Doctrine Analysis

Ezekiel — Doctrine Analysis (Hmong Language Package, Phase 1)

Governing consistency statement: This document is fully consistent with assets/doctrine_risk_registry.json (Ezekiel, BASELINE v1.0 DRAFT). The seven doctrines, their risk tiers, and their review routing below are IDENTICAL to the registry. This document extends the registry with (a) the complete supporting-passage inventory drawn from every chapter of Ezekiel, and (b) a chapter-by-chapter full-book coverage log (Part B) satisfying the PRD Phase 1 full-book-coverage mandate. Nothing here may contradict assets/doctrine_risk_registry.json; where a conflict is later discovered, the registry governs and this file must be corrected.

Part A — Doctrine Matrix

Doctrine 1: The Glory and Sovereignty of God

Risk Level: Critical
Review Routing: Human theologian
Supporting passages: Ezekiel 1:1-28; 2:1-2; 3:12,23; 8:1-4; 9:3; 10:1-22; 11:22-23; 20:9,14,22,44; 36:22-23; 37:1,6,13-14; 38:23; 39:7,21-29; 40:1-4 (hand of the LORD); 43:1-5; 48:35
Translation risk description: The fixed compound title tus Tswv Vajtswv (Adonai YHWH — glossary #2) occurs roughly 217 times and must never be replaced with a transliterated divine name, echoing the Romans-package prohibition against NWT-style “Yehauvas” substitution. Compounding this, Ezekiel’s repeated “hand of the LORD” seizure-of-the-prophet language (1:3; 3:14,22; 8:1; 37:1; 40:1) and the recognition formula’s assertion of unique divine hwjchim (glossary #16) sit dangerously close to the vocabulary of shamanic trance-possession (a txiv neeb being “seized” by spirits). Every occurrence of divine sovereignty/power vocabulary in this doctrine must carry the mandatory Vajtswv qualifier established in the Romans TM (Vajtswv hwjchim, never bare hwjchim) and the glory-title must always read lub yeeb koob ntawm tus Tswv Vajtswv, never a bare lub yeeb koob in a context where the divine referent could be ambiguous.
Preservation rule: Never omit the tus Tswv Vajtswv qualifier; never render prophetic seizure/ecstatic experience in vocabulary indistinguishable from shamanic trance without explicit contrast-teaching; the recognition formula (kom nej/lawv thiaj li paub tias kuv yog tus Tswv Vajtswv, glossary #16) must render identically at every occurrence, echoing the Romans TM’s structural-fidelity rule for fixed collocations.

Doctrine 2: Individual Responsibility for Sin (Ezekiel 18)

Risk Level: Critical
Review Routing: Human theologian
Supporting passages: Ezekiel 3:16-21; 14:12-20; 18:1-32; 33:1-20
Translation risk description: The thesis “the son shall not bear the father’s iniquity” (18:20, glossary #28) collides directly with the Hmong worldview in which misfortune, illness, or affliction can be understood as causally inherited from ancestors’ unresolved ritual obligations or displeased spirits (a form of trans-generational hmoov-adjacent causation). Left unaddressed, hearers may either silently retain the inherited-fate framework alongside new belief, or wrongly read Ezekiel 18 as flatly contradicting the Romans package’s Adam-Christ federal headship doctrine (Romans TM Critical entry #42/doctrine #2), since both texts address inherited guilt from opposite redemptive-historical angles. The watchman motif (3:16-21; 33:1-20, glossary #30) and the “turn and live” formula (glossary #29) must never be rendered with hu (the ritual soul-calling/spirit-summoning verb), per the Romans-package precedent forbidding that verb for salvation-invocation language.
Preservation rule: Ezekiel 18 must be explicitly taught as compatible with, not contradictory to, Romans 5’s federal-headship doctrine — one addresses corporate/representative guilt before God, the other addresses individual moral accountability within the covenant community; neither doctrine’s force may be diminished to harmonize them. “Turn and live” must never use hu.

Doctrine 3: The New Heart and New Spirit

Risk Level: Critical
Review Routing: Human theologian
Supporting passages: Ezekiel 11:19-20; 18:31; 36:25-27
Translation risk description: Three fragile distinctions sit within a few verses of each other: (1) the bare anthropological new human spirit (ib tug ntsuj plig tshiab, glossary #5) at 11:19 and 36:26 must never receive the Vaj prefix reserved exclusively for God’s own Spirit, which appears one verse later at 36:27 (kuv yuav muab Kuv Vaj Ntsuj Plig tso rau hauv nej, glossary #44); (2) “heart of flesh” (lub siab tshiab uas muaj nqaij, glossary #22) is here a positive image of responsiveness, the direct inverse of the Romans package’s negative moral-flesh vocabulary (Romans TM flesh_moral_sinful_nature), requiring an explicit note in any combined curriculum to prevent confusion; (3) the “sprinkle clean water” precursor image (36:25, glossary #43) must never be equated with or substituted for the fixed Romans-package baptism rendering (kev cai raus dej), since collapsing the Old Testament ritual-cleansing type into the New Testament sacrament would obscure the historical-redemptive distance between promise and fulfillment.
Preservation rule: Maintain the Vaj-prefix distinction with zero exceptions across 11:19-20 and 36:26-27; teach “heart of flesh” explicitly as positive/responsive, distinct from Romans’ moral-flesh sense; never substitute the sprinkling image for the baptism TM entry.

Doctrine 4: Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations

Risk Level: High
Review Routing: Human theologian
Supporting passages: Ezekiel 4:1-17; 5:1-17; 6:1-14; 7:1-27; 8:1-18; 12:1-28; 13:1-23; 14:1-11; 15:1-8; 16:1-63; 17:1-24; 19:1-14; 20:1-49; 21:1-32; 22:1-31; 23:1-49; 24:1-27; 25:1-17; 26:1-21; 27:1-36; 28:1-26; 29:1-21; 30:1-26; 31:1-18; 32:1-32; 35:1-15; 38:1-23; 39:1-29
Translation risk description: Three reused/adjacent flagged terms converge densely across roughly two-thirds of the book’s chapters: idol vocabulary (dab mlom / gillulim, glossary #31-32, Romans TM #32) recurs dozens of times; covenant-jealousy (qin'ah, glossary #34) risks being heard as capricious ancestor-spirit anger provoked by ritual neglect rather than righteous, non-appeasable covenantal jealousy (parallel to the Romans TM’s wrath_of_god handling, #31); and covenant-harlotry allegory (zanah, glossary #40, ch.16, 23) risks a literalistic, scandal-focused misreading if not explicitly taught as prophetic covenant-lawsuit imagery rather than a report of literal sexual conduct. The sheer chapter-count density means a single unaddressed collision point would propagate across a large fraction of total curriculum content.
Preservation rule: Every occurrence of dab mlom retains its Romans-TM force without softening; qin'ah always taught in explicit contrast to capricious spirit-anger; zanah allegory always flagged as covenant metaphor, never literalized; oracles against the nations (Tyre, Egypt, Edom, Gog/Magog) taught as historically situated judgment, not generic fatalistic doom-telling.

Doctrine 5: Restoration and the Valley of Dry Bones

Risk Level: Critical
Review Routing: Human theologian
Supporting passages: Ezekiel 34:1-31; 36:1-15,33-38; 37:1-14; 37:15-28
Translation risk description: This doctrine hinges entirely on preserving the Hebrew ruach word-play (wind → breath → Spirit) through three visibly distinguishable Hmong terms — cua (glossary #6), pa (ua rau muaj sia) (glossary #7), Vaj Ntsuj Plig (glossary #4) — across the single sixteen-verse core passage (37:1-14); collapsing any two of these terms prematurely destroys the passage’s deliberate literary progression toward its climax at 37:14. Separately, “dry bones” (pob txha qhuav, glossary #12) and “opened graves” (qhov ntxa, glossary #14, 37:12-13) both carry a specific, grounded collision risk with Hmong ancestor bone-and-grave veneration customs, in which proper ritual treatment of a deceased person’s bones/grave secures the ancestor’s peace and prevents restless-spirit affliction. Without explicit contrast teaching, God’s unilateral national resurrection risks assimilation into this existing ritual category rather than being received as a sovereign, non-ritual act of the divine Spirit.
Preservation rule: The three-term ruach progression (cua / pa / Vaj Ntsuj Plig) must be visibly distinct at every occurrence within 37:1-14 with a footnote at first use; “dry bones” and “graves” must always be taught with explicit contrast to bone/grave veneration ritual, emphasizing God’s sovereign initiative, not ritual correctness, as the cause of restoration.

Doctrine 6: God’s Presence Departing and Returning

Risk Level: Critical
Review Routing: Human theologian
Supporting passages: Ezekiel 8:1-18; 9:3; 10:1-22; 11:22-23; 37:26-27; 43:1-5; 48:35
Translation risk description: The doctrine’s structural shape — the glory’s judicial departure from the defiled temple (ch.10-11) reversed by its climactic return (ch.43), sealed by the capstone “the LORD is there” (Tus Tswv Vajtswv nyob ntawd, glossary #67, 48:35) — risks being read through the specific Hmong traditional-religious lens in which an offended household, village, or ancestral spirit withdraws its protective presence after a ritual offense and must be coaxed back through correct appeasement ritual (offerings, restored taboo observance). Unless the departure is explicitly taught as righteous judicial action caused by covenant-breaking idolatry (not ritual neglect) and the return as sovereign gracious initiative (not achieved through appeasement or “for my name’s sake” self-interest misread as capricious pride, glossary #42), this doctrine’s entire narrative arc risks being absorbed into an existing animistic presence/absence framework.
Preservation rule: Departure (ch.8-11) always taught as judicial response to covenant-breaking idolatry, never ritual-neglect-triggered spirit displeasure; return (ch.43, 48:35) always taught as unilateral divine grace/covenant faithfulness, never appeasement-secured; the two must be read as one connected narrative arc, not disconnected episodes.

Doctrine 7: The Vision of the New Temple

Risk Level: High
Review Routing: Human theologian
Supporting passages: Ezekiel 40:1-49; 41:1-26; 42:1-20; 43:1-27; 44:1-31; 45:1-25; 46:1-24; 47:1-12; 48:1-35
Translation risk description: The temple vision’s architectural vocabulary (lub tuam tsev, glossary #62) must be kept lexically distinct from generic Hmong household/ancestral-shrine vocabulary (tsev dab), given that nine chapters are devoted to describing a physical sacred structure with graduated holiness zones; without that distinction, this large block of curriculum content risks being absorbed into an existing shrine-veneration framework. A secondary, easily-mishandled risk is the reversed caution status of dawb huv (holiness, glossary #63) here: unlike the Romans package’s caution against a literal ritual-purity reading of sanctification, in this temple-architecture context a literal, spatial holiness sense IS correct, and translators must not mistakenly import the Romans-package caution into a context where it does not apply.
Preservation rule: lub tuam tsev never conflated with tsev dab; dawb huv in ch.40-48 read literally/spatially (correct sense), explicitly flagged in teaching notes as the reverse of the Romans-package sanctification caution; the river-of-life (47:1-12, glossary #65) and land-inheritance (48:1-35, glossary #66) imagery taught as consummation of restoration promises begun in ch.34-37, not a standalone architectural curiosity.

Part B — Full-Book Chapter-by-Chapter Coverage Log

Every chapter of Ezekiel (1-48) is logged below per the PRD Phase 1 full-book-coverage mandate. Chapters contributing no new terms/doctrines beyond what is already logged are explicitly marked “Reviewed — no new terms” rather than silently omitted.

Ch.	Content Summary	Doctrines Touched	New/Reused Terms (glossary #)	Coverage Note
1	Inaugural vision: storm, four living creatures, wheels, throne, glory	1	#2, 3, 47, 48, 49, 50	Full coverage — foundational glory vocabulary established
2	Call of Ezekiel; “son of man”; scroll; rebellious house	1, 4	#9, 51, 52	Full coverage
3	Eating the scroll; watchman commission; glory; tongue bound	1, 2	#16 (recognition formula precursor), #30	Full coverage
4	Siege sign-act; famine rations	4	#37	Reviewed — reinforces Doctrine 4, no new Critical/High terms
5	Sword, famine, pestilence; God’s wrath	4	#35, 36, 37, 38	Full coverage
6	Idols on the mountains; judgment on high places	4	#31	Reviewed — reinforces idol vocabulary already logged
7	The day of the LORD’s wrath	4	#35	Reviewed — no new terms
8	Idolatry in the temple courts; glory seen	4, 6	#33, 3	Full coverage — first departure-sequence chapter
9	Mark on the foreheads of the faithful; slaughter of the guilty	6	—	Reviewed — narrative continuation of departure sequence, no new terms
10	Glory departs the threshold; cherubim and wheels; coals of fire	1, 6	#47, 48, 64 (inverse)	Full coverage — the departure half of Doctrine 6’s structural pair
11	Glory departs the city; promise of new heart and new spirit	3, 6	#5, 20	Full coverage — first appearance of Doctrine 3’s core promise
12	Sign-act of exile; prophecy fulfillment	4	#54	Reviewed — no new Critical/High terms
13	False prophets; whitewash (false peace)	4	#53	Full coverage
14	Idolatry of the elders; Noah/Daniel/Job — individual righteousness principle	2, 4	#26 (precursor)	Full coverage — early individual-responsibility precursor to ch.18
15	Parable of the useless vine	4	—	Reviewed — figurative judgment reinforcement, no new terms
16	Allegory of Jerusalem as unfaithful bride; harlotry; shame	4	#40, 41	Full coverage
17	Parable of two eagles and the vine; covenant-breaking	4	#39	Full coverage — first appearance of covenant vocabulary
18	Individual responsibility; “the son shall not bear…”; turn and live; new heart	2, 3	#27, 28, 29	Full coverage — Doctrine 2’s core chapter
19	Lament over the princes of Israel (lion cubs, vine)	4	—	Reviewed — poetic lament, no new terms
20	History of Israel’s rebellion; “for my name’s sake”	1, 4	#42	Full coverage
21	Sword oracle against Jerusalem and Ammon	4	#36 (reuse)	Reviewed — no new terms
22	Catalog of Jerusalem’s sins; bloodshed, idolatry, abomination	4	#33 (reuse)	Reviewed — reinforces abomination vocabulary
23	Oholah and Oholibah — allegory of two sisters’ harlotry	4	#40 (reuse)	Reviewed — reinforces harlotry-allegory teaching note
24	Boiling pot allegory; death of Ezekiel’s wife as sign	4	#54 (reuse)	Reviewed — no new terms
25	Oracles against Ammon, Moab, Edom, Philistia	4	—	Reviewed — nations-judgment genre continuation, no new terms
26	Oracle against Tyre — coastal siege and destruction	4	—	Reviewed — no new terms
27	Lament over Tyre as a wrecked trading ship	4	—	Reviewed — no new terms
28	Oracle against the king of Tyre; pride; Eden/garden of God	4	#55, 56	Full coverage — Eden proper-name flagged for review
29	Oracle against Egypt and Pharaoh; sea-monster/dragon	4	#57	Full coverage
30	Further oracle against Egypt; day of the LORD for Egypt	4	—	Reviewed — reinforces Doctrine 4, no new terms
31	Egypt compared to a felled cedar of Lebanon	4	—	Reviewed — no new terms
32	Lament over Pharaoh and Egypt; descent to Sheol	4	—	Reviewed — no new terms
33	Watchman renewed; individual responsibility reaffirmed	2	#30 (reuse)	Reviewed — reinforces Doctrine 2 without new lexical items
34	Indictment of false shepherds; promise of the true Shepherd; covenant of peace	5	#58, 59	Full coverage — restoration doctrine begins here
35	Judgment on Edom/Mount Seir	4	—	Reviewed — no new terms
36	Restoration of the land; new heart, new spirit, sprinkled water; Spirit indwelling; “for my name’s sake”	1, 3, 5	#39, 42, 43, 44	Full coverage — Doctrine 3’s fullest statement
37	CORE PASSAGE — Valley of dry bones; wind/breath/Spirit; two sticks reunification; everlasting covenant of peace; sanctuary	1, 3, 5, 6, 7	#6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 45, 46, 60	Full coverage — theological anchor of the curriculum
38	Gog of Magog prophesied invasion	1, 4	#61	Full coverage
39	Defeat of Gog; God’s glory revealed among the nations	1, 4	#61 (reuse)	Reviewed — reinforces recognition-formula/Doctrine 1
40	Measurements of the outer/inner temple courts	7	#62	Full coverage — temple vision begins
41	Measurements of the temple sanctuary and side chambers	7	—	Reviewed — architectural continuation, no new terms
42	Priests’ chambers; temple perimeter measurements	7	—	Reviewed — no new terms
43	Glory of the LORD returns to the temple; altar regulations	1, 6, 7	#64	Full coverage — the return half of Doctrine 6’s structural pair
44	Regulations for priests and Levites; the closed east gate	7	—	Reviewed — no new terms
45	Offerings, the prince’s portion, sacred measures	7	—	Reviewed — no new terms
46	Feast-day offerings; prince’s entry; temple kitchens	7	—	Reviewed — no new terms
47	River of life flowing from the temple; healing of the Dead Sea; land boundaries begin	5, 7	#65	Full coverage
48	Division of the land among the tribes; climactic capstone “the LORD is there”	6, 7	#66, 67	Full coverage — book’s climactic capstone formula

Full-book coverage confirmation: All 48 chapters of Ezekiel are accounted for above. Twenty-one chapters are logged as “Reviewed — no new terms” because their content reinforces doctrines and terms already established in earlier chapters without introducing new load-bearing vocabulary; per the PRD Phase 1 mandate, none have been silently omitted.

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