Discovery BoxEzekiel 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, 1 if you will not listen to me. 2 But my holy name will not be profaned 3 again by your sacrifices 4 and your idols.
Ezekiel 34:10
Context34:10 This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand my sheep from their hand. I will no longer let them be shepherds; 5 the shepherds will not feed themselves anymore. I will rescue my sheep from their mouth, so that they will no longer be food for them.
1 sn Compare the irony here to Amos 4:4 and Jer 44:25.
2 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.
3 sn A similar concept may be found in Lev 18:21; 20:3.
4 tn Or “gifts.”
5 tn Heb “I will cause them to cease from feeding sheep.”
