Yehezkiel 1:28

1:28 like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds after the rain. ¹  This was the appearance of the surrounding brilliant light; it looked like the glory of the Lord. When I saw ²  it, I threw myself face down, and I heard a voice speaking.

Yehezkiel 5:7

5:7 “Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Because you are more arrogant ³  than the nations around you, ⁴  you have not followed my statutes and have not carried out my regulations. You have not even ⁵  carried out the regulations of the nations around you!

Yehezkiel 5:11

5:11 “Therefore, as surely as I live, says the sovereign Lord, because you defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable idols and with all your abominable practices, I will withdraw; my eye will not pity you, nor will I spare ⁶  you.

Yehezkiel 11:16-17

11:16 “Therefore say: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Although I have removed them far away among the nations and have dispersed them among the countries, I have been a little ⁷  sanctuary for them among the lands where they have gone.’

11:17 “Therefore say: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: When I regather you from the peoples and assemble you from the lands where you have been dispersed, I will give you back the country of Israel.’

Yehezkiel 12:7

12:7 So I did just as I was commanded. I carried out my belongings packed for exile during the day, and at evening I dug myself a hole through the wall with my hands. I went out in the darkness, carrying my baggage ⁸  on my shoulder while they watched.

Yehezkiel 12:23

12:23 Therefore tell them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: I hereby end this proverb; they will not recite it in Israel any longer.’ But say to them, ‘The days are at hand when every vision will be fulfilled. ⁹ 

Yehezkiel 12:28

12:28 Therefore say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: None of my words will be delayed any longer! The word I speak will come to pass, declares the sovereign Lord.’”

Yehezkiel 13:20

13:20 “‘Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Take note ¹⁰  that I am against your wristbands with which you entrap people’s lives ¹¹  like birds. I will tear them from your arms and will release the people’s lives, which you hunt like birds.

Yehezkiel 16:37

16:37 therefore, take note: I am about to gather all your lovers whom you enjoyed, both all those you loved and all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around, and I will expose your nakedness to them, and they will see all your nakedness. ¹² 

Yehezkiel 18:30

18:30 “Therefore I will judge each person according to his conduct, ¹³  O house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord. Repent ¹⁴  and turn from all your wickedness; then it will not be an obstacle leading to iniquity. ¹⁵ 

Yehezkiel 20:27

20:27 “Therefore, speak to the house of Israel, son of man, and tell them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: In this way too your fathers blasphemed me when they were unfaithful to me.

Yehezkiel 21:12

21:12 Cry out and moan, son of man,

for it is wielded against my people;

against all the princes of Israel.

They are delivered up to the sword, along with my people.

Therefore, strike your thigh. ¹⁶ 

Yehezkiel 21:24

21:24 “Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: ‘Because you have brought up ¹⁷  your own guilt by uncovering your transgressions and revealing your sins through all your actions, for this reason you will be taken by force. ¹⁸ 

Yehezkiel 22:4

22:4 you are guilty because of the blood you shed and defiled by the idols you made. You have hastened the day of your doom; ¹⁹  the end of your years has come. ²⁰  Therefore I will make ²¹  you an object of scorn to the nations, an object to be mocked by all lands.

Yehezkiel 22:20

22:20 As silver, bronze, iron, lead, and tin are gathered in a furnace so that the fire can melt them, so I will gather you in my anger and in my rage. I will deposit you there ²²  and melt you.

Yehezkiel 23:22

23:22 “Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look here, ²³  I am about to stir up against you the lovers with whom you were disgusted; I will bring them against you from every side:

Yehezkiel 24:6

24:6 “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says:

Woe to the city of bloodshed,

the pot whose rot ²⁴  is in it,

whose rot has not been removed ²⁵  from it!

Empty it piece by piece.

No lot has fallen on it. ²⁶ 

Yehezkiel 25:7

25:7 take note, I have stretched out my hand against you, and I will hand you over as plunder ²⁷  to the nations. I will cut you off from the peoples and make you perish from the lands. I will destroy you; then you will know that I am the Lord.’”

Yehezkiel 25:13

25:13 So this is what the sovereign Lord says: I will stretch out my hand against Edom, and I will kill the people and animals within her, ²⁸  and I will make her desolate; from Teman to Dedan they will die ²⁹  by the sword.

Yehezkiel 29:19

29:19 Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to give the land of Egypt to King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon. He will carry off her wealth, capture her loot, and seize her plunder; it will be his army’s wages.

Yehezkiel 30:22

30:22 Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, ³⁰  I am against ³¹  Pharaoh king of Egypt, and I will break his arms, the strong arm and the broken one, and I will make the sword drop from his hand.

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, ³²  and we are wasting away because of them. How then can we live?”’

Yehezkiel 34:12

34:12 As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his scattered sheep, so I will seek out my flock. I will rescue them from all the places where they have been scattered on a cloudy, dark day. ³³ 

Yehezkiel 35:15

35:15 As you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel because it was desolate, so will I deal with you – you will be desolate, Mount Seir, and all of Edom – all of it! Then they will know that I am the Lord.’”

Yehezkiel 36:3-6

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 ³⁴  and slander among the people, 36:4 therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the sovereign Lord: This is what the sovereign Lord says to the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, and to the desolate ruins and the abandoned cities that have become prey and an object of derision to the rest of the nations round about – 36:5 therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Surely I have spoken in the fire of my zeal against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who with great joy and utter contempt have made my land their property and prey, because of its pasture.’

36:6 “Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I have spoken in my zeal and in my anger, because you have endured the insults of the nations.

Yehezkiel 36:22

36:22 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: It is not for your sake that I am about to act, O house of Israel, but for the sake of my holy reputation ³⁵  which you profaned among the nations where you went.

Yehezkiel 37:12

37:12 Therefore prophesy, and tell them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to open your graves and will raise you from your graves, my people. I will bring you to the land of Israel.

Yehezkiel 40:16

40:16 There were closed windows toward the alcoves and toward their jambs within the gate all around, and likewise for the porches. There were windows all around the inside, and on each jamb were decorative palm trees. ³⁶ 

Yehezkiel 44:12

44:12 Because they used to minister to them before their idols, and became a sinful obstacle ³⁷  to the house of Israel, consequently I have made a vow ³⁸  concerning them, declares the sovereign Lord, that they will be responsible ³⁹  for their sin.

[1:28]  ¹ sn Reference to the glowing substance and the brilliant light and storm phenomena in vv. 27-28a echoes in reverse order the occurrence of these phenomena in v. 4.

[1:28]  ² tn The vision closes with the repetition of the verb “I saw” from the beginning of the vision in 1:4.

[5:7]  ³ tn Traditionally this difficult form has been derived from a hypothetical root הָמוֹן (hamon), supposedly meaning “be in tumult/uproar,” but such a verb occurs nowhere else. It is more likely that it is to be derived from a root מָנוֹן (manon), meaning “disdain” (see L. C. Allen, Ezekiel [WBC], 1:52). A derivative from this root is used in Prov 29:21 of a rebellious servant. See HALOT 600 s.v. מָנוֹן.

[5:7]  ⁴ sn You are more arrogant than the nations around you. Israel is accused of being worse than the nations in Ezek 16:27; 2 Kgs 21:11; Jer 2:11.

[5:7]  ⁵ tc Some Hebrew mss and the Syriac omit the words “not even.” In this case they are being accused of following the practices of the surrounding nations. See Ezek 11:12.

[5:11]  ⁶ 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.

[11:16]  ⁷ tn Or “have been partially a sanctuary”; others take this as temporal (cf. NASB, NIV, NRSV “a little while”).

[12:7]  ⁸ tn The words “my baggage” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied from the context.

[12:23]  ⁹ tn Heb “the days draw near and the word of every vision (draws near).”

[13:20]  ¹⁰ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[13:20]  ¹¹ tn Heb “human lives” or “souls.”

[16:37]  ¹² sn Harlots suffered degradation when their nakedness was exposed (Jer 13:22, 26; Hos 2:12; Nah 3:5).

[18:30]  ¹³ tn Heb “ways.”

[18:30]  ¹⁴ tn The verbs and persons in this verse are plural whereas the individual has been the subject of the chapter.

[18:30]  ¹⁵ tn Or “leading to punishment.”

[21:12]  ¹⁶ sn This physical action was part of an expression of grief. Cp. Jer. 31:19.

[21:24]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “caused to be remembered.”

[21:24]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “Because you have brought to remembrance your guilt when your transgressions are uncovered so that your sins are revealed in all your deeds – because you are remembered, by the hand you will be seized.”

[22:4]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “you have brought near your days.” The expression “bring near your days” appears to be an adaptation of the idiom “days draw near,” which is used to indicate that an event, such as death, is imminent (see Gen 27:41; 47:29; Deut 31:14; 1 Kgs 2:1; Ezek 12:23). Here “your days” probably refers to the days of the personified city’s life, which was about to come to an end through God’s judgment.

[22:4]  ²⁰ tn Heb “and you have come to your years.” This appears to mean that she has arrived at the time when her years (i.e., life) would end, though it may mean that her years of punishment will begin. Because “day” and “time” are so closely associated in the immediate context (see 21:25, 29) some prefer to emend the text and read “you have brought near your time.” See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:31, as well as the translator’s note on verse 3.

[22:4]  ²¹ tn The Hebrew verb is a prophetic perfect, emphasizing that the action is as good as done from the speaker’s perspective.

[22:20]  ²² tn Heb “I will put.” No object is supplied in the Hebrew, prompting many to emend the text to “I will blow.” See BHS and verse 21.

[23:22]  ²³ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[24:6]  ²⁴ tn Or “rust.”

[24:6]  ²⁵ tn Heb “has not gone out.”

[24:6]  ²⁶ tn Here “lot” may refer to the decision made by casting lots; it is not chosen at all.

[25:7]  ²⁷ tc The translation here follows the marginal reading (Qere) of the Hebrew text. The consonantal text (Kethib) is meaningless.

[25:13]  ²⁸ tn Heb “and I will cut off from her man and beast.”

[25:13]  ²⁹ tn Heb “fall.”

[30:22]  ³⁰ tn The word h!nn@h indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[30:22]  ³¹ 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.

[33:10]  ³² tn Heb “(are) upon us.”

[34:12]  ³³ sn The imagery may reflect the overthrow of the Israelites by the Babylonians in 587/6 b.c.

[36:3]  ³⁴ tn Heb “lip of the tongue.”

[36:22]  ³⁵ sn In Ezek 20:22 God refrained from punishment for the sake of his holy name. Here God’s reputation is the basis for Israel’s restoration.

[40:16]  ³⁶ sn Decorative palm trees were also a part of Solomon’s temple (1 Kgs 6:29, 32, 35).

[44:12]  ³⁷ tn Heb “a stumbling block of iniquity.” This is a unique phrase of the prophet Ezekiel (cf. also Ezek 7:19; 14:3, 4, 7; 18:30).

[44:12]  ³⁸ tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”

[44:12]  ³⁹ tn Heb “will bear.”