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Ezekiel 23:35-37
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Ezekiel 23:35-37
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35 “Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you have forgotten me and completely disregarded me,[a] you must bear now the punishment for[b] your obscene conduct and prostitution.”
36 The Lord said to me: “Son of man, are you willing to pronounce judgment[c] on Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominable deeds! 37 For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols, and their sons, whom they bore to me,[d] they have passed through the fire as food to their idols.[e]
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- Ezekiel 23:35 tn Heb “and you cast me behind your back.” The expression pictures her rejection of the Lord (see 1 Kgs 14:9).
- Ezekiel 23:35 tn The word “punishment” is not in the Hebrew text but is demanded by the context.
- Ezekiel 23:36 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 and 22:2.
- Ezekiel 23:37 sn The Lord speaks here in the role of the husband of the sisters.
- Ezekiel 23:37 tn Heb “they have passed to them for food.” The verb is commonly taken to refer to passing children through fire, especially as an offering to the pagan god Molech. See Jer 32:35.
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