Discovery BoxEzekiel 20:32 
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
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, 4 if you will not listen to me. 5 But my holy name will not be profaned 6 again by your sacrifices 7 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 Compare the irony here to Amos 4:4 and Jer 44:25.
5 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.
6 sn A similar concept may be found in Lev 18:21; 20:3.
7 tn Or “gifts.”
