Yehezkiel 3:9

3:9 I have made your forehead harder than flint – like diamond! ¹  Do not fear them or be terrified of the looks they give you, ²  for they are a rebellious house.”

Yehezkiel 7:12

7:12 The time has come; the day has struck! The customer should not rejoice, nor the seller mourn; for divine wrath ³  comes against their whole crowd.

Yehezkiel 7:16

7:16 Their survivors will escape to the mountains and become like doves of the valleys; all of them will moan – each one for his iniquity.

Yehezkiel 11:3

11:3 They say, ⁴  ‘The time is not near to build houses; ⁵  the city ⁶  is a cooking pot ⁷  and we are the meat in it.’

Yehezkiel 13:16

13:16 those prophets of Israel who would prophesy about Jerusalem ⁸  and would see visions of peace for it, when there was no peace,” declares the sovereign Lord.’

Yehezkiel 15:7

15:7 I will set ⁹  my face against them – although they have escaped from the fire, ¹⁰  the fire will still consume them! Then you will know that I am the Lord, when I set my face against them.

Yehezkiel 17:10

17:10 Consider! It is planted, but will it prosper?

Will it not wither completely when the east wind blows on it?

Will it not wither in the soil where it sprouted?’”

Yehezkiel 26:4

26:4 They will destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers. I will scrape her soil ¹¹  from her and make her a bare rock.

Yehezkiel 33:4

33:4 but there is one who hears the sound of the trumpet yet does not heed the warning. Then the sword comes and sweeps him away. He will be responsible for his own death. ¹² 

Yehezkiel 33:14

33:14 Suppose I say to the wicked, ‘You must certainly die,’ but he turns from his sin and does what is just and right.

Yehezkiel 40:26

40:26 There were seven steps going up to it; its porches were in front of them. It had decorative palm trees on its jambs, one on either side.

Yehezkiel 40:34

40:34 Its porches faced the outer court, it had decorative palm trees on its jambs, and its stairway had eight steps.

Yehezkiel 46:16

46:16 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: If the prince should give a gift to one of his sons as ¹³  his inheritance, it will belong to his sons, it is their property by inheritance.

[3:9]  ¹ tn The Hebrew term translated “diamond” is parallel to “iron” in Jer 17:1. The Hebrew uses two terms which are both translated at times as “flint,” but here one is clearly harder than the other. The translation “diamond” attempts to reflect this distinction in English.

[3:9]  ² tn Heb “of their faces.”

[7:12]  ³ tn Heb “wrath.” Context clarifies that God’s wrath is in view.

[11:3]  ⁴ 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]  ⁵ sn The expression build houses may mean “establish families” (Deut 25:9; Ruth 4:11; Prov 24:27).

[11:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “she” or “it”; the feminine pronoun refers here to Jerusalem.

[11:3]  ⁷ 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.

[13:16]  ⁸ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[15:7]  ⁹ tn The word translated “set” is the same Hebrew word translated as “provide” in the previous verse.

[15:7]  ¹⁰ sn This escape refers to the exile of Ezekiel and others in 597 b.c. (Ezek 1:2; 2 Kgs 24:10-16).

[26:4]  ¹¹ tn Or “debris.”

[33:4]  ¹² tn Heb “his blood will be on his own head.”

[46:16]  ¹³ tn The Hebrew text has no preposition; the LXX reads “from” (see v. 17).