Yehezkiel 11:20

11:20 so that they may follow my statutes and observe my regulations and carry them out. Then they will be my people, and I will be their God. ¹ 

Yehezkiel 13:5

13:5 You have not gone up in the breaks in the wall, nor repaired a wall for the house of Israel that it would stand strong in the battle on the day of the Lord.

Yehezkiel 18:23

18:23 Do I actually delight in the death of the wicked, declares the sovereign Lord? Do I not prefer that he turn from his wicked conduct and live?

Yehezkiel 20:12

20:12 I also gave them my Sabbaths ²  as a reminder of our relationship, ³  so that they would know that I, the Lord, sanctify them. ⁴ 

Yehezkiel 21:15

21:15 So hearts melt with fear and many stumble.

At all their gates I have stationed the sword for slaughter.

Ah! It is made to flash, it is drawn for slaughter!

Yehezkiel 23:22

23:22 “Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look here, ⁵  I am about to stir up against you the lovers with whom you were disgusted; I will bring them against you from every side:

Yehezkiel 23:48

23:48 I will put an end to the obscene conduct in the land; all the women will learn a lesson from this and not engage in obscene conduct.

Yehezkiel 33:9

33:9 But if you warn the wicked man to change his behavior, ⁶  and he refuses to change, ⁷  he will die for his iniquity, but you have saved your own life.

Yehezkiel 34:22

34:22 I will save my sheep; they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another.

Yehezkiel 36:3

36:3 So prophesy and say: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Surely because they have made you desolate and crushed you from all directions, so that you have become the property of the rest of the nations, and have become the subject of gossip ⁸  and slander among the people,

Yehezkiel 37:6

37:6 I will put tendons ⁹  on you and muscles over you and will cover you with skin; I will put breath ¹⁰  in you and you will live. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”

Yehezkiel 43:10

43:10 “As for you, son of man, describe the temple to the house of Israel, so that they will be ashamed of their sins and measure the pattern.

Yehezkiel 46:20

46:20 He said to me, “This is the place where the priests will boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, and where they will bake the grain offering, so that they do not bring them out to the outer court to transmit holiness to the people.”

[11:20]  ¹ sn The expression They will be my people, and I will be their God occurs as a promise to Abraham (Gen 17:8), Moses (Exod 6:7), and the nation (Exod 29:45).

[20:12]  ² sn Ezekiel’s contemporary, Jeremiah, also stressed the importance of obedience to the Sabbath law (Jer 17).

[20:12]  ³ tn Heb “to become a sign between me and them.”

[20:12]  ⁴ tn Or “set them apart.” The last phrase of verse 12 appears to be a citation of Exod 31:13.

[23:22]  ⁵ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[33:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “from his way to turn from it.”

[33:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “and he does not turn from his way.”

[36:3]  ⁸ tn Heb “lip of the tongue.”

[37:6]  ⁹ tn The exact physiological meaning of the term is uncertain. In addition to v. 8, the term occurs only in Gen 32:33; Job 10:11; 40:17; and Jer 48:4.

[37:6]  ¹⁰ tn Or “a spirit.”