translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: EZK

label: NET study note

text: These verbs occur together in Gen 1:22, 28; 9:1 .


text: See Ezek 7:8; 9:8; 14:19; 20:8, 13, 21; 22:22; 30:15 .


text: For the concept of defiling the land in legal literature, see Lev 18:28 ; Deut 21:23 .


text: In Ezek 20:22 God refrained from punishment for the sake of his holy name. Here God’s reputation is the basis for Israel’s restoration.


text: The Lord here uses a metaphor from the realm of ritual purification. For the use of water in ritual cleansing, see Exod 30:19-20 ; Lev 14:51 ; Num 19:18 ; Heb 10:22 .


text: That is, a heart which symbolizes a will that is stubborn and unresponsive (see 1 Sam 25:37 ). In Rabbinic literature a “stone” was associated with an evil inclination ( b. Sukkah 52a).


text: That is, a heart which symbolizes a will that is responsive and obedient to God.


text: This promise reflects the ancient covenantal ideal (see Exod 6:7 ).


text: Heb “I will multiply them like sheep, human(s).”