Ezekiel 8:10

8:10 So I went in and looked. I noticed every figure 1  of creeping thing and beast – detestable images 2  – and every idol of the house of Israel, engraved on the wall all around. 3 

Ezekiel 36:25

36:25 I will sprinkle you with pure water 4  and you will be clean from all your impurities. I will purify you from all your idols.

1 tn Or “pattern.”

2 tn Heb “detestable.” The word is often used to describe the figures of foreign gods.

3 sn These engravings were prohibited in the Mosaic law (Deut 4:16-18).

4 sn The Lord here uses a metaphor from the realm of ritual purification. For the use of water in ritual cleansing, see Exod 30:19-20; Lev 14:51; Num 19:18; Heb 10:22.