Ezekiel 24:27

24:27 On that day you will be able to speak again; 1  you will talk with the fugitive and be silent no longer. You will be an object lesson for them, and they will know that I am the Lord.”

Ezekiel 33:31

33:31 They come to you in crowds, 2  and they sit in front of you as 3  my people. They hear your words, but do not obey 4  them. For they talk lustfully, 5  and their heart is set on 6  their own advantage. 7 

1 tn Heb “your mouth will open.”

2 tn Heb “as people come.” Apparently this is an idiom indicating that they come in crowds. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:264.

3 tn The word “as” is supplied in the translation.

4 tn Heb “do.”

5 tn Heb “They do lust with their mouths.”

6 tn Heb “goes after.”

7 tn The present translation understands the term often used for “unjust gain” in a wider sense, following M. Greenberg, who also notes that the LXX uses a term which can describe either sexual or ritual pollution. See M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:687.