Ezekiel 2:6

2:6 But you, son of man, do not fear them, and do not fear their words – even though briers 1  and thorns 2  surround you and you live among scorpions – do not fear their words and do not be terrified of the looks they give you, 3  for they are a rebellious house!

Ezekiel 18:20

18:20 The person who sins is the one who will die. A son will not suffer 4  for his father’s iniquity, and a father will not suffer 5  for his son’s iniquity; the righteous person will be judged according to his righteousness, and the wicked person according to his wickedness. 6 

Ezekiel 22:11

22:11 One 7  commits an abominable act with his neighbor’s wife; another obscenely defiles his daughter-in-law; another violates 8  his sister – his father’s daughter 9  – within you.

Ezekiel 22:25

22:25 Her princes 10  within her are like a roaring lion tearing its prey; they have devoured lives. They take away riches and valuable things; they have made many women widows 11  within it.

Ezekiel 39:9

39:9 “‘Then those who live in the cities of Israel will go out and use the weapons for kindling 12  – the shields, 13  bows and arrows, war clubs and spears – they will burn them for seven years.

1 tn The Hebrew term occurs only here in the OT.

2 tn The Hebrew term is found elsewhere in the OT only in Ezek 28:24.

sn Here thorns may be a figure for hostility (Ezek 28:24; Mic 7:4).

3 tn Heb “of their faces.”

4 tn Heb “lift up, bear.”

5 tn Heb “lift up, bear.”

6 tn Heb “the righteousness of the righteous one will be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked one will be upon him.”

7 tn Heb “a man.”

8 tn The verb is the same one used in verse 10b and suggests forcible sexual violation of the woman.

9 sn Sexual relations with one’s half-sister may be primarily in view here. See Lev 18:9; 20:17.

10 tn Heb “a conspiracy of her prophets is in her midst.” The LXX reads “whose princes” rather than “a conspiracy of prophets.” The prophets are mentioned later in the paragraph (v. 28). If one follows the LXX in verse 25, then five distinct groups are mentioned in vv. 25-29: princes, priests, officials, prophets, and the people of the land. For a defense of the Septuagintal reading, see L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:32, and D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:720, n. 4.

11 tn Heb “her widows they have multiplied.” The statement alludes to their murderous acts.

12 tn Heb “burn and kindle the weapons.”

13 tn Two different types of shields are specified in the Hebrew text.