Discovery BoxEzekiel 5:11 
Context5:11 “Therefore, as surely as I live, says the sovereign Lord, because you defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable idols and with all your abominable practices, I will withdraw; my eye will not pity you, nor will I spare 1 you.
Ezekiel 8:10
Context8:10 So I went in and looked. I noticed every figure 2 of creeping thing and beast – detestable images 3 – and every idol of the house of Israel, engraved on the wall all around. 4
Ezekiel 20:7
Context20:7 I said to them, “Each of you must get rid of the detestable idols you keep before you, 5 and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.”
1 tn The meaning of the Hebrew term is primarily emotional: “to pity,” which in context implies an action, as in being moved by pity in order to spare them from the horror of their punishment.
2 tn Or “pattern.”
3 tn Heb “detestable.” The word is often used to describe the figures of foreign gods.
4 sn These engravings were prohibited in the Mosaic law (Deut 4:16-18).
5 tn Heb “each one, the detestable things of his eyes, throw away.” The Pentateuch does not refer to the Israelites worshiping idols in Egypt, but Josh 24:14 appears to suggest that they did so.
