Yehezkiel 1:10

1:10 Their faces had this appearance: Each of the four had the face of a man, with the face of a lion on the right, the face of an ox on the left and also the face of an eagle. ¹ 

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 ²  – I have assigned one day for each year.

Yehezkiel 5:4-5

5:4 Again, take more of them and throw them into the fire, ³  and burn them up. From there a fire will spread to all the house of Israel.

5:5 “This is what the sovereign Lord says: This is Jerusalem; I placed her in the center of the nations with countries all around her.

Yehezkiel 5:10

5:10 Therefore fathers will eat their sons within you, Jerusalem, ⁴  and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments on you, and I will scatter any survivors ⁵  to the winds. ⁶ 

Yehezkiel 5:16

5:16 I will shoot against them deadly, ⁷  destructive ⁸  arrows of famine, ⁹  which I will shoot to destroy you. ¹⁰  I will prolong a famine on you and will remove the bread supply. ¹¹ 

Yehezkiel 6:6

6:6 In all your dwellings, the cities will be laid waste and the high places ruined so that your altars will be laid waste and ruined, your idols will be shattered and demolished, your incense altars will be broken down, and your works wiped out. ¹² 

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 ¹³  comes against their whole crowd.

Yehezkiel 9:4-5

9:4 The Lord said to him, “Go through the city of Jerusalem ¹⁴  and put a mark ¹⁵  on the foreheads of the people who moan and groan over all the abominations practiced in it.”

9:5 While I listened, he said to the others, ¹⁶  “Go through the city after him and strike people down; do no let your eye pity nor spare ¹⁷  anyone!

Yehezkiel 11:13

11:13 Now, while I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I threw myself face down and cried out with a loud voice, “Alas, sovereign Lord! You are completely wiping out the remnant of Israel!” ¹⁸ 

Yehezkiel 13:7

13:7 Have you not seen a false vision and announced a lying omen when you say, “the Lord declares,” although I myself never spoke?

Yehezkiel 13:16

13:16 those prophets of Israel who would prophesy about Jerusalem ¹⁹  and would see visions of peace for it, when there was no peace,” declares the sovereign Lord.’

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 ²⁰  with them.

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 19:9

19:9 They put him in a collar with hooks; ²¹ 

they brought him to the king of Babylon;

they brought him to prison ²² 

so that his voice would not be heard

any longer on the mountains of Israel.

Yehezkiel 21:9

21:9 “Son of man, prophesy and say: ‘This is what the Lord says:

“‘A sword, a sword is sharpened,

and also polished.

Yehezkiel 21:26

21:26 this is what the sovereign Lord says:

Tear off the turban, ²³ 

take off the crown!

Things must change! ²⁴ 

Exalt the lowly,

bring down the proud! ²⁵ 

Yehezkiel 21:31

21:31 I will pour out my anger on you;

the fire of my fury I will blow on you.

I will hand you over to brutal men,

who are skilled in destruction.

Yehezkiel 22:12

22:12 They take bribes within you to shed blood. You engage in usury and charge interest; ²⁶  you extort money from your neighbors. You have forgotten me, ²⁷  declares the sovereign Lord. ²⁸ 

Yehezkiel 23:12

23:12 She lusted after the Assyrians – governors and officials, warriors in full armor, horsemen riding on horses, all of them desirable young men.

Yehezkiel 23:48

23:48 I will put an end to the obscene conduct in the land; all the women will learn a lesson from this and not engage in obscene conduct.

Yehezkiel 24:23

24:23 Your turbans will be on your heads and your sandals on your feet; you will not mourn or weep, but you will rot ²⁹  for your iniquities ³⁰  and groan among yourselves.

Yehezkiel 25:16

25:16 So this is what the sovereign Lord says: Take note, I am about to stretch out my hand against the Philistines. I will kill ³¹  the Cherethites ³²  and destroy those who remain on the seacoast.

Yehezkiel 26:3

26:3 therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, ³³  I am against you, ³⁴  O Tyre! I will bring up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves.

Yehezkiel 26:5

26:5 She will be a place where fishing nets are spread, surrounded by the sea. For I have spoken, declares the sovereign Lord. She will become plunder for the nations,

Yehezkiel 26:8

26:8 He will kill your daughters in the field with the sword. He will build a siege wall against you, erect a siege ramp against you, and raise a great shield against you.

Yehezkiel 26:14

26:14 I will make you a bare rock; you will be a place where fishing nets are spread. You will never be built again, ³⁵  for I, the Lord, have spoken, declares the sovereign Lord.

Yehezkiel 27:9

27:9 The elders of Gebal ³⁶  and her skilled men were within you, mending cracks; ³⁷ 

all the ships of the sea and their mariners were within you to trade for your merchandise. ³⁸ 

Yehezkiel 28:19

28:19 All who know you among the peoples are shocked at you;

you have become terrified and will be no more.’”

Yehezkiel 30:2

30:2 “Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘Wail, “Alas, the day is here!” ³⁹ 

Yehezkiel 32:13

32:13 I will destroy all its cattle beside the plentiful waters;

and no human foot will disturb ⁴⁰  the waters ⁴¹  again,

nor will the hooves of cattle disturb them.

Yehezkiel 33:10

33:10 “And you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what you have said: “Our rebellious acts and our sins have caught up with us, ⁴²  and we are wasting away because of them. How then can we live?”’

Yehezkiel 33:28

33:28 I will turn the land into a desolate ruin; her confident pride will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will be so desolate no one will pass through them.

Yehezkiel 35:3

35:3 Say to it, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘Look, I am against you, Mount Seir;

I will stretch out my hand against you

and turn you into a desolate ruin.

Yehezkiel 35:10

35:10 “‘You said, “These two nations, these two lands ⁴³  will be mine, and we will possess them,” ⁴⁴  – although the Lord was there –

Yehezkiel 36:3

36:3 So prophesy and say: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Surely because they have made you desolate and crushed you from all directions, so that you have become the property of the rest of the nations, and have become the subject of gossip ⁴⁵  and slander among the people,

Yehezkiel 36:38

36:38 Like the sheep for offerings, like the sheep of Jerusalem ⁴⁶  during her appointed feasts, so will the ruined cities be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

Yehezkiel 38:9

38:9 You will advance; ⁴⁷  you will come like a storm. You will be like a cloud covering the earth, you, all your troops, and the many other peoples with you.

Yehezkiel 39:20

39:20 You will fill up at my table with horses and charioteers, ⁴⁸  with warriors and all the soldiers,’ declares the sovereign Lord.

[1:10]  ¹ tc The MT has an additional word at the beginning of v. 11, וּפְנֵיהֶם (ufÿnehem, “and their faces”), which is missing from the LXX. As the rest of the verse only applies to wings, “their faces” would have to somehow be understood in the previous clause. But this would be very awkward and is doubly problematic since “their faces” are already introduced as the topic at the beginning of v. 10. The Hebrew scribe appears to have copied the phrase “and their faces and their wings” from v. 8, where it introduces the content of 9-11. Only “and (as for) their wings” belongs here.

[4:6]  ² 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]  ³ tn Heb “into the midst of” (so KJV, ASV). This phrase has been left untranslated for stylistic reasons.

[5:10]  ⁴ tn In context “you” refers to the city of Jerusalem. To make this clear for the modern reader, “Jerusalem” has been supplied in the translation in apposition to “you.”

[5:10]  sn This cannibalism would occur as a result of starvation due to the city being besieged. It is one of the judgments threatened for a covenant law violation (Lev 26:29; see also Deut 28:53; Jer 19:9; Lam 2:20; Zech 11:9).

[5:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “all of your survivors.”

[5:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “to every wind.”

[5:16]  ⁷ 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]  ⁸ tn Heb “which are/were to destroy.”

[5:16]  ⁹ tn The language of this verse may have been influenced by Deut 32:23.

[5:16]  ¹⁰ tn Or “which were to destroy those whom I will send to destroy you” (cf. NASB).

[5:16]  ¹¹ 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.

[6:6]  ¹² tn The Hebrew verb translated “wiped out” is used to describe the judgment of the Flood (Gen 6:7; 7:4, 23).

[7:12]  ¹³ tn Heb “wrath.” Context clarifies that God’s wrath is in view.

[9:4]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem.”

[9:4]  map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[9:4]  ¹⁵ tn The word translated “mark” is in Hebrew the letter ת (tav). Outside this context the only other occurrence of the word is in Job 31:35. In ancient Hebrew script this letter was written like the letter X.

[9:4]  sn For a similar concept in the Bible, see Rev 7:2-4; 13:16; 14:9, 11; 20:4; 22:4.

[9:5]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “to these he said in my ears.”

[9:5]  ¹⁷ tn The meaning of the Hebrew term is primarily emotional: “to pity,” which in context implies an action, as in being moved by pity in order to spare them from the horror of their punishment.

[11:13]  ¹⁸ tc The LXX reads this statement as a question. Compare this to the question in 9:8. It is possible that the interrogative particle has been omitted by haplography. However, an exclamatory statement as in the MT also makes sense and the LXX may have simply tried to harmonize this passage with 9:8.

[13:16]  ¹⁹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[16:17]  ²⁰ tn Or perhaps “and worshiped them,” if the word “prostitution” is understood in a figurative rather than a literal sense (cf. CEV, NLT).

[19:9]  ²¹ tn Or “They put him in a neck stock with hooks.” The noun סּוּגַר (sugar), translated “collar,” occurs only here in the Bible. L. C. Allen and D. I. Block point out a Babylonian cognate that refers to a device for transporting prisoners of war that held them by their necks (D. I. Block, Ezekiel [NICOT], 1:597, n. 35; L. C. Allen, Ezekiel [WBC], 1:284). Based on the Hebrew root, the traditional rendering had been “cage” (cf. ASV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[19:9]  ²² tc The term in the MT occurs only here and in Eccl 9:12 where it refers to a net for catching fish. The LXX translates this as “prison,” which assumes a confusion of dalet and resh took place in the MT.

[21:26]  ²³ tn Elsewhere in the Bible the turban is worn by priests (Exod 28:4, 37, 39; 29:6; 39:28, 31; Lev 8:9; 16:4), but here a royal crown is in view.

[21:26]  ²⁴ tn Heb “This not this.”

[21:26]  ²⁵ tn Heb “the high one.”

[22:12]  ²⁶ tn Heb “usury and interest you take.” See 18:13, 17. This kind of economic exploitation violated the law given in Lev 25:36.

[22:12]  ²⁷ sn Forgetting the Lord is also addressed in Deut 6:12; 8:11, 14; Jer 3:21; 13:25; Ezek 23:35; Hos 2:15; 8:14; 13:6.

[22:12]  ²⁸ tn The second person verb forms are feminine singular in Hebrew, indicating that the personified city is addressed here as representing its citizens.

[24:23]  ²⁹ tn The same verb appears in 4:17 and 33:10.

[24:23]  ³⁰ tn Or “in your punishment.” The phrase “in/for [a person’s] iniquity/punishment” occurs fourteen times in Ezekiel: here; 3:18, 19; 4:17; 7:13, 16; 18:17, 18, 19, 20; 33:6, 8, 9; 39:23. The Hebrew word for “iniquity” may also mean the “punishment” for iniquity or “guilt” of iniquity.

[25:16]  ³¹ tn In Hebrew the verb “and I will cut off” sounds like its object, “the Cherethites,” and draws attention to the statement.

[25:16]  ³² sn This is a name for the Philistines, many of whom migrated to Palestine from Crete.

[26:3]  ³³ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) draws attention to something and has been translated here as a verb.

[26:3]  ³⁴ tn Or “I challenge you.” The phrase “I am against you” may be a formula for challenging someone to combat or a duel. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:201-2, and P. Humbert, “Die Herausforderungsformel ‘h!nn#n' ?l?K>,’” ZAW 45 (1933): 101-8. The Hebrew text switches to a second feminine singular form here, indicating that personified Jerusalem is addressed (see vv. 5-6a). The address to Jerusalem continues through v. 15. In vv. 16-17 the second masculine plural is used, as the people are addressed.

[26:14]  ³⁵ sn This prophecy was fulfilled by Alexander the Great in 332 b.c.

[27:9]  ³⁶ sn Another Phoenician coastal city located between Sidon and Arvad.

[27:9]  ³⁷ tn Heb “strengthening damages.” Here “to strengthen” means to repair. The word for “damages” occurs several times in 1 Kgs 12 about some type of damage to the temple, which may have referred to or included cracks. Since the context describes Tyre in its glory, we do not expect this reference to damages to be of significant scale, even if there are repairmen. This may refer to using pitch to seal the seams of the ship, which had to be done periodically and could be considered routine maintenance rather than repair of damage.

[27:9]  ³⁸ sn The reference to “all the ships of the sea…within you” suggests that the metaphor is changing; previously Tyre had been described as a magnificent ship, but now the description shifts back to an actual city. The “ships of the sea” were within Tyre’s harbor. Verse 11 refers to “walls” and “towers” of the city.

[30:2]  ³⁹ tn Heb “Alas for the day.”

[32:13]  ⁴⁰ tn Heb “muddy.”

[32:13]  ⁴¹ tn Heb “them,” that is, the waters mentioned in the previous line. The translation clarifies the referent.

[33:10]  ⁴² tn Heb “(are) upon us.”

[35:10]  ⁴³ sn The reference is to Israel and Judah.

[35:10]  ⁴⁴ tn Heb “it.”

[36:3]  ⁴⁵ tn Heb “lip of the tongue.”

[36:38]  ⁴⁶ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[38:9]  ⁴⁷ tn Heb “go up.”

[39:20]  ⁴⁸ tn Heb “chariots.”