Yehezkiel 10:5

10:5 The sound of the wings of the cherubim could be heard from the outer court, like the sound of the sovereign God ¹  when he speaks.

Yehezkiel 28:2

28:2 “Son of man, say to the prince ²  of Tyre, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘Your heart is proud ³  and you said, “I am a god; ⁴ 

I sit in the seat of gods, in the heart of the seas” –

yet you are a man and not a god,

though you think you are godlike. ⁵ 

Yehezkiel 28:9

28:9 Will you still say, “I am a god,” before the one who kills you –

though you are a man and not a god –

when you are in the power of those who wound you?

Yehezkiel 31:11

31:11 I gave it over to the leader of the nations. He has judged it thoroughly, ⁶  as its sinfulness deserves. I have thrown it out.

Yehezkiel 32:21

32:21 The bravest of the warriors will speak to him from the midst of Sheol along with his allies, saying: ‘The uncircumcised have come down; they lie still, killed by the sword.’

[10:5]  ¹ tn The name (“El Shaddai”) has often been translated “God Almighty,” primarily because Jerome translated it omnipotens (“all powerful”) in the Latin Vulgate. There has been much debate over the meaning of the name. For discussion see W. F. Albright, “The Names Shaddai and Abram,” JBL 54 (1935): 173-210; R. Gordis, “The Biblical Root sdy-sd,” JTS 41 (1940): 34-43; and especially T. N. D. Mettinger, In Search of God, 69-72.

[28:2]  ² tn Or “ruler” (NIV, NCV).

[28:2]  ³ tn Heb “lifted up.”

[28:2]  sn See Prov 16:5.

[28:2]  ⁴ tn Or “I am divine.”

[28:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “and you made your heart (mind) like the heart (mind) of gods.”

[31:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “acting he has acted with regard to it.” The infinitive absolute precedes the main verb to emphasize the certainty and decisiveness of the action depicted.