Yehezkiel 2:3

2:3 He said to me, “Son of man, I am sending you to the house ¹  of Israel, to rebellious nations ²  who have rebelled against me; both they and their fathers have revolted ³  against me to this very day.

Yehezkiel 2:6

2:6 But you, son of man, do not fear them, and do not fear their words – even though briers ⁴  and thorns ⁵  surround you and you live among scorpions – do not fear their words and do not be terrified of the looks they give you, ⁶  for they are a rebellious house!

Yehezkiel 4:16

4:16 Then he said to me, “Son of man, I am about to remove the bread supply ⁷  in Jerusalem. ⁸  They will eat their bread ration anxiously, and they will drink their water ration in terror

Yehezkiel 8:6

8:6 He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what they are doing – the great abominations that the people ⁹  of Israel are practicing here, to drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see greater abominations than these!”

Yehezkiel 8:12

8:12 He said to me, “Do you see, son of man, what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, each in the chamber of his idolatrous images? ¹⁰  For they think, ‘The Lord does not see us! The Lord has abandoned the land!’”

Yehezkiel 20:3

20:3 “Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and tell them: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Are you coming to seek me? As surely as I live, I will not allow you to seek me, ¹¹  declares the sovereign Lord.’

Yehezkiel 20:27

20:27 “Therefore, speak to the house of Israel, son of man, and tell them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: In this way too your fathers blasphemed me when they were unfaithful to me.

Yehezkiel 21:19

21:19 “You, son of man, mark out two routes for the king of Babylon’s sword to take; both of them will originate in a single land. Make a signpost and put it at the beginning of the road leading to the city.

Yehezkiel 21:28

21:28 “As for you, son of man, prophesy and say, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says concerning the Ammonites and their coming humiliation; ¹²  say:

“‘A sword, a sword drawn for slaughter,

polished to consume, ¹³  to flash like lightning –

Yehezkiel 22:18

22:18 “Son of man, the house of Israel has become slag to me. All of them are like bronze, tin, iron, and lead in the furnace; ¹⁴  they are the worthless slag of silver.

Yehezkiel 26:2

26:2 “Son of man, because Tyre ¹⁵  has said about Jerusalem, ¹⁶  ‘Aha, the gateway of the peoples is broken; it has swung open to me. I will become rich, ¹⁷  now that she ¹⁸  has been destroyed,’

Yehezkiel 29:18

29:18 “Son of man, King Nebuchadrezzar ¹⁹  of Babylon made his army labor hard against Tyre. ²⁰  Every head was rubbed bald and every shoulder rubbed bare; yet he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the work he carried out against it.

Yehezkiel 32:2

32:2 “Son of man, sing a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him:

“‘You were like a lion ²¹  among the nations,

but you are a monster in the seas;

you thrash about in your streams,

stir up the water with your feet,

and muddy your ²²  streams.

Yehezkiel 33:12

33:12 “And you, son of man, say to your people, ²³  ‘The righteousness of the righteous will not deliver him if he rebels. ²⁴  As for the wicked, his wickedness will not make him stumble if he turns from it. ²⁵  The righteous will not be able to live by his righteousness ²⁶  if he sins.’ ²⁷ 

Yehezkiel 33:24

33:24 “Son of man, the ones living in these ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land, but we are many; surely the land has been given to us for a possession.’ ²⁸ 

Yehezkiel 33:30

33:30 “But as for you, son of man, your people ²⁹  (who are talking about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses) say to one another, ³⁰  ‘Come hear the word that comes ³¹  from the Lord.’

Yehezkiel 34:2

34:2 “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds ³²  of Israel; prophesy, and say to them – to the shepherds: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should not shepherds feed the flock?

Yehezkiel 37:9

37:9 He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, ³³  – prophesy, son of man – and say to the breath: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these corpses so that they may live.’”

Yehezkiel 37:16

37:16 “As for you, son of man, take one branch, and write on it, ‘For Judah, and for the Israelites associated with him.’ Then take another branch and write on it, ‘For Joseph, the branch of Ephraim and all the house of Israel associated with him.’

Yehezkiel 39:17

39:17 “As for you, son of man, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Tell every kind of bird and every wild beast: ‘Assemble and come! Gather from all around to my slaughter ³⁴  which I am going to make for you, a great slaughter on the mountains of Israel! You will eat flesh and drink blood.

Yehezkiel 40:4

40:4 The man said to me, “Son of man, watch closely, listen carefully, and pay attention ³⁵  to everything I show you, for you have been brought here so that I can show it to you. ³⁶  Tell the house of Israel everything you see.”

Yehezkiel 44:5

44:5 The Lord said to me: “Son of man, pay attention, ³⁷  watch closely and listen carefully to ³⁸  everything I tell you concerning all the statutes of the Lord’s house and all its laws. Pay attention to the entrances ³⁹  to the temple with all the exits of the sanctuary.

[2:3]  ¹ tc The Hebrew reads “sons of,” while the LXX reads “house,” implying the more common phrase in Ezekiel. Either could be abbreviated with the first letter ב (bet). In preparation for the characterization “house of rebellion,” in vv. 5, 6, and 8, “house” is preferred (L. C. Allen, Ezekiel [WBC], 1:10 and W. Zimmerli, Ezekiel [Hermeneia], 2:564-65).

[2:3]  ² tc Heb “to the rebellious nations.” The phrase “to the rebellious nations” is omitted in the LXX. Elsewhere in Ezekiel the singular word “nation” is used for Israel (36:13-15; 37:22). Here “nations” may have the meaning of “tribes” or refer to the two nations of Israel and Judah.

[2:3]  ³ tc This word is omitted from the LXX.

[2:3]  tn The Hebrew term used here is the strongest word available for expressing a covenant violation. The word is used in the diplomatic arena to express a treaty violation (2 Kgs 1:1; 3:5, 7).

[2:6]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew term occurs only here in the OT.

[2:6]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew term is found elsewhere in the OT only in Ezek 28:24.

[2:6]  sn Here thorns may be a figure for hostility (Ezek 28:24; Mic 7:4).

[2:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “of their faces.”

[4:16]  ⁷ tn Heb, “break the staff of bread.” The bread supply is compared to a staff that one uses for support.

[4:16]  ⁸ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[8:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “house.”

[8:12]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the room of his images.” The adjective “idolatrous” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[8:12]  sn This type of image is explicitly prohibited in the Mosaic law (Lev 26:1).

[20:3]  ¹¹ tn Or “I will not reveal myself to you.”

[21:28]  ¹² tn Heb “their reproach.”

[21:28]  ¹³ tn Heb “to contain, endure.” Since the Hebrew text as it stands makes little, if any, sense, most emend the text to read either “to consume” or “for destruction.” For discussion of options see D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:693.

[22:18]  ¹⁴ tn For similar imagery, see Isa 1:21-26; Jer 6:27-30.

[26:2]  ¹⁵ sn Tyre was located on the Mediterranean coast north of Israel.

[26:2]  ¹⁶ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[26:2]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “I will be filled.”

[26:2]  ¹⁸ sn That is, Jerusalem.

[29:18]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “Nebuchadrezzar” is a variant and more correct spelling of Nebuchadnezzar, as the Babylonian name Nabu-kudurri-usur has an “r” rather than an “n” (so also in v. 19).

[29:18]  ²⁰ sn Nebuchadnezzar besieged Tyre from 585 to 571 b.c.

[29:18]  map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[32:2]  ²¹ tn The lion was a figure of royalty (Ezek 19:1-9).

[32:2]  ²² tc The Hebrew reads “their streams”; the LXX reads “your streams.”

[33:12]  ²³ tn Heb “the sons of your people.”

[33:12]  ²⁴ tn Heb “in the day of his rebellion.” The statement envisions a godly person rejecting what is good and becoming sinful. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:247-48.

[33:12]  ²⁵ tn Heb “and the wickedness of the wicked, he will not stumble in it in the day of his turning from his wickedness.”

[33:12]  ²⁶ tn Heb “by it.”

[33:12]  ²⁷ tn Heb “in the day of his sin.”

[33:24]  ²⁸ sn Outside of its seven occurrences in Ezekiel the term translated “possession” appears only in Exod 6:8 and Deut 33:4.

[33:30]  ²⁹ tn Heb “sons of your people.”

[33:30]  ³⁰ tn Heb “one to one, a man to his brother.”

[33:30]  ³¹ tn Heb “comes out.”

[34:2]  ³² tn The term shepherd is applied to kings in the ancient Near East. In the OT the Lord is often addressed as shepherd of Israel (Gen 49:24; Ps 8:1). The imagery of shepherds as Israel’s leaders is also employed (Jer 23:1-2).

[37:9]  ³³ tn Or “spirit,” and several times in this verse.

[39:17]  ³⁴ tn Or “sacrifice” (so also in the rest of this verse).

[40:4]  ³⁵ tn Heb “look with your eyes, hear with your ears, and set your mind on.”

[40:4]  ³⁶ tn Heb “in order to show (it) to you.”

[44:5]  ³⁷ tn Heb “set your heart” (so also in the latter part of the verse).

[44:5]  ³⁸ tn Heb “Set your mind, look with your eyes, and with your ears hear.”

[44:5]  ³⁹ tc The Syriac, Vulgate, and Targum read the plural. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:618.