Yehezkiel 11:3

11:3 They say, ¹  ‘The time is not near to build houses; ²  the city ³  is a cooking pot ⁴  and we are the meat in it.’

Yehezkiel 41:4

41:4 Then he measured its length as 35 feet, ⁵  and its width as 35 feet, ⁶  before the outer sanctuary. He said to me, “This is the most holy place.”

Yehezkiel 43:18

43:18 Then he said to me: “Son of man, this is what the sovereign Lord says: These are the statutes of the altar: On the day it is built to offer up burnt offerings on it and to sprinkle blood on it, ⁷ 

Yehezkiel 46:20

46:20 He said to me, “This is the place where the priests will boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, and where they will bake the grain offering, so that they do not bring them out to the outer court to transmit holiness to the people.”

[11:3]  ¹ 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]  ² sn The expression build houses may mean “establish families” (Deut 25:9; Ruth 4:11; Prov 24:27).

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

[11:3]  ⁴ 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.

[41:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).

[41:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).

[43:18]  ⁷ sn For the “sprinkling of blood,” see Lev 1:5, 11; 8:19; 9:12.