Ezekiel 14:3
14:3 “Son of man, these men have erected their idols in their hearts and placed the obstacle leading to their iniquity 1 right before their faces. Should I really allow them to seek 2 me?
Ezekiel 20:1
Israel’s Rebellion
20:1 In the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month, 3 some of the elders 4 of Israel came to seek 5 the Lord, and they sat down in front of me.
Ezekiel 23:27
23:27 So I will put an end to your obscene conduct and your prostitution which you have practiced in the land of Egypt. 6 You will not seek their help 7 or remember Egypt anymore.
Ezekiel 34:12
34:12 As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his scattered sheep, so I will seek out my flock. I will rescue them from all the places where they have been scattered on a cloudy, dark day. 8
Ezekiel 34:16
34:16 I will seek the lost and bring back the strays; I will bandage the injured and strengthen the sick, but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them – with judgment!
1 tn Heb “the stumbling block of their iniquity.” This phrase is unique to the prophet Ezekiel.
2 tn Or “I will not reveal myself to them.” The Hebrew word is used in a technical sense here of seeking an oracle from a prophet (2 Kgs 1:16; 3:11; 8:8).
3 sn The date would be August 14th, 591 b.c. The seventh year is the seventh year of Jehoiachin’s exile.
4 tn Heb “men from the elders.”
5 tn See the note at 14:3.
6 tn Heb “I will cause your obscene conduct to cease from you and your harlotry from the land of Egypt.”
7 tn Heb “lift your eyes to them.”
8 sn The imagery may reflect the overthrow of the Israelites by the Babylonians in 587/6 b.c.