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 22:26
Context22:26 Her priests abuse my law and have desecrated my holy things. They do not distinguish between the holy and the profane, 3 or recognize any distinction between the unclean and the clean. They ignore 4 my Sabbaths and I am profaned in their midst.
Ezekiel 28:22
Context28:22 Say, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:
“‘Look, I am against you, 5 Sidon,
and I will magnify myself in your midst.
Then they will know that I am the Lord
when I execute judgments on her
and reveal my sovereign power 6 in her.
Ezekiel 29:3
Context29:3 Tell them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:
“‘Look, I am against 7 you, Pharaoh king of Egypt,
the great monster 8 lying in the midst of its waterways,
who has said, “My Nile is my own, I made it for myself.” 9
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 Or “between the consecrated and the common.”
4 tn Heb “hide their eyes from.” The idiom means to disregard or ignore something or someone (see Lev 20:4; 1 Sam 12:3; Prov 28:27; Isa 1:15).
5 tn Or “I challenge you.” The phrase “I am against you” may be a formula for challenging someone to combat or a duel. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:201-2, and P. Humbert, “Die Herausforderungsformel ‘h!nn#n' ?l?K>,’” ZAW 45 (1933): 101-8.
6 tn Or “reveal my holiness.” God’s “holiness” is fundamentally his transcendence as sovereign ruler of the world. The revelation of his authority and power through judgment is in view in this context.
7 tn Or “I challenge you.” The phrase “I am against you” may be a formula for challenging someone to combat or a duel. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:201-2, and P. Humbert, “Die Herausforderungsformel ‘h!nn#n' ?l?K>,’” ZAW 45 (1933): 101-8.
8 tn Heb “jackals,” but many medieval Hebrew
9 sn In Egyptian theology Pharaoh owned and controlled the Nile. See J. D. Currid, Ancient Egypt and the Old Testament, 240-44.
