Discovery BoxEzekiel 20:32-33 
Context20:32 “‘What you plan 1 will never happen. You say, “We will be 2 like the nations, like the clans of the lands, who serve gods of wood and stone.” 3 20:33 As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, with a powerful hand and an outstretched arm, 4 and with an outpouring of rage, I will be king over you.
Ezekiel 20:39
Context20:39 “‘As for you, O house of Israel, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Each of you go and serve your idols, 5 if you will not listen to me. 6 But my holy name will not be profaned 7 again by your sacrifices 8 and your idols.
1 tn Heb “what comes upon your mind.”
2 tn The Hebrew could also read: “Let us be.”
3 tn Heb “serving wood and stone.”
sn This verse echoes the content of 1 Sam 8:20.
4 sn This phrase occurs frequently in Deuteronomy (Deut 4:34; 5:15; 7:19; 11:2; 26:8).
5 sn Compare the irony here to Amos 4:4 and Jer 44:25.
6 tn Heb “and after, if you will not listen to me.” The translation leaves out “and after” for smoothness. The text is difficult. M. Greenberg (Ezekiel [AB], 1:374) suggests that it may mean “but afterwards, if you will not listen to me…” with an unspoken threat.
7 sn A similar concept may be found in Lev 18:21; 20:3.
8 tn Or “gifts.”
