Discovery BoxEzekiel 20:8 
Context20:8 But they rebelled against me, and refused to listen to me; no one got rid of their detestable idols, 1 nor did they abandon the idols of Egypt. Then I decided to pour out 2 my rage on them and fully vent my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
Ezekiel 20:18
Context20:18 “‘But I said to their children 3 in the wilderness, “Do not follow the practices of your fathers; do not observe their regulations, 4 nor defile yourselves with their idols.
Ezekiel 20:21
Context20:21 “‘But the children 5 rebelled against me, did not follow my statutes, did not observe my regulations by carrying them out (the one who obeys 6 them will live by them), and desecrated my Sabbaths. I decided to pour out 7 my rage on them and fully vent my anger against them in the wilderness.
1 tn Heb “each one, the detestable things of their eyes did not throw away.”
2 tn Heb “and I said/thought to pour out.”
3 tn Heb “sons,” reflecting the patriarchal idiom of the culture.
4 tn Or “standard of justice.” See Ezek 7:27.
5 tn Heb “sons.”
6 tn Or “carries them out.”
7 tn Heb “and I said/thought to pour out.”
