Discovery BoxEzekiel 16:30 
Context16:30 “‘How sick is your heart, declares the sovereign Lord, when you perform all of these acts, the deeds of a bold prostitute.
Ezekiel 18:12
Context18:12 oppresses the poor and the needy, 1 commits robbery, does not give back what was given in pledge, prays to 2 idols, performs abominable acts,
Ezekiel 22:9
Context22:9 Slanderous men shed blood within you. 3 Those who live within you eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains; 4 they commit obscene acts among you. 5
Ezekiel 39:26
Context39:26 They will bear their shame for all their unfaithful acts against me, when they live securely on their land with no one to make them afraid.
Ezekiel 18:24
Context18:24 “But if a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and practices wrongdoing according to all the abominable practices the wicked carry out, will he live? All his righteous acts will not be remembered; because of the unfaithful acts he has done and the sin he has committed, he will die. 6
1 sn The poor and needy are often mentioned together in the OT (Deut 24:14; Jer 22:16; Ezek 14:69; Ps 12:6; 35:10; 37:14).
2 tn Heb “lifts up his eyes.”
3 tn Heb “men of slander are in you in order to shed blood.”
4 tn Heb “and on the mountains they eat within you.” The mountains mentioned here were the site of pagan sacrifices. See 18:6.
5 sn This statement introduces vv. 10-11 and refers in general terms to the sexual sins described there. For the legal background of vv. 10-11, see Lev 18:7-20; 20:10-21; Deut 22:22-23, 30; 27:22.
6 tn Heb “because of them he will die.”
