7:14 “They have blown the trumpet and everyone is ready, but no one goes to battle, because my anger is against their whole crowd. 4
18:14 “But suppose he in turn has a son who notices all the sins his father commits, considers them, and does not follow his father’s example. 9
20:18 “‘But I said to their children 10 in the wilderness, “Do not follow the practices of your fathers; do not observe their regulations, 11 nor defile yourselves with their idols.
32:28 “But as for you, in the midst of the uncircumcised you will be broken, and you will lie with those killed by the sword.
36:8 “‘But you, mountains of Israel, will grow your branches, and bear your fruit for my people Israel; for they will arrive soon. 16
44:1 Then he brought me back by way of the outer gate of the sanctuary which faces east, but it was shut.
44:10 “‘But the Levites who went far from me, straying off from me after their idols when Israel went astray, will be responsible for 21 their sin.
1 tn Heb “deep of lip” (in the sense of incomprehensible).
2 tn Heb “heavy of tongue.” Similar language occurs in Exod 4:10; Isa 33:19.
3 tn The conjunction “but” is not in the Hebrew text, but is implied from the context.
4 tn The Hebrew word refers to the din or noise made by a crowd, and by extension may refer to the crowd itself.
5 tn The meaning of the Hebrew term is primarily emotional: “to pity,” which in context implies an action, as in being moved by pity in order to spare them from the horror of their punishment.
6 tn Heb “their way on their head I have placed.” The same expression occurs in 1 Kgs 8:32; Ezek 11:21; 16:43; 22:31.
7 tn Heb “its midst.”
8 tn Heb “their way on their head I have placed.”
9 tn Heb “and he sees and does not do likewise.”
10 tn Heb “sons,” reflecting the patriarchal idiom of the culture.
11 tn Or “standard of justice.” See Ezek 7:27.
12 tn Heb “and upright men will judge them (with) the judgment of adulteresses and the judgment of those who shed blood.”
13 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
14 tn Heb “one who makes playing music well.”
15 sn Similar responses are found in Isa 29:13; Matt 21:28-32; James 1:22-25.
16 tn Heb “they draw near to arrive.”
17 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
18 tn Heb “came up.”
19 tn Or “spirit.”
20 tc Instead of an energic nun (ן), the text may have read a third masculine plural suffix ם (mem), “them,” which was confused with ן (nun) in the old script. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:621.
tn This word is not in the Hebrew text but is supplied from the context.
21 tn Heb “will bear.”