Yehezkiel 2:4-5

2:4 The people ¹  to whom I am sending you are obstinate and hard-hearted, ²  and you must say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says.’ ³  2:5 And as for them, ⁴  whether they listen ⁵  or not – for they are a rebellious ⁶  house ⁷  – they will know that a prophet has been among them.

Yehezkiel 18:32

18:32 For I take no delight in the death of anyone, ⁸  declares the sovereign Lord. Repent and live!

Yehezkiel 20:29

20:29 So I said to them, What is this high place you go to?’” (So it is called “High Place” ⁹  to this day.)

Yehezkiel 21:30

21:30 Return it to its sheath! ¹⁰ 

In the place where you were created, ¹¹ 

in your native land, I will judge you.

Yehezkiel 24:22

24:22 Then you will do as I have done: You will not cover your lip or eat food brought by others. ¹² 

Yehezkiel 32:19

32:19 Say to them, ¹³  ‘Whom do you surpass in beauty? ¹⁴  Go down and be laid to rest with the uncircumcised!’

Yehezkiel 33:5

33:5 He heard the sound of the trumpet but did not heed the warning, so he is responsible for himself. ¹⁵  If he had heeded the warning, he would have saved his life.

Yehezkiel 48:9

48:9 The allotment you set apart to the Lord will be eight and a quarter miles ¹⁶  in length and three and one-third miles ¹⁷  in width.

[2:4]  ¹ tn Heb “sons.” The word choice may reflect treaty idiom, where the relationship between an overlord and his subjects can be described as that of father and son.

[2:4]  ² tc Heb “stern of face and hard of heart.” The phrases “stern of face” and “hard of heart” are lacking in the LXX.

[2:4]  ³ tn The phrase “thus says [the Lord]” occurs 129 times in Ezekiel; the announcement is identical to the way messengers often introduced their messages (Gen 32:5; 45:9; Exod 5:10; Num 20:14; Judg 11:15).

[2:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “they”; the phrase “And as for them” has been used in the translation for clarity.

[2:5]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew word implies obedience rather than mere hearing or paying attention.

[2:5]  ⁶ tn This Hebrew adjective is also used to describe the Israelites in Num 17:25 and Isa 30:9.

[2:5]  ⁷ sn The book of Ezekiel frequently refers to the Israelites as a rebellious house (Ezek 2:5, 6, 8; 3:9, 26-27; 12:2-3, 9, 25; 17:12; 24:3).

[18:32]  ⁸ tn Heb “the death of the one dying.”

[20:29]  ⁹ tn The Hebrew word (“Bamah”) means “high place.”

[21:30]  ¹⁰ sn Once the Babylonian king’s sword (vv. 19-20) has carried out its assigned task, the Lord commands it to halt and announces that Babylon itself will also experience his judgment. See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:28.

[21:30]  ¹¹ tn In the Hebrew text of vv. 30-32 the second person verbal and pronominal forms are feminine singular. This may indicate that the personified Babylonian sword is being addressed. The Hebrew word for “sword” (see v. 28) is feminine. However, it may refer to the Ammonites.

[24:22]  ¹² tn See v. 17.

[32:19]  ¹³ tc The LXX places this verse after v. 21.

[32:19]  tn The words “say to them” are added in the translation for clarity to indicate the shift in addressee from the prophet to Egypt.

[32:19]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “pleasantness.”

[33:5]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “his blood will be on him.”

[48:9]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

[48:9]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).