Yehezkiel 16:4

16:4 As for your birth, on the day you were born your umbilical cord was not cut, nor were you washed in water; ¹  you were certainly not rubbed down with salt, nor wrapped with blankets. ² 

Yehezkiel 16:59

16:59 “‘For this is what the sovereign Lord says: I will deal with you according to what you have done when you despised your oath by breaking your covenant.

Yehezkiel 17:19

17:19 “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: As surely as I live, I will certainly repay him ³  for despising my oath and breaking my covenant!

Yehezkiel 18:6

18:6 does not eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains ⁴  or pray to the idols ⁵  of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife, does not have sexual relations with a ⁶  woman during her period,

Yehezkiel 18:12

18:12 oppresses the poor and the needy, ⁷  commits robbery, does not give back what was given in pledge, prays to ⁸  idols, performs abominable acts,

Yehezkiel 23:27

23:27 So I will put an end to your obscene conduct and your prostitution which you have practiced in the land of Egypt. ⁹  You will not seek their help ¹⁰  or remember Egypt anymore.

Yehezkiel 28:24

28:24 “‘No longer will Israel suffer from the sharp briers ¹¹  or painful thorns of all who surround and scorn them. ¹²  Then they will know that I am the sovereign Lord.

Yehezkiel 29:16

29:16 It will never again be Israel’s source of confidence, but a reminder of how they sinned by turning to Egypt for help. ¹³  Then they will know that I am the sovereign Lord.’”

Yehezkiel 33:25

33:25 Therefore say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: You eat the meat with the blood still in it, ¹⁴  pray to ¹⁵  your idols, and shed blood. Do you really think you will possess ¹⁶  the land?

[16:4]  ¹ tn Heb “in water you were not washed for cleansing” or “with water you were not washed smooth” (see D. I. Block, Ezekiel [NICOT], 1:473, n. 57, for a discussion of possible meanings of this hapax legomenon).

[16:4]  ² sn Arab midwives still cut the umbilical cords of infants and then proceed to apply salt and oil to their bodies.

[17:19]  ³ tn Heb “place it on his head.”

[18:6]  ⁴ tn Heb, “on the mountains he does not eat.” The mountains are often mentioned as the place where idolatrous sacrifices were eaten (Ezek 20:28; 22:9; 34:6).

[18:6]  ⁵ tn Heb, “does not lift up his eyes.” This refers to looking to idols for help.

[18:6]  ⁶ tn Heb, “does not draw near to.” “Draw near” is a euphemism for sexual intercourse (Lev 18:14; Deut 22:14; Isa 8:3).

[18:12]  ⁷ sn The poor and needy are often mentioned together in the OT (Deut 24:14; Jer 22:16; Ezek 14:69; Ps 12:6; 35:10; 37:14).

[18:12]  ⁸ tn Heb “lifts up his eyes.”

[23:27]  ⁹ tn Heb “I will cause your obscene conduct to cease from you and your harlotry from the land of Egypt.”

[23:27]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “lift your eyes to them.”

[28:24]  ¹¹ sn Similar language is used in reference to Israel’s adversaries in Num 33:55; Josh 23:13.

[28:24]  ¹² tn Heb “and there will not be for the house of Israel a brier that pricks and a thorn that inflicts pain from all the ones who surround them, the ones who scorn them.”

[29:16]  ¹³ tn Heb “reminding of iniquity when they turned after them.”

[33:25]  ¹⁴ sn This practice was a violation of Levitical law (see Lev 19:26).

[33:25]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “lift up your eyes.”

[33:25]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “Will you possess?”