Yehezkiel 14:4-7

14:4 Therefore speak to them and say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: When any one from the house of Israel erects his idols in his heart and sets the obstacle leading to his iniquity before his face, and then consults a prophet, I the Lord am determined to answer him personally according to the enormity of his idolatry. ¹  14:5 I will do this in order to capture the hearts of the house of Israel, who have alienated themselves from me on account of all their idols.’

14:6 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Return! Turn from your idols, and turn your faces away from your abominations. 14:7 For when anyone from the house of Israel, or the foreigner who lives in Israel, separates himself from me and erects his idols in his heart and sets the obstacle leading to his iniquity before his face, and then consults a prophet to seek something from me, I the Lord am determined to answer him personally.

Yehezkiel 20:7

20:7 I said to them, “Each of you must get rid of the detestable idols you keep before you, ²  and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.”

Yehezkiel 20:24

20:24 I did this ³  because they did not observe my regulations, they rejected my statutes, they desecrated my Sabbaths, and their eyes were fixed on ⁴  their fathers’ idols.

Yehezkiel 20:28

20:28 I brought them to the land which I swore ⁵  to give them, but whenever they saw any high hill or leafy tree, they offered their sacrifices there and presented the offerings that provoke me to anger. They offered their soothing aroma there and poured out their drink offerings.

Yehezkiel 23:14-16

23:14 But she increased her prostitution. She saw men carved on the wall, images of the Chaldeans carved in bright red, ⁶  23:15 wearing belts on their waists and flowing turbans on their heads, all of them looking like officers, the image of Babylonians ⁷  whose native land is Chaldea. 23:16 When she saw them, ⁸  she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea. ⁹ 

Bilangan 15:39

15:39 You must have this tassel so that you may look at it and remember all the commandments of the Lord and obey them and so that you do not follow ¹⁰  after your own heart and your own eyes that lead you to unfaithfulness. ¹¹ 

Bilangan 15:2

15:2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When you enter the land where you are to live, ¹²  which I am giving you, ¹³ 

Kisah Para Rasul 16:10

16:10 After Paul ¹⁴  saw the vision, we attempted ¹⁵  immediately to go over to Macedonia, ¹⁶  concluding that God had called ¹⁷  us to proclaim the good news to them.

Kisah Para Rasul 16:2

16:2 The brothers in Lystra ¹⁸  and Iconium ¹⁹  spoke well ²⁰  of him. ²¹ 

Pengkhotbah 2:14

2:14 The wise man can see where he is going, ²²  but the fool walks in darkness.

Yet I also realized that the same fate ²³  happens to them both. ²⁴ 

[14:4]  ¹ tn Heb “in accordance with the multitude of his idols.”

[20:7]  ² 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.

[20:24]  ³ tn The words “I did this” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied for stylistic reasons. Verses 23-24 are one long sentence in the Hebrew text. The translation divides this sentence into two for stylistic reasons.

[20:24]  ⁴ tn Or “they worshiped” (NCV, TEV, CEV); Heb “their eyes were on” or “were after” (cf. v. 16).

[20:28]  ⁵ tn Heb “which I lifted up my hand.”

[23:14]  ⁶ tn The only other occurrence of the Hebrew term is in Jer 22:14.

[23:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “the sons of Babel.”

[23:16]  ⁸ tn Heb “at the appearance of her eyes.”

[23:16]  ⁹ sn The Chaldeans were prominent tribal groups of Babylonia. The imagery is reminiscent of events in the reigns of Hezekiah (2 Kgs 20:12-15) and Jehoiakim (2 Kgs 23:34-24:1).

[15:39]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “seek out, look into.”

[15:39]  ¹¹ tn This last clause is a relative clause explaining the influence of the human heart and physical sight. It literally says, “which you go whoring after them.” The verb for “whoring” may be interpreted to mean “act unfaithfully.” So, the idea is these influences lead to unfaithful activity: “after which you act unfaithfully.”

[15:2]  ¹² tn Heb “the land of your habitations.”

[15:2]  ¹³ tn The Hebrew participle here has the futur instans use of the participle, expressing that something is going to take place. It is not imminent, but it is certain that God would give the land to Israel.

[16:10]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[16:10]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “sought.”

[16:10]  ¹⁶ sn Macedonia was the Roman province of Macedonia in Greece.

[16:10]  ¹⁷ tn Or “summoned.”

[16:2]  ¹⁸ sn Lystra was a city in Lycaonia about 25 mi (40 km) south of Iconium.

[16:2]  ¹⁹ sn Iconium was a city in Lycaonia about 110 mi (175 km) east of Pisidian Antioch.

[16:2]  ²⁰ tn For this sense of μαρτυρέω (marturew), see BDAG 618 s.v. 2.b.

[16:2]  ²¹ tn Grk “who was well spoken of by the brothers in Lystra and Iconium.” Because of the awkwardness in English of having two relative clauses follow one another (“who was a believer…who was well spoken of”) and the awkwardness of the passive verb (“was well spoken of”), the relative pronoun at the beginning of 16:2 (“who”) has been translated as a pronoun (“him”) and the construction converted from passive to active at the same time a new sentence was started in the translation.

[2:14]  ²² tn Heb “has his eyes in his head.” The term עַיִן (’ayin, “eye”) is used figuratively in reference to mental and spiritual faculties (BDB 744 s.v. עַיִן 3.a). The term “eye” is a metonymy of cause (eye) for effect (sight and perception).

[2:14]  ²³ sn The common fate to which Qoheleth refers is death.

[2:14]  ²⁴ tn The term כֻּלָּם (kullam, “all of them”) denotes “both of them.” This is an example of synecdoche of general (“all of them”) for the specific (“both of them,” that is, both the wise man and the fool).