Yehezkiel 16:29

16:29 Then you multiplied your promiscuity to the land of merchants, Babylonia, ¹  but you were not satisfied there either.

Yehezkiel 17:14

17:14 so it would be a lowly kingdom which could not rise on its own but must keep its treaty with him in order to stand.

Yehezkiel 18:8

18:8 does not engage in usury or charge interest, ²  but refrains ³  from wrongdoing, promotes true justice ⁴  between men,

Yehezkiel 18:11

18:11 (though the father did not do any of them). ⁵  He eats pagan sacrifices on the mountains, ⁶  defiles his neighbor’s wife,

Yehezkiel 18:27-28

18:27 When a wicked person turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will preserve his life. 18:28 Because he considered ⁷  and turned from all the sins he had done, he will surely live; he will not die.

Yehezkiel 20:24

20:24 I did this ⁸  because they did not observe my regulations, they rejected my statutes, they desecrated my Sabbaths, and their eyes were fixed on ⁹  their fathers’ idols.

Yehezkiel 22:2

22:2 “As for you, son of man, are you willing to pronounce judgment, ¹⁰  are you willing to pronounce judgment on the bloody city? ¹¹  Then confront her with all her abominable deeds!

Yehezkiel 23:36

23:36 The Lord said to me: “Son of man, are you willing to pronounce judgment ¹²  on Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominable deeds!

Yehezkiel 24:7

24:7 For her blood was in it;

she poured it on an exposed rock;

she did not pour it on the ground to cover it up with dust.

Yehezkiel 32:28

32:28 “But as for you, in the midst of the uncircumcised you will be broken, and you will lie with those killed by the sword.

[16:29]  ¹ tn Heb “Chaldea.” The name of the tribal group ruling Babylon (“Chaldeans”) and the territory from which they originated (“Chaldea”) is used as metonymy for the whole empire of Babylon.

[18:8]  ² sn This law was given in Lev 25:36.

[18:8]  ³ tn Heb, “turns back his hand.”

[18:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “justice of truth.”

[18:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he all of these did not do.” The parenthetical note refers back to the father described in the preceding verses.

[18:11]  ⁶ sn See note on “mountains” in v. 6.

[18:28]  ⁷ tn Heb “he saw.”

[20:24]  ⁸ 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]  ⁹ tn Or “they worshiped” (NCV, TEV, CEV); Heb “their eyes were on” or “were after” (cf. v. 16).

[22:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “will you judge.” Here the imperfect form of the verb is probably used with a desiderative nuance. Addressed to the prophet, “judge” means to warn of or pronounce God’s impending judgment upon the city. See 20:4.

[22:2]  ¹¹ tn The phrase “bloody city” is used of Nineveh in Nah 3:1.

[23:36]  ¹² tn Heb “will you judge.” Here the imperfect form of the verb is probably used with a desiderative nuance. Addressed to the prophet, “judge” means to warn of or pronounce God’s impending judgment. See 20:4; 22:2.