Ezekiel 4:14

4:14 And I said, “Ah, sovereign Lord, I have never been ceremonially defiled before. I have never eaten a carcass or an animal torn by wild beasts; from my youth up, unclean meat ¹  has never entered my mouth.”

Ezekiel 11:7

11:7 Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: ‘The corpses you have dumped ²  in the midst of the city ³  are the meat, and this city ⁴  is the cooking pot, but I will take you out of it. ⁵ 

Ezekiel 33:25

33:25 Therefore say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: You eat the meat with the blood still in it, ⁶  pray to ⁷  your idols, and shed blood. Do you really think you will possess ⁸  the land?

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¹ tn The Hebrew term refers to sacrificial meat not eaten by the appropriate time (Lev 7:18; 19:7).

² tn Heb “placed.”

³ tn Heb “in its midst.”

⁴ tn Heb “she/it.” See v. 3.

⁵ tc Many of the versions read “I will bring you out” (active) rather than “he brought out” (the reading of MT).

⁶ sn This practice was a violation of Levitical law (see Lev 19:26).

⁷ tn Heb “lift up your eyes.”

⁸ tn Heb “Will you possess?”