18:30 “Therefore I will judge each person according to his conduct, 2 O house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord. Repent 3 and turn from all your wickedness; then it will not be an obstacle leading to iniquity. 4
1 tn The expression “to pour out rage” also occurs in Ezek 9:8; 14:19; 20:8, 13, 21; 22:31; 30:15; 36:18.
2 tn Heb “ways.”
3 tn The verbs and persons in this verse are plural whereas the individual has been the subject of the chapter.
4 tn Or “leading to punishment.”
5 tn The Hebrew term means “labor,” but by extension it can also refer to that for which one works.
6 tn Heb “The nakedness of your prostitution will be exposed, and your obscene conduct and your harlotry.”
7 tn Or “in their punishment.” The phrase “in/for [a person’s] iniquity/punishment” occurs fourteen times in Ezekiel: here; 3:18, 19; 4:17; 7:13, 16; 18: 17, 18, 19, 20; 24:23; 33:6, 8, 9. The Hebrew word for “iniquity” may also mean the “punishment” for iniquity or “guilt” of iniquity.