Ezekiel 3:18

3:18 When I say to the wicked, “You will certainly die,” 1  and you do not warn him – you do not speak out to warn the wicked to turn from his wicked deed and wicked lifestyle so that he may live – that wicked person will die for his iniquity, 2  but I will hold you accountable for his death. 3 

Ezekiel 3:20

3:20 “When a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I set an obstacle 4  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.

Ezekiel 9:2

9:2 Next, I noticed 5  six men 6  coming from the direction of the upper gate 7  which faces north, each with his war club in his hand. Among them was a man dressed in linen with a writing kit 8  at his side. They came and stood beside the bronze altar.

Ezekiel 46:18

46:18 The prince will not take away any of the people’s inheritance by oppressively removing them from their property. He will give his sons an inheritance from his own possessions so that my people will not be scattered, each from his own property.’”

1 sn Even though the infinitive absolute is used to emphasize the warning, the warning is still implicitly conditional, as the following context makes clear.

2 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.”

3 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).

4 tn Or “stumbling block.” The Hebrew term refers to an obstacle in the road in Lev 19:14.

5 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

6 sn The six men plus the scribe would equal seven, which was believed by the Babylonians to be the number of planetary deities.

7 sn The upper gate was built by Jotham (2 Kgs 15:35).

8 tn Or “a scribe’s inkhorn.” The Hebrew term occurs in the OT only in Ezek 9 and is believed to be an Egyptian loanword.