Yehezkiel 8:17
Konteks8:17 He said to me, “Do you see, son of man? Is it a trivial thing that the house of Judah commits these abominations they are practicing here? For they have filled the land with violence and provoked me to anger still further. Look, they are putting the branch to their nose! 1
Yehezkiel 9:10
Konteks9:10 But as for me, my eye will not pity them nor will I spare 2 them; I hereby repay them for what they have done.” 3
Yehezkiel 25:12
Konteks25:12 “This is what the sovereign Lord says: ‘Edom 4 has taken vengeance against the house of Judah; they have made themselves fully culpable 5 by taking vengeance 6 on them. 7
Yehezkiel 33:19
Konteks33:19 When the wicked turns from his sin and does what is just and right, he will live because of it.
Yehezkiel 36:19
Konteks36:19 I scattered them among the nations; they were dispersed throughout foreign countries. In accordance with their behavior and their deeds I judged them.
[8:17] 1 tn It is not clear what the practice of “holding a branch to the nose” indicates. A possible parallel is the Syrian relief of a king holding a flower to his nose as he worships the stars (ANEP 281). See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 1:145-46. The LXX glosses the expression as “Behold, they are like mockers.”
[9:10] 2 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.
[9:10] 3 tn Heb “their way on their head I have placed.” The same expression occurs in 1 Kgs 8:32; Ezek 11:21; 16:43; 22:31.
[25:12] 4 sn Edom was located south of Moab.
[25:12] 5 tn Heb “and they have become guilty, becoming guilty.” The infinitive absolute following the finite verb makes the statement emphatic and draws attention to the degree of guilt incurred by Edom due to its actions.
[25:12] 6 tn Heb “and they have taken vengeance.”
[25:12] 7 sn Edom apparently in some way assisted in the destruction of Jerusalem in 587/6
