Yehezkiel 3:14

3:14 A wind lifted me up and carried me away. I went bitterly, ¹  my spirit full of fury, and the hand of the Lord rested powerfully ²  on me.

Yehezkiel 4:4

4:4 “Also for your part lie on your left side and place the iniquity ³  of the house of Israel on it. For the number of days you lie on your side you will bear their iniquity.

Yehezkiel 4:6

4:6 “When you have completed these days, then lie down a second time, but on your right side, and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah 40 days ⁴  – I have assigned one day for each year.

Yehezkiel 5:4

5:4 Again, take more of them and throw them into the fire, ⁵  and burn them up. From there a fire will spread to all the house of Israel.

Yehezkiel 11:3

11:3 They say, ⁶  ‘The time is not near to build houses; ⁷  the city ⁸  is a cooking pot ⁹  and we are the meat in it.’

Yehezkiel 11:5

11:5 Then the Spirit of the Lord came ¹⁰  upon me and said to me, “Say: This is what the Lord says: ‘This is what you are thinking, ¹¹  O house of Israel; I know what goes through your minds. ¹² 

Yehezkiel 11:11

11:11 This city will not be a cooking pot for you, and you will not ¹³  be meat within it; I will judge you at the border of Israel.

Yehezkiel 16:4

16:4 As for your birth, on the day you were born your umbilical cord was not cut, nor were you washed in water; ¹⁴  you were certainly not rubbed down with salt, nor wrapped with blankets. ¹⁵ 

Yehezkiel 16:17

16:17 You also took your beautiful jewelry, made of my gold and my silver I had given to you, and made for yourself male images and engaged in prostitution ¹⁶  with them.

Yehezkiel 17:6

17:6 It sprouted and became a vine,

spreading low to the ground; ¹⁷ 

its branches turning toward him, ¹⁸  its roots were under itself. ¹⁹ 

So it became a vine; it produced shoots and sent out branches.

Yehezkiel 17:20

17:20 I will throw my net over him and he will be caught in my snare; I will bring him to Babylon and judge him there because of the unfaithfulness he committed against me.

Yehezkiel 17:23

17:23 I will plant it on a high mountain of Israel,

and it will raise branches and produce fruit and become a beautiful cedar.

Every bird will live under it;

Every winged creature will live in the shade of its branches.

Yehezkiel 18:9

18:9 and follows my statutes and observes my regulations by carrying them out. ²⁰  That man ²¹  is righteous; he will certainly live, ²²  declares the sovereign Lord.

Yehezkiel 20:18

20:18 “‘But I said to their children ²³  in the wilderness, “Do not follow the practices of your fathers; do not observe their regulations, ²⁴  nor defile yourselves with their idols.

Yehezkiel 21:4

21:4 Because I will cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked, my sword will go out from its sheath against everyone ²⁵  from the south ²⁶  to the north.

Yehezkiel 21:27

21:27 A total ruin I will make it! ²⁷ 

It will come to an end

when the one arrives to whom I have assigned judgment.’ ²⁸ 

Yehezkiel 21:32

21:32 You will become fuel for the fire –

your blood will stain the middle of the land; ²⁹ 

you will no longer be remembered,

for I, the Lord, have spoken.’”

Yehezkiel 23:32

23:32 “This is what the sovereign Lord says: “You will drink your sister’s deep and wide cup; ³⁰  you will be scorned and derided, for it holds a great deal.

Yehezkiel 26:11

26:11 With his horses’ hoofs he will trample all your streets. He will kill your people with the sword, and your strong pillars will tumble down to the ground.

Yehezkiel 28:14

28:14 I placed you there with an anointed ³¹  guardian ³²  cherub; ³³ 

you were on the holy mountain of God;

you walked about amidst fiery stones.

Yehezkiel 28:17

28:17 Your heart was proud because of your beauty;

you corrupted your wisdom on account of your splendor.

I threw you down to the ground;

I placed you before kings, that they might see you.

Yehezkiel 30:18

30:18 In Tahpanhes the day will be dark ³⁴ 

when I break the yoke of Egypt there.

Her confident pride will cease within her;

a cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity.

Yehezkiel 34:6

34:6 My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My sheep were scattered over the entire face of the earth with no one looking or searching for them.

Yehezkiel 34:23

34:23 I will set one shepherd over them, and he will feed them – namely, my servant David. ³⁵  He will feed them and will be their shepherd.

Yehezkiel 36:25-26

36:25 I will sprinkle you with pure water ³⁶  and you will be clean from all your impurities. I will purify you from all your idols. 36:26 I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will remove the heart of stone ³⁷  from your body and give you a heart of flesh. ³⁸ 

Yehezkiel 36:28

36:28 Then you will live in the land I gave to your fathers; you will be my people, and I will be your God. ³⁹ 

Yehezkiel 36:32

36:32 Understand that ⁴⁰  it is not for your sake I am about to act, declares the sovereign Lord. Be ashamed and embarrassed by your behavior, O house of Israel.

Yehezkiel 37:7

37:7 So I prophesied as I was commanded. There was a sound when I prophesied – I heard ⁴¹  a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to bone.

Yehezkiel 37:11

37:11 Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones are all the house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dry, our hope has perished; we are cut off.’

Yehezkiel 40:2

40:2 By means of divine visions ⁴²  he brought me to the land of Israel and placed me on a very high mountain, ⁴³  and on it was a structure like a city, to the south.

Yehezkiel 40:13

40:13 He measured the gateway from the roof of one alcove to the roof of the other, a width of 43¾ feet ⁴⁴  from one entrance to the opposite one.

Yehezkiel 40:17

40:17 Then he brought me to the outer court. I saw ⁴⁵  chambers there, and a pavement made for the court all around; thirty chambers faced the pavement.

Yehezkiel 40:22

40:22 Its windows, its porches, and its decorative palm trees had the same measurement as the gate which faced east. Seven steps led up to it, and its porch was in front of them.

Yehezkiel 40:25

40:25 There were windows all around it and its porches, like the windows of the others; ⁴⁶  87½ feet ⁴⁷  long and 43¾ feet ⁴⁸  wide.

Yehezkiel 41:2

41:2 The width of the entrance was 17½ feet, ⁴⁹  and the sides ⁵⁰  of the entrance were 8¾ feet ⁵¹  on each side. He measured the length of the outer sanctuary as 70 feet, ⁵²  and its width as 35 feet. ⁵³ 

Yehezkiel 41:4

41:4 Then he measured its length as 35 feet, ⁵⁴  and its width as 35 feet, ⁵⁵  before the outer sanctuary. He said to me, “This is the most holy place.”

Yehezkiel 44:4

44:4 Then he brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the temple. As I watched, I noticed ⁵⁶  the glory of the Lord filling the Lord’s temple, and I threw myself face down.

Yehezkiel 44:25

44:25 “‘They must not come near a dead person or they will be defiled; ⁵⁷  however, for father, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister, they may defile themselves.

Yehezkiel 44:27

44:27 On the day he enters the sanctuary, into the inner court to serve in the sanctuary, he must offer his sin offering, declares the sovereign Lord.

Yehezkiel 45:6

45:6 “‘Alongside the portion set apart as the holy allotment, you will allot for the city an area one and two-thirds miles ⁵⁸  wide and eight and a quarter miles ⁵⁹  long; it will be for the whole house of Israel.

Yehezkiel 45:11

45:11 The dry and liquid measures will be the same, the bath will contain a tenth of a homer, ⁶⁰  and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer will be the standard measure.

Yehezkiel 46:20

46:20 He said to me, “This is the place where the priests will boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, and where they will bake the grain offering, so that they do not bring them out to the outer court to transmit holiness to the people.”

Yehezkiel 47:17

47:17 The border will run from the sea to Hazar-enan, at the border of Damascus, and on the north is the border of Hamath. This is the north side.

[3:14]  ¹ tn The traditional interpretation is that Ezekiel embarked on his mission with bitterness and anger, either reflecting God’s attitude toward the sinful people or his own feelings about having to carry out such an unpleasant task. L. C. Allen (Ezekiel [WBC], 1:13) takes “bitterly” as a misplaced marginal note and understands the following word, normally translated “anger,” in the sense of fervor or passion. He translates, “I was passionately moved” (p. 4). Another option is to take the word translated “bitterly” as a verb meaning “strengthened” (attested in Ugaritic). See G. R. Driver, Canaanite Myths and Legends, 152.

[3:14]  ² tn Heb “the hand of the Lord was on me heavily.” The “hand of the Lord” is a metaphor for his power or influence; the modifier conveys intensity.

[3:14]  sn In Ezekiel God’s “hand” being on the prophet is regularly associated with communication or a vision from God (1:3; 3:14, 22; 8:1; 37:1; 40:1).

[4:4]  ³ tn Or “punishment” (also in vv. 5, 6).

[4:6]  ⁴ sn The number 40 may refer in general to the period of Judah’s exile using the number of years Israel was punished in the wilderness. In this case, however, one would need to translate, “you will bear the punishment of the house of Judah.”

[5:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “into the midst of” (so KJV, ASV). This phrase has been left untranslated for stylistic reasons.

[11:3]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew verb may mean “think” in this context. This content of what they say (or think) represents their point of view.

[11:3]  ⁷ sn The expression build houses may mean “establish families” (Deut 25:9; Ruth 4:11; Prov 24:27).

[11:3]  ⁸ tn Heb “she” or “it”; the feminine pronoun refers here to Jerusalem.

[11:3]  ⁹ sn Jerusalem is also compared to a pot in Ezek 24:3-8. The siege of the city is pictured as heating up the pot.

[11:5]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “fell.”

[11:5]  ¹¹ tn The Hebrew verb commonly means “to say,” but may also mean “to think” (see also v. 3).

[11:5]  ¹² tn Heb “I know the steps of your spirits.”

[11:11]  ¹³ tn The Hebrew text does not have the negative particle, but it is implied. The negative particle in the previous line does double duty here.

[16:4]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “in water you were not washed for cleansing” or “with water you were not washed smooth” (see D. I. Block, Ezekiel [NICOT], 1:473, n. 57, for a discussion of possible meanings of this hapax legomenon).

[16:4]  ¹⁵ sn Arab midwives still cut the umbilical cords of infants and then proceed to apply salt and oil to their bodies.

[16:17]  ¹⁶ tn Or perhaps “and worshiped them,” if the word “prostitution” is understood in a figurative rather than a literal sense (cf. CEV, NLT).

[17:6]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “short of stature.”

[17:6]  ¹⁸ tn That is, the eagle.

[17:6]  ¹⁹ tn Or “him,” i.e., the eagle.

[18:9]  ²⁰ tc The MT reads לַעֲשׂוֹת אֱמֶת (la’asot ’emet, “to do with integrity”), while the LXX reads “to do them,” presupposing לַעֲשׂוֹת אֹתָם (la’asot ’otam). The ם (mem) and ת (tav) have been reversed in the MT. The LXX refelcts the original, supported by similar phrasing in Ezekiel 11:20; 20:19.

[18:9]  ²¹ tn Heb “he.”

[18:9]  ²² tn Heb “living, he will live.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.

[20:18]  ²³ tn Heb “sons,” reflecting the patriarchal idiom of the culture.

[20:18]  ²⁴ tn Or “standard of justice.” See Ezek 7:27.

[21:4]  ²⁵ tn Heb “all flesh” (also in the following verse).

[21:4]  ²⁶ tn Heb “Negev.” The Negev is the south country.

[21:27]  ²⁷ tn Heb “A ruin, a ruin, a ruin I will make it.” The threefold repetition of the noun “ruin” is for emphasis and draws attention to the degree of ruin that would take place. See IBHS 233 §12.5a and GKC 431-32 §133.k. The pronominal suffix (translated “it”) on the verb “make” is feminine in Hebrew. The probable antecedent is the “turban/crown” (both nouns are feminine in form) mentioned in verse 26. The point is that the king’s royal splendor would be completely devastated as judgment overtook his realm and brought his reign to a violent end.

[21:27]  ²⁸ tn Heb “Also this, he was not, until the coming of the one to whom the judgment belongs and I have given it.” The Hebrew text, as it stands, is grammatically difficult. The pronoun “this” is feminine, while the following negated verb (“was not”) is masculine. Some emend the verb to a feminine form (see BHS). In this case the statement refers to the destiny of the king’s turban/crown (symbolizing his reign). See the previous note. The preposition translated “when” normally means “until,” but here it seems to refer to the period during which the preceding situation is realized, rather than its termination point. See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:19, 21. The second part of the statement, though awkward, probably refers to the arrival of the Babylonian king, to whom the Lord had assigned the task of judgment (see 23:24). Or the verse may read “A total ruin I will make, even this. It will not be until the one comes to whom is (the task of) judgment and I have assigned it.”

[21:32]  ²⁹ tn Heb “your blood will be in the middle of the land.”

[23:32]  ³⁰ sn The image of a deep and wide cup suggests the degree of punishment; it will be extensive and leave the victim helpless.

[28:14]  ³¹ tn Or “winged”; see L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:91.

[28:14]  ³² tn The meaning of this phrase in Hebrew is uncertain. The word translated here “guards” occurs in Exod 25:20 in reference to the cherubim “covering” the ark.

[28:14]  ³³ tn Heb “you (were) an anointed cherub that covers and I placed you.” In the Hebrew text the ruler of Tyre is equated with a cherub, and the verb “I placed you” is taken with what follows (“on the holy mountain of God”). However, this reading is problematic. The pronoun “you” at the beginning of verse 14 is feminine singular in the Hebrew text; elsewhere in this passage the ruler of Tyre is addressed with masculine singular forms. It is possible that the pronoun is a rare (see Deut 5:24; Num 11:15) or defectively written (see 1 Sam 24:19; Neh 9:6; Job 1:10; Ps 6:3; Eccl 7:22) masculine form, but it is more likely that the form should be repointed as the preposition “with” (see the LXX). In this case the ruler of Tyre is compared to the first man, not to a cherub. If this emendation is accepted, then the verb “I placed you” belongs with what precedes and concludes the first sentence in the verse. It is noteworthy that the verbs in the second and third lines of the verse also appear at the end of the sentence in the Hebrew text. The presence of a conjunction at the beginning of “I placed you” is problematic for the proposal, but it may reflect a later misunderstanding of the syntax of the verse. For a defense of the proposed emendation, see L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:91.

[30:18]  ³⁴ sn In Zeph 1:15 darkness is associated with the day of the Lord.

[34:23]  ³⁵ sn The messianic king is here called “David” (see Jer 30:9 and Hos 3:5, as well as Isa 11:1 and Mic 5:2) because he will fulfill the Davidic royal ideal depicted in the prophets and royal psalms (see Ps 2, 89).

[36:25]  ³⁶ sn The Lord here uses a metaphor from the realm of ritual purification. For the use of water in ritual cleansing, see Exod 30:19-20; Lev 14:51; Num 19:18; Heb 10:22.

[36:26]  ³⁷ sn That is, a heart which symbolizes a will that is stubborn and unresponsive (see 1 Sam 25:37). In Rabbinic literature a “stone” was associated with an evil inclination (b. Sukkah 52a).

[36:26]  ³⁸ sn That is, a heart which symbolizes a will that is responsive and obedient to God.

[36:28]  ³⁹ sn This promise reflects the ancient covenantal ideal (see Exod 6:7).

[36:32]  ⁴⁰ tn Heb “Let it be known.”

[37:7]  ⁴¹ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[40:2]  ⁴² tn The expression introduces the three major visions of Ezekiel (1:1; 8:3; 40:2).

[40:2]  ⁴³ tn The reference to a very high mountain is harmonious with Isa 2:2.

[40:13]  ⁴⁴ tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).

[40:17]  ⁴⁵ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[40:25]  ⁴⁶ tn Heb “as these windows.”

[40:25]  ⁴⁷ tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).

[40:25]  ⁴⁸ tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).

[41:2]  ⁴⁹ tn Heb “ten cubits” (i.e., 5.25 meters).

[41:2]  ⁵⁰ tc The translation follows the LXX. The MT reads “the width of the gate was three cubits,” the omission due to haplography.

[41:2]  tn Or “sidewalls.”

[41:2]  ⁵¹ tn Heb “five cubits” (i.e., 2.625 meters).

[41:2]  ⁵² tn Heb “forty cubits” (i.e., 21 meters).

[41:2]  ⁵³ tn Heb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).

[41:4]  ⁵⁴ tn Heb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).

[41:4]  ⁵⁵ tn Heb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).

[44:4]  ⁵⁶ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[44:25]  ⁵⁷ sn This law was part of the legal code for priests (Lev 21:1-3).

[45:6]  ⁵⁸ tn Heb “five thousand cubits” (i.e., 2.625 kilometers).

[45:6]  ⁵⁹ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

[45:11]  ⁶⁰ sn The homer was about 5 bushels as a dry measure and 55 gallons as a liquid measure.