Leviticus 26:39
37 They will stumble over each other as those who flee before a sword, though there is no pursuer, and there will be no one to take a stand for you before your enemies. 38 You will perish among the nations; the land of your enemies will consume you. 39 “‘As for the ones who remain among you, they will rot away because of their iniquity in the lands of your enemies, and they will also rot away because of their ancestors’ iniquities which are with them. 40 However, when they confess their iniquity and their ancestors’ iniquities which they committed by trespassing against me, by which they also walked in hostility against me 41 (and I myself will walk in hostility against them and bring them into the land of their enemies), and then their uncircumcised hearts become humbled and they make up for their iniquities,
Ezekiel 24:23
21 Say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Realize I am about to desecrate my sanctuary—the source of your confident pride, the object in which your eyes delight, and your life’s passion. Your very own sons and daughters whom you have left behind will die by the sword. 22 Then you will do as I have done: You will not cover your lip or eat food brought by others. 23 Your turbans will be on your heads and your sandals on your feet; you will not mourn or weep, but you will rot for your iniquities and groan among yourselves. 24 Ezekiel will be an object lesson for you; you will do all that he has done. When it happens, then you will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.’ 25 “And you, son of man, this is what will happen on the day I take from them their stronghold—their beautiful source of joy, the object in which their eyes delight, and the main concern of their lives, as well as their sons and daughters:
Notes and References
"... The paradigmatic significance of Ezekiel's behavior is highlighted by effective repetition in verses 22-23. But the imitation is not slavish. In his instructions/predictions for the people Ezekiel alters the order and abbreviates the list slightly. The most significant change occurs in the last two lines, which, as noted earlier, answer to verse 17a. The prognostication that his fellow exiles will rot away on account of your iniquity contains the only hint in this text of the human responsibility for the tragic events. The present statement ('to rot away, to fester') appears to be inspired by the covenant curses of Leviticus 26:39, but it displays remarkable affinities with an earlier occurrence of the term in 4:17. The second verb, ('groan'), which substitutes in 4:17, is used of growling lions in Isaiah 5:29 and Proverbs 28:15, and of the sea in Isaiah 5:30. The association of rotting away and groaning recalls Proverbs 5:11, which speaks of ultimate groaning when one's flesh and body have been consumed ..."
Block, Daniel I. The Book of Ezekiel: Chapters 1-24 (p. 793) William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2007