3:20 “When a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I set an obstacle 7 before him, he will die. If you have not warned him, he will die for his sin. The righteous deeds he performed will not be considered, but I will hold you accountable for his death.
18:24 “But if a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and practices wrongdoing according to all the abominable practices the wicked carry out, will he live? All his righteous acts will not be remembered; because of the unfaithful acts he has done and the sin he has committed, he will die. 10
20:39 “‘As for you, O house of Israel, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Each of you go and serve your idols, 20 if you will not listen to me. 21 But my holy name will not be profaned 22 again by your sacrifices 23 and your idols.
“‘You were like a lion 24 among the nations,
but you are a monster in the seas;
you thrash about in your streams,
stir up the water with your feet,
and muddy your 25 streams.
36:22 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: It is not for your sake that I am about to act, O house of Israel, but for the sake of my holy reputation 33 which you profaned among the nations where you went.
44:15 “‘But the Levitical priests, the descendants of Zadok 34 who kept the charge of my sanctuary when the people of Israel went astray from me, will approach me to minister to me; they will stand before me to offer me the fat and the blood, declares the sovereign Lord.
46:1 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: The gate of the inner court that faces east 35 will be closed six working days, but on the Sabbath day it will be opened and on the day of the new moon it will be opened. 46:2 The prince will enter by way of the porch of the gate from the outside, and will stand by the doorpost of the gate. The priests will provide his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he will bow down at the threshold of the gate and then go out. But the gate will not be closed until evening.
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 sn Even though the infinitive absolute is used to emphasize the warning, the warning is still implicitly conditional, as the following context makes clear.
5 tn Or “in his punishment.” The phrase “in/for [a person’s] iniquity” occurs fourteen times in Ezekiel: here and v. 19; 4:17; 7:13, 16; 18: 17, 18, 19, 20; 24:23; 33:6, 8, 9; 39:23. The Hebrew word for “iniquity” may also mean the “punishment for iniquity.”
6 tn Heb “his blood I will seek from your hand.” The expression “seek blood from the hand” is equivalent to requiring the death penalty (2 Sam 4:11-12).
7 tn Or “stumbling block.” The Hebrew term refers to an obstacle in the road in Lev 19:14.
8 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the member of the royal family, v. 13) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
9 tn Heb “him”; the referent (the king of Babylon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
10 tn Heb “because of them he will die.”
11 tn Heb “each one, the detestable things of their eyes did not throw away.”
12 tn Heb “and I said/thought to pour out.”
13 tn Heb “and I said/thought to pour out.”
14 tn Heb “to bring them to an end.”
15 tn Heb “sons.”
16 tn Or “carries them out.”
17 tn Heb “and I said/thought to pour out.”
18 tn Heb “which I lifted up my hand.”
19 tn See the note at 2:3.
20 sn Compare the irony here to Amos 4:4 and Jer 44:25.
21 tn Heb “and after, if you will not listen to me.” The translation leaves out “and after” for smoothness. The text is difficult. M. Greenberg (Ezekiel [AB], 1:374) suggests that it may mean “but afterwards, if you will not listen to me…” with an unspoken threat.
22 sn A similar concept may be found in Lev 18:21; 20:3.
23 tn Or “gifts.”
24 tn The lion was a figure of royalty (Ezek 19:1-9).
25 tc The Hebrew reads “their streams”; the LXX reads “your streams.”
26 tn Heb “turn from his way.”
27 tn Heb “ways.” This same word is translated “behavior” earlier in the verse.
28 tn The other occurrences of the phrase “the hand of the
29 tn Heb “he”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.
30 tn Heb “by the time of the arrival to me.” For clarity the translation specifies the refugee as the one who arrived.
31 sn Ezekiel’s God-imposed muteness was lifted (see 3:26).
32 sn Outside of its seven occurrences in Ezekiel the term translated “possession” appears only in Exod 6:8 and Deut 33:4.
33 sn In Ezek 20:22 God refrained from punishment for the sake of his holy name. Here God’s reputation is the basis for Israel’s restoration.
34 sn Zadok was a descendant of Aaron through Eleazar (1 Chr 6:50-53), who served as a priest during David’s reign (2 Sam 8:17).
35 sn The east gate of the outer court was permanently closed (Ezek 44:2).
36 sn See Rev 22:1-2.