Ezekiel 16:47

16:47 Have you not copied their behavior 1  and practiced their abominable deeds? In a short time 2  you became even more depraved in all your conduct than they were!

Ezekiel 18:23

18:23 Do I actually delight in the death of the wicked, declares the sovereign Lord? Do I not prefer that he turn from his wicked conduct and live?

Ezekiel 23:21

23:21 This is how you assessed 3  the obscene conduct of your youth, when the Egyptians fondled 4  your nipples and squeezed 5  your young breasts.

Ezekiel 23:49

23:49 They will repay you for your obscene conduct, and you will be punished for idol worship. 6  Then you will know that I am the sovereign Lord.”

1 tn Heb “walked in their ways.”

2 tn The Hebrew expression has a temporal meaning as illustrated by the use of the phrase in 2 Chr 12:7.

3 tn Or “you took note of.” The Hebrew verb פָּקַד (paqad) in the Qal implies evaluating something and then acting in light of that judgment; here the prophet depicts Judah as approving of her youthful unfaithfulness and then magnifying it at the present time. Some translations assume the verb should be repointed as a Niphal, rendering “you missed” or by extension “you longed for,” but such an extension of the Niphal “to be missing” is otherwise unattested.

4 tn Heb “when (they) did,” but the verb makes no sense here and is better emended to “when (they) fondled,” a verb used in vv. 3 and 8. See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:43.

5 tn Heb “for the sake of,” but the expression is awkward and is better emended to read “to squeeze.” See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:43.

6 tn Heb “and the sins of your idols you will bear.” By extension it can mean the punishment for the sins.