Yehezkiel 5:16

5:16 I will shoot against them deadly, ¹  destructive ²  arrows of famine, ³  which I will shoot to destroy you. ⁴  I will prolong a famine on you and will remove the bread supply. ⁵ 

Yehezkiel 10:16

10:16 When the cherubim moved, the wheels moved beside them; when the cherubim spread ⁶  their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels did not move from their side.

Yehezkiel 23:25

23:25 I will direct ⁷  my jealous anger against you, and they will deal with you in rage. They will cut off your nose and your ears, ⁸  and your survivors will die ⁹  by the sword. They will seize your sons and daughters, and your survivors will be consumed by fire.

Yehezkiel 33:22

33:22 Now the hand of the Lord had been on me ¹⁰  the evening before the refugee reached me, but the Lord ¹¹  opened my mouth by the time the refugee arrived ¹²  in the morning; he opened my mouth and I was no longer unable to speak. ¹³ 

[5:16]  ¹ tn The Hebrew word carries the basic idea of “bad, displeasing, injurious,” but when used of weapons has the nuance “deadly” (see Ps 144:10).

[5:16]  ² tn Heb “which are/were to destroy.”

[5:16]  ³ tn The language of this verse may have been influenced by Deut 32:23.

[5:16]  ⁴ tn Or “which were to destroy those whom I will send to destroy you” (cf. NASB).

[5:16]  ⁵ tn Heb, “break the staff of bread.” The bread supply is compared to a staff that one uses for support. See 4:16, as well as the covenant curse in Lev 26:26.

[10:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “lifted.”

[23:25]  ⁷ tn Heb “give.”

[23:25]  ⁸ tn Heb “they will remove.”

[23:25]  sn This method of punishment is attested among ancient Egyptian and Hittite civilizations. See W. Zimmerli, Ezekiel (Hermeneia), 1:489.

[23:25]  ⁹ tn Heb “fall.”

[33:22]  ¹⁰ tn The other occurrences of the phrase “the hand of the Lord” in Ezekiel are in the context of prophetic visions.

[33:22]  ¹¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[33:22]  ¹² tn Heb “by the time of the arrival to me.” For clarity the translation specifies the refugee as the one who arrived.

[33:22]  ¹³ sn Ezekiel’s God-imposed muteness was lifted (see 3:26).