Yehezkiel 13:18

13:18 and say ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to those who sew bands ¹  on all their wrists ²  and make headbands ³  for heads of every size to entrap people’s lives! ⁴  Will you entrap my people’s lives, yet preserve your own lives?

Yehezkiel 16:33

16:33 All prostitutes receive payment, ⁵  but instead you give gifts to every one of your lovers. You bribe them to come to you from all around for your sexual favors!

Yehezkiel 17:9

17:9 “‘Say to them: This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘Will it prosper?

Will he not rip out its roots

and cause its fruit to rot ⁶  and wither?

All its foliage ⁷  will wither.

No strong arm or large army

will be needed to pull it out by its roots. ⁸ 

Yehezkiel 33:11

33:11 Say to them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but prefer that the wicked change his behavior ⁹  and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil deeds! ¹⁰  Why should you die, O house of Israel?’

Yehezkiel 38:16

38:16 You will advance ¹¹  against my people Israel like a cloud covering the earth. In the latter days I will bring you against my land so that the nations may acknowledge me, when before their eyes I magnify myself ¹²  through you, O Gog.

Yehezkiel 39:14

39:14 They will designate men to scout continually ¹³  through the land, burying those who remain on the surface of the ground, ¹⁴  in order to cleanse it. They will search for seven full months.

Yehezkiel 40:4

40:4 The man said to me, “Son of man, watch closely, listen carefully, and pay attention ¹⁵  to everything I show you, for you have been brought here so that I can show it to you. ¹⁶  Tell the house of Israel everything you see.”

[13:18]  ¹ sn The wristbands mentioned here probably represented magic bands or charms. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:413.

[13:18]  ² tn Heb “joints of the hands.” This may include the elbow and shoulder joints.

[13:18]  ³ tn The Hebrew term occurs in the Bible only here and in v. 21. It has also been understood as a veil or type of head covering. D. I. Block (Ezekiel [NICOT], 1:414) suggests that given the context of magical devices, the expected parallel to the magical arm bands, and the meaning of this Hebrew root (סָפַח [safakh, “to attach” or “join”]), it may refer to headbands or necklaces on which magical amulets were worn.

[13:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “human lives” or “souls” (three times in v. 18 and twice in v. 19).

[16:33]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew word occurs only here in the OT.

[17:9]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew root occurs only here in the OT and appears to have the meaning of “strip off.” In application to fruit the meaning may be “cause to rot.”

[17:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “all the טַרְפֵּי (tarpey) of branches.” The word טַרְפֵּי occurs only here in the Bible; its precise meaning is uncertain.

[17:9]  ⁸ tn Or “there will be no strong arm or large army when it is pulled up by the roots.”

[33:11]  ⁹ tn Heb “turn from his way.”

[33:11]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “ways.” This same word is translated “behavior” earlier in the verse.

[38:16]  ¹¹ tn Heb “come up.”

[38:16]  ¹² tn Or “reveal my holiness.”

[39:14]  ¹³ tn Heb “men of perpetuity.”

[39:14]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and bury the travelers and those who remain on the surface of the ground.” The reference to “travelers” seems odd and is omitted in the LXX. It is probably an accidental duplication (see v. 11).

[40:4]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “look with your eyes, hear with your ears, and set your mind on.”

[40:4]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “in order to show (it) to you.”