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Ezekiel 33:31-33
New English Translation
Ezekiel 33:31-33
New English Translation
31 They come to you in crowds,[a] and they sit in front of you as[b] my people. They hear your words, but do not obey[c] them. For they talk lustfully,[d] and their heart is set on[e] their own advantage.[f] 32 Realize[g] that to them you are like a sensual song, a beautiful voice and skilled musician.[h] They hear your words, but they do not obey them.[i] 33 When all this comes true—and it certainly will[j]—then they will know that a prophet was among them.”
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- Ezekiel 33:31 tn Heb “as people come.” Apparently this is an idiom indicating that they come in crowds. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:264.
- Ezekiel 33:31 tn The word “as” is supplied in the translation.
- Ezekiel 33:31 tn Heb “do.”
- Ezekiel 33:31 tn Heb “They do lust with their mouths.”
- Ezekiel 33:31 tn Heb “goes after.”
- Ezekiel 33:31 tn The present translation understands the term often used for “unjust gain” in a wider sense, following M. Greenberg, who also notes that the LXX uses a term that can describe either sexual or ritual pollution. See M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:687.
- Ezekiel 33:32 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
- Ezekiel 33:32 tn Heb “one who makes playing music well.”
- Ezekiel 33:32 sn Similar responses are found in Isa 29:13; Matt 21:28-32; James 1:22-25.
- Ezekiel 33:33 tn Heb “behold, it is coming.”
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