Discovery BoxEzekiel 20:3 
Context20:3 “Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and tell them: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Are you coming to seek me? As surely as I live, I will not allow you to seek me, 1 declares the sovereign Lord.’
Ezekiel 20:31
Context20:31 When you present your sacrifices 2 – when you make your sons pass through the fire – you defile yourselves with all your idols to this very day. Will I allow you to seek me, 3 O house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, I will not allow you to seek me! 4
Ezekiel 33:11
Context33:11 Say to them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but prefer that the wicked change his behavior 5 and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil deeds! 6 Why should you die, O house of Israel?’
Ezekiel 33:24
Context33:24 “Son of man, the ones living in these ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land, but we are many; surely the land has been given to us for a possession.’ 7
Ezekiel 33:27
Context33:27 “This is what you must say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: As surely as I live, those living in the ruins will die 8 by the sword, those in the open field I will give to the wild beasts for food, and those who are in the strongholds and caves will die of disease.
Ezekiel 34:8
Context34:8 As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, my sheep have become prey and have become food for all the wild beasts. There was no shepherd, and my shepherds did not search for my flock, but fed themselves and did not feed my sheep,
Ezekiel 35:11
Context35:11 therefore, as surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, I will deal with you according to your anger, and according to your envy, by which you acted spitefully against them. I will reveal myself to them when I judge you.
Ezekiel 36:3
Context36:3 So prophesy and say: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Surely because they have made you desolate and crushed you from all directions, so that you have become the property of the rest of the nations, and have become the subject of gossip 9 and slander among the people,
Ezekiel 36:5
Context36:5 therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Surely I have spoken in the fire of my zeal against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who with great joy and utter contempt have made my land their property and prey, because of its pasture.’
1 tn Or “I will not reveal myself to you.”
2 tn Or “gifts.”
3 tn Or “Will I reveal myself to you?”
4 tn Or “I will not reveal myself to you.”
5 tn Heb “turn from his way.”
6 tn Heb “ways.” This same word is translated “behavior” earlier in the verse.
7 sn Outside of its seven occurrences in Ezekiel the term translated “possession” appears only in Exod 6:8 and Deut 33:4.
8 tn Heb “fall.”
9 tn Heb “lip of the tongue.”
