Ezekiel 16:5

16:5 No eye took pity on you to do even one of these things for you to spare you; ¹  you were thrown out into the open field ²  because you were detested on the day you were born.

Ezekiel 16:17

16:17 You also took your beautiful jewelry, made of my gold and my silver I had given to you, and made for yourself male images and engaged in prostitution ³  with them.

Ezekiel 16:20

16:20 “‘You took your sons and your daughters whom you bore to me and you sacrificed them ⁴  as food for the idols to eat. As if your prostitution not enough,

Ezekiel 17:3

17:3 Say to them: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: ⁵ 

“‘A great eagle ⁶  with broad wings, long feathers, ⁷ 

with full plumage which was multi-hued, ⁸ 

came to Lebanon ⁹  and took the top of the cedar.

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¹ sn These verbs, “pity” and “spare,” echo the judgment oracles in 5:11; 7:4, 9; 8:18; 9:5, 10.

² sn A similar concept is found in Deut 32:10.

³ tn Or perhaps “and worshiped them,” if the word “prostitution” is understood in a figurative rather than a literal sense (cf. CEV, NLT).

⁴ sn The sacrifice of children was prohibited in Lev 18:21; 20:2; Deut 12:31; 18:10.

⁵ tn The parable assumes the defection of Zedekiah to Egypt and his rejection of Babylonian lordship.

⁶ sn The great eagle symbolizes Nebuchadnezzar (17:12).

⁷ tn Hebrew has two words for wings; it is unknown whether they are fully synonymous or whether one term distinguishes a particular part of the wing such as the wing coverts (nearest the shoulder), secondaries (mid-feathers of the wing) or primaries (last and longest section of the wing).

⁸ tn This term was used in 16:10, 13, and 18 of embroidered cloth.

⁹ sn In the parable Lebanon apparently refers to Jerusalem (17:12).