, 11; 20:4; 22:4.