Yehezkiel 14:4

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 

Yehezkiel 33:31

33:31 They come to you in crowds, ²  and they sit in front of you as ³  my people. They hear your words, but do not obey ⁴  them. For they talk lustfully, ⁵  and their heart is set on ⁶  their own advantage. ⁷ 

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

[33:31]  ² tn Heb “as people come.” Apparently this is an idiom indicating that they come in crowds. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:264.

[33:31]  ³ tn The word “as” is supplied in the translation.

[33:31]  ⁴ tn Heb “do.”

[33:31]  ⁵ tn Heb “They do lust with their mouths.”

[33:31]  ⁶ tn Heb “goes after.”

[33:31]  ⁷ tn The present translation understands the term often used for “unjust gain” in a wider sense, following M. Greenberg, who also notes that the LXX uses a term which can describe either sexual or ritual pollution. See M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:687.