Ezekiel 3:19

3:19 But as for you, if you warn the wicked and he does not turn from his wicked deed and from his wicked lifestyle, he will die for his iniquity but you will have saved your own life. ¹ 

Ezekiel 3:27

3:27 But when I speak with you, I will loosen your tongue ²  and you must say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says.’ Those who listen will listen, but the indifferent will refuse, ³  for they are a rebellious house.

Ezekiel 12:2

12:2 “Son of man, you are living in the midst of a rebellious house. ⁴  They have eyes to see, but do not see, and ears to hear, but do not hear, ⁵  because they are a rebellious house.

Ezekiel 12:13

12:13 But I will throw my net over him, and he will be caught in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans ⁶  (but he will not see it), ⁷  and there he will die. ⁸ 

Ezekiel 18:7

18:7 does not oppress anyone, but gives the debtor back whatever was given in pledge, ⁹  does not commit robbery, ¹⁰  but gives his bread to the hungry and clothes the naked,

Ezekiel 21:23

21:23 But those in Jerusalem ¹¹  will view it as a false omen. They have sworn solemn oaths, ¹²  but the king of Babylon ¹³  will accuse them of violations ¹⁴  in order to seize them. ¹⁵ 

Ezekiel 33:9

33:9 But if you warn the wicked man to change his behavior, ¹⁶  and he refuses to change, ¹⁷  he will die for his iniquity, but you have saved your own life.

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¹ tn Verses 17-19 are repeated in Ezek 33:7-9.

² tn Heb “open your mouth.”

³ tn Heb “the listener will listen, the refuser will refuse.” Because the word for listening can also mean obeying, the nuance may be that the obedient will listen, or that the one who listens will obey. Also, although the verbs are not jussive as pointed in the MT, some translate them with a volitive sense: “the one who listens – let that one listen, the one who refuses – let that one refuse.”

⁴ sn The book of Ezekiel frequently refers to the Israelites as a rebellious house (Ezek 2:5, 6, 8; 3:9, 26-27; 12:2-3, 9, 25; 17:12; 24:3).

⁵ sn This verse is very similar to Isa 6:9-10.

⁶ tn Or “Babylonians” (NCV, NLT).

sn The Chaldeans were a group of people in the country south of Babylon from which Nebuchadnezzar came. The Chaldean dynasty his father established became the name by which the Babylonians are regularly referred to in the book of Jeremiah, while Jeremiah’s contemporary, Ezekiel, uses both terms.

⁷ sn He will not see it. This prediction was fulfilled in 2 Kgs 25:7 and Jer 52:11, which recount how Zedekiah was blinded before being deported to Babylon.

⁸ sn There he will die. This was fulfilled when King Zedekiah died in exile (Jer 52:11).

⁹ tn Heb “restores to the debtor his pledge.” The root occurs in Exod 22:25 in reference to restoring a man’s garment as a pledge before nightfall.

¹⁰ tn The Hebrew term refers to seizure of property, usually by the rich (Isa 3:14; 10:2; Mic 2:2 [see Lev 5:21, 22]).

¹¹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the people in Jerusalem) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹² sn When the people of Judah realized the Babylonians’ intentions, they would object on grounds that they had made a treaty with the Babylonian king (see 17:13).

¹³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king of Babylon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁴ tn Or “iniquity.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “and he will remind of guilt for the purpose of being captured.” The king would counter their objections by pointing out that they had violated their treaty with him (see 17:18).

¹⁶ tn Heb “from his way to turn from it.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “and he does not turn from his way.”