translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: EZK

label: NET study note

text: This statement introduces vv. 10-11 and refers in general terms to the sexual sins described there. For the legal background of vv. 10-11 , see Lev 18:7-20; 20:10-21 ; Deut 22:22-23, 30; 27:22 .


text: Sexual relations with one’s half-sister may be primarily in view here. See Lev 18:9; 20:17 .


text: Forgetting the Lord is also addressed in Deut 6:12; 8:11, 14 ; Jer 3:21; 13:25 ; Ezek 23:35 ; Hos 2:15; 8:14; 13:6 .


text: This gesture apparently expresses mourning and/or anger (see 6:11; 21:14, 17 ).


text: The ultimate purpose of divine judgment is to purify the covenant community of its sins.