[B-Greek] Ezek 6:6

Albert Pietersma albert.pietersma at sympatico.ca
Sat Mar 8 11:53:05 EST 2008


Often a bit of a problem to know just what is going on in Ezekiel,  
Hebrew or Greek :-)
The setting would seem to that Iezekiel has been brought to the  
northern gateway of the inner court,  the place where some stele is  
located (v.3). Likewise the glory of the Lord is there (v.4). Iezek  
is told to look north where he sees (presumably) a crowd of people  
stretching from the north to the east gate (v.5). These people are  
said to be committing "great acts of lawlessness" (v.6). What are  
these "act of lawlessness"? That they keep "themselves far away from  
my holy things", i.e the shrine? acts of worship? In any case, rather  
than participating in cultic activity they are shunning (APECOMAI)  
it. We therefore have to infer, it would seem, that the people in  
question are moving away from the inner court rather than entering it.
Admittedly, MT is thought to mean that God is moving away, but that  
is not how OG construes it.
Hope this helps. Thus NETS (Noel Hubler) is correct, as far as I can  
see.
Al
On Mar 8, 2008, at 10:27 AM, Bucur wrote:

> NETS translates the central passage in Ezek 8:6 as
> "they are committing great acts of lawlessness here by
> keeping themselves far from my holy things" (hWDE TOU
> APECESQAI APO TWN hAGIWN MOU). Given  the context --
> God is about to leave the temple -- I think, this does
> not make sense. Is there some pressing grammatical
> reason for changing "so that I [that is, God] should
> keep away ..." into what the NETS version offers?
>
> Bogdan Bucur
>
>
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