Ezekiel 18:31

18:31 Throw away all your sins you have committed and fashion yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! ¹  Why should you die, O house of Israel?

Ezekiel 20:18

20:18 “‘But I said to their children ²  in the wilderness, “Do not follow the practices of your fathers; do not observe their regulations, ³  nor defile yourselves with their idols.

Ezekiel 20:30

20:30 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Will you defile yourselves like your fathers ⁴  and engage in prostitution with detestable idols?

Ezekiel 34:3

34:3 You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the choice animals, but you do not feed the sheep!

Ezekiel 36:31

36:31 Then you will remember your evil behavior ⁵  and your deeds which were not good; you will loathe yourselves on account of your sins and your abominable deeds.

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¹ sn In Ezek 11:19, 36:26 the new heart and new spirit are promised as future blessings.

² tn Heb “sons,” reflecting the patriarchal idiom of the culture.

³ tn Or “standard of justice.” See Ezek 7:27.

⁴ tn Heb “in the way of your fathers.”

⁵ tn Heb “ways.”