Yehezkiel 20:17-18

20:17 Yet I had pity on ¹  them and did not destroy them, so I did not make an end of them in the wilderness.

20:18 “‘But I said to their children ²  in the wilderness, “Do not follow the practices of your fathers; do not observe their regulations, ³  nor defile yourselves with their idols.

[20:17]  ¹ tn Heb “my eye pitied.”

[20:18]  ² tn Heb “sons,” reflecting the patriarchal idiom of the culture.

[20:18]  ³ tn Or “standard of justice.” See Ezek 7:27.