Yehezkiel 20:37

20:37 I will make you pass under ¹  the shepherd’s staff, ²  and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant.

Yehezkiel 20:43-44

20:43 And there you will remember your conduct ³  and all your deeds by which you defiled yourselves. You will despise yourselves ⁴  because of all the evil deeds you have done. 20:44 Then you will know that I am the Lord, when I deal with you for the sake of my reputation and not according to your wicked conduct and corrupt deeds, O house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord.’”

[20:37]  ¹ tn This is the same Hebrew verb used to describe the passing of the children through the fire.

[20:37]  ² sn The metaphor may be based in Lev 27:32 (see also Jer 33:13; Matt 25:32-33). A shepherd would count his sheep as they passed beneath his staff.

[20:43]  ³ tn Heb “ways.”

[20:43]  ⁴ tn Heb “loathe yourselves in your faces.”