Yehezkiel 1:9

1:9 their wings touched each other; they did not turn as they moved, but went straight ahead. ¹ 

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!” ² 

Yehezkiel 11:20

11:20 so that they may follow my statutes and observe my regulations and carry them out. Then they will be my people, and I will be their God. ³ 

Yehezkiel 12:2

12:2 “Son of man, you are living in the midst of a rebellious house. ⁴  They have eyes to see, but do not see, and ears to hear, but do not hear, ⁵  because they are a rebellious house.

Yehezkiel 15:5

15:5 Indeed! If it was not made into anything useful when it was whole, how much less can it be made into anything when the fire has burned it up and it is charred?

Yehezkiel 16:15

16:15 “‘But you trusted in your beauty and capitalized on your fame by becoming a prostitute. You offered your sexual favors to every man who passed by so that your beauty ⁶  became his.

Yehezkiel 16:22

16:22 And with all your abominable practices and prostitution you did not remember the days of your youth when you were naked and bare, kicking around in your blood.

Yehezkiel 18:4

18:4 Indeed! All lives are mine – the life of the father as well as the life of the son is mine. The one ⁷  who sins will die.

Yehezkiel 18:14

18:14 “But suppose he in turn has a son who notices all the sins his father commits, considers them, and does not follow his father’s example. ⁸ 

Yehezkiel 20:16

20:16 I did this ⁹  because they rejected my regulations, did not follow my statutes, and desecrated my Sabbaths; for their hearts followed their idols. ¹⁰ 

Yehezkiel 20:18

20:18 “‘But I said to their children ¹¹  in the wilderness, “Do not follow the practices of your fathers; do not observe their regulations, ¹²  nor defile yourselves with their idols.

Yehezkiel 20:30

20:30 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Will you defile yourselves like your fathers ¹³  and engage in prostitution with detestable idols?

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; ¹⁴  the end of your years has come. ¹⁵  Therefore I will make ¹⁶  you an object of scorn to the nations, an object to be mocked by all lands.

Yehezkiel 23:42

23:42 The sound of a carefree crowd accompanied her, ¹⁷  including all kinds of men; ¹⁸  even Sabeans ¹⁹  were brought from the desert. The sisters ²⁰  put bracelets on their wrists and beautiful crowns on their heads.

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 29:11

29:11 No human foot will pass through it, and no animal’s foot will pass through it; it will be uninhabited for forty years.

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 36:17

36:17 “Son of man, when the house of Israel was living on their own land, they defiled it by their behavior ²¹  and their deeds. In my sight their behavior was like the uncleanness of a woman having her monthly period.

Yehezkiel 39:2

39:2 I will turn you around and drag you along; ²²  I will lead you up from the remotest parts of the north and bring you against the mountains of Israel.

Yehezkiel 39:6

39:6 I will send fire on Magog and those who live securely in the coastlands; then they will know that I am the Lord.

Yehezkiel 44:29

44:29 They may eat the grain offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering, and every devoted thing in Israel will be theirs.

[1:9]  ¹ tn Heb “They each went in the direction of one of his faces.”

[11:13]  ² 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.

[11:20]  ³ sn The expression They will be my people, and I will be their God occurs as a promise to Abraham (Gen 17:8), Moses (Exod 6:7), and the nation (Exod 29:45).

[12:2]  ⁴ sn The book of Ezekiel frequently refers to the Israelites as a rebellious house (Ezek 2:5, 6, 8; 3:9, 26-27; 12:2-3, 9, 25; 17:12; 24:3).

[12:2]  ⁵ sn This verse is very similar to Isa 6:9-10.

[16:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “it” (so KJV, ASV); the referent (the beauty in which the prostitute trusted, see the beginning of the verse) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “life.”

[18:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “and he sees and does not do likewise.”

[20:16]  ⁹ tn The words “I did this” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied for stylistic reasons. Verses 15-16 are one long sentence in the Hebrew text. The translation divides this sentence into two for stylistic reasons.

[20:16]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “for after their idols their heart was going.” The use of the active participle (“was going”) in the Hebrew text draws attention to the ongoing nature of their idolatrous behavior.

[20:18]  ¹¹ tn Heb “sons,” reflecting the patriarchal idiom of the culture.

[20:18]  ¹² tn Or “standard of justice.” See Ezek 7:27.

[20:30]  ¹³ tn Heb “in the way of your fathers.”

[22:4]  ¹⁴ 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]  ¹⁵ 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]  ¹⁶ tn The Hebrew verb is a prophetic perfect, emphasizing that the action is as good as done from the speaker’s perspective.

[23:42]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “(was) in her.”

[23:42]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “and men from the multitude of mankind.”

[23:42]  ¹⁹ tn An alternate reading is “drunkards.” Sheba is located in the area of modern day Yemen.

[23:42]  ²⁰ tn Heb “they”; the referents (the sisters) have been specified in the translation for the sake of clarity.

[36:17]  ²¹ tn Heb “way.”

[39:2]  ²² tn The Hebrew root occurs only here in the OT. An apparent cognate in the Ethiopic language means “walk along.” For a discussion of the research on this verb, see D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:460.