Yehezkiel 2:6

2:6 But you, son of man, do not fear them, and do not fear their words – even though briers ¹  and thorns ²  surround you and you live among scorpions – do not fear their words and do not be terrified of the looks they give you, ³  for they are a rebellious house!

Yehezkiel 4:3

4:3 Then for your part take an iron frying pan ⁴  and set it up as an iron wall between you and the city. Set your face toward it. It is to be under siege; you are to besiege it. This is a sign ⁵  for the house of Israel.

Yehezkiel 6:3

6:3 Say, ‘Mountains of Israel, ⁶  Hear the word of the sovereign Lord! ⁷  This is what the sovereign Lord says to the mountains and the hills, to the ravines and the valleys: I am bringing ⁸  a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places. ⁹ 

Yehezkiel 7:19

7:19 They will discard their silver in the streets, and their gold will be treated like filth. ¹⁰  Their silver and gold will not be able to deliver them on the day of the Lord’s fury. ¹¹  They will not satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs because their wealth ¹²  was the obstacle leading to their iniquity. ¹³ 

Yehezkiel 16:39

16:39 I will give you into their hands and they will destroy your chambers and tear down your pavilions. They will strip you of your clothing and take your beautiful jewelry and leave you naked and bare.

Yehezkiel 16:61

16:61 Then you will remember your conduct, and be ashamed when you receive your older and younger sisters. I will give them to you as daughters, but not on account of my covenant with you.

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, ¹⁴  declares the sovereign Lord.’

Yehezkiel 20:31

20:31 When you present your sacrifices ¹⁵  – when you make your sons pass through the fire – you defile yourselves with all your idols to this very day. Will I allow you to seek me, ¹⁶  O house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, I will not allow you to seek me! ¹⁷ 

Yehezkiel 36:11

36:11 I will increase the number of people and animals on you; they will increase and be fruitful. ¹⁸  I will cause you to be inhabited as in ancient times, and will do more good for you than at the beginning of your history. ¹⁹  Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Yehezkiel 37:14

37:14 I will place my breath ²⁰  in you and you will live; I will give you rest in your own land. Then you will know that I am the Lord – I have spoken and I will act, declares the Lord.’”

Yehezkiel 39:9

39:9 “‘Then those who live in the cities of Israel will go out and use the weapons for kindling ²¹  – the shields, ²²  bows and arrows, war clubs and spears – they will burn them for seven years.

Yehezkiel 39:15

39:15 When the scouts survey ²³  the land and see a human bone, they will place a sign by it, until those assigned to burial duty have buried it ²⁴  in the valley of Hamon-Gog.

Yehezkiel 45:1

The Lord’s Portion of the Land

45:1 “‘When you allot the land as an inheritance, you will offer an allotment ²⁵  to the Lord, a holy portion from the land; the length will be eight and a quarter miles ²⁶  and the width three and one-third miles. ²⁷  This entire area will be holy. ²⁸ 

Yehezkiel 45:17

45:17 It will be the duty of the prince to provide the burnt offerings, the grain offering, and the drink offering at festivals, on the new moons and Sabbaths, at all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel; he will provide the sin offering, the grain offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offerings to make atonement for the house of Israel.

[2:6]  ¹ tn The Hebrew term occurs only here in the OT.

[2:6]  ² 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]  ³ tn Heb “of their faces.”

[4:3]  ⁴ tn Or “a griddle,” that is, some sort of plate for cooking.

[4:3]  ⁵ tn That is, a symbolic object lesson.

[6:3]  ⁶ tn The phrase “mountains of Israel” occurs only in the book of Ezekiel (6:2, 3; 19:9; 33:28; 34:13, 14; 35:12; 36:1, 4, 8; 37:22; 38:8; 39:2, 4, 17). The expression refers to the whole land of Israel.

[6:3]  sn The mountainous terrain of Israel would contrast with the exiles’ habitat in the river valley of Babylonia.

[6:3]  ⁷ tn The introductory formula “Hear the word of the sovereign Lord” parallels a pronouncement delivered by the herald of a king (2 Kgs 18:28).

[6:3]  ⁸ tn Heb “Look I, I am bringing.” The repetition of the pronoun draws attention to the speaker. The construction also indicates that the action is soon to come; the Lord is “about to bring a sword against” them.

[6:3]  ⁹ tn The Hebrew term refers to elevated platforms where pagan sacrifices were performed.

[7:19]  ¹⁰ tn The Hebrew term can refer to menstrual impurity. The term also occurs at the end of v. 20.

[7:19]  ¹¹ sn Compare Zeph 1:18.

[7:19]  ¹² tn Heb “it.” Apparently the subject is the silver and gold mentioned earlier (see L. C. Allen, Ezekiel [WBC], 1:102).

[7:19]  ¹³ tn The “stumbling block of their iniquity” is a unique phrase of the prophet Ezekiel (Ezek 14:3, 4, 7; 18:30; 44:12).

[20:3]  ¹⁴ tn Or “I will not reveal myself to you.”

[20:31]  ¹⁵ tn Or “gifts.”

[20:31]  ¹⁶ tn Or “Will I reveal myself to you?”

[20:31]  ¹⁷ tn Or “I will not reveal myself to you.”

[36:11]  ¹⁸ sn These verbs occur together in Gen 1:22, 28; 9:1.

[36:11]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “your beginning.”

[37:14]  ²⁰ tn Or “spirit.” This is likely an allusion to Gen 2 and God’s breath which creates life.

[39:9]  ²¹ tn Heb “burn and kindle the weapons.”

[39:9]  ²² tn Two different types of shields are specified in the Hebrew text.

[39:15]  ²³ tn Heb “as the scouts scout.”

[39:15]  ²⁴ tn That is, the aforementioned bone.

[45:1]  ²⁵ tn Heb “a contribution.”

[45:1]  ²⁶ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers). The measuring units here are the Hebrew “long” cubit, consisting of a cubit (about 18 inches or 45 cm) and a handbreadth (about 3 inches or 7.5 cm), for a total of 21 inches (52.5 cm). Because modern readers are not familiar with the cubit as a unit of measurement, and due to the additional complication of the “long” cubit as opposed to the regular cubit, all measurements have been converted to American standard miles (one mile = 5,280 feet), with the Hebrew measurements and the metric equivalents given in the notes.

[45:1]  ²⁷ tc The LXX reads “twenty thousand cubits.”

[45:1]  tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).

[45:1]  ²⁸ tn Heb “holy it is in all its territory round about.”