Ezekiel 4:12

4:12 And you must eat the food like you would a barley cake. You must bake it in front of them over a fire made with dried human excrement.” ¹ 

Ezekiel 21:25

21:25 “‘As for you, profane and wicked prince of Israel, ² 

whose day has come, the time of final punishment,

Ezekiel 22:5

22:5 Those both near and far from you will mock you, you with your bad reputation, ³  full of turmoil.

Ezekiel 23:42

23:42 The sound of a carefree crowd accompanied her, ⁴  including all kinds of men; ⁵  even Sabeans ⁶  were brought from the desert. The sisters ⁷  put bracelets on their wrists and beautiful crowns on their heads.

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¹ sn Human waste was to remain outside the camp of the Israelites according to Deut 23:15.

² tn This probably refers to King Zedekiah.

³ tn Heb “unclean of name.”

⁴ tn Heb “(was) in her.”

⁵ tn Heb “and men from the multitude of mankind.”

⁶ tn An alternate reading is “drunkards.” Sheba is located in the area of modern day Yemen.

⁷ tn Heb “they”; the referents (the sisters) have been specified in the translation for the sake of clarity.