Behold renders the attention-getting Hebrew particle hinneh (see Ezek 22.6). Here it shows that the next few words are especially important. Therefore translates the Hebrew waw conjunction, which introduces the result of the people’s sins in Jerusalem. God will punish them. Most versions omit this connector (so Good News Translation, Contemporary English Version).

I strike my hands together at the dishonest gain which you have made, and at the blood which has been in the midst of you: It is not clear exactly what gesture is meant by the Hebrew expression rendered I strike my hands together (compare 21.14), but the actual gesture is not as important as the meaning of the gesture because the same gesture can have different meanings in different cultures. Here the emotion expressed is probably anger or extreme displeasure. Translators must choose a gesture that fits this emotion; for example, Good News Translation says “I will bring my fist down,” and Contemporary English Version has “I will shake my fist in anger” (similarly New Century Version). Another possible model is “I strike my hands together in anger.” Die Bibel im heutigen Deutsch omits the gesture altogether but captures the sense of judgment by saying “I settle accounts with you, full of rage.” God’s anger and judgment are directed against the dishonest gain which you have made, which may be rendered “the money [or, profits] you have made dishonestly” (compare the illegal profits of verse 12). Good News Translation says simply “your robberies.” His anger and judgment is also directed against the blood which has been in the midst of you, that is, the murders that the people have committed in Jerusalem. Good News Translation has simply “[your] murders.” These two crimes are a summary of the list of sins given in the previous verses. In the midst of you again emphasizes that these evil actions took place in the holy city.

Quoted with permission from Gross, Carl & Stine, Philip C. A Handbook on Ezekiel. (UBS Helps for Translators). Miami: UBS, 2016. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .