Yehezkiel 19:1

Lament for the Princes of Israel

19:1 “And you, sing ¹  a lament for the princes of Israel,

Yehezkiel 3:12

Ezekiel Before the Exiles

3:12 Then a wind lifted me up ²  and I heard a great rumbling sound behind me as the glory of the Lord rose from its place, ³ 

Yehezkiel 43:5

43:5 Then a wind ⁴  lifted me up and brought me to the inner court; I watched ⁵  the glory of the Lord filling the temple. ⁶ 

Yehezkiel 3:14

3:14 A wind lifted me up and carried me away. I went bitterly, ⁷  my spirit full of fury, and the hand of the Lord rested powerfully ⁸  on me.

Yehezkiel 11:24

11:24 Then a wind ⁹  lifted me up and carried me to the exiles in Babylonia, ¹⁰  in the vision given to me by the Spirit of God.

Then the vision I had seen went up from me.

Yehezkiel 33:7

33:7 “As for you, son of man, I have made you a watchman ¹¹  for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you must warn them on my behalf.

Yehezkiel 27:32

27:32 As they wail they will lament over you, chanting:

“Who was like Tyre, like a tower ¹²  in the midst of the sea?”

Yehezkiel 20:5

20:5 and say to them:

“‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: On the day I chose Israel I swore ¹³  to the descendants ¹⁴  of the house of Jacob and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt. I swore ¹⁵  to them, “I am the Lord your God.”

Yehezkiel 3:17

3:17 “Son of man, I have appointed you a watchman ¹⁶  for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you must give them a warning from me.

Yehezkiel 20:23

20:23 I also swore ¹⁷  to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands. ¹⁸ 

Yehezkiel 11:1

The Fall of Jerusalem

11:1 A wind ¹⁹  lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the Lord’s temple that faces the east. There, at the entrance of the gate, I noticed twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, officials of the people. ²⁰ 

Yehezkiel 12:3

12:3 “Therefore, son of man, pack up your belongings as if for exile. During the day, while they are watching, pretend to go into exile. Go from where you live to another place. Perhaps they will understand, ²¹  although they are a rebellious house.

Yehezkiel 21:26

21:26 this is what the sovereign Lord says:

Tear off the turban, ²² 

take off the crown!

Things must change! ²³ 

Exalt the lowly,

bring down the proud! ²⁴ 

Yehezkiel 38:15

38:15 and come from your place, from the remote parts of the north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great company and a vast army.

Yehezkiel 20:6

20:6 On that day I swore ²⁵  to bring them out of the land of Egypt to a land which I had picked out ²⁶  for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, ²⁷  the most beautiful of all lands.

Yehezkiel 8:3

8:3 He stretched out the form ²⁸  of a hand and grabbed me by a lock of hair on my head. Then a wind ²⁹  lifted me up between the earth and sky and brought me to Jerusalem ³⁰  by means of divine visions, to the door of the inner gate which faces north where the statue ³¹  which provokes to jealousy was located.

Yehezkiel 20:15

20:15 I also swore ³²  to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them to the land I had given them – a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands.

Yehezkiel 33:2

33:2 “Son of man, speak to your people, ³³  and say to them, ‘Suppose I bring a sword against the land, and the people of the land take one man from their borders and make him their watchman.

Yehezkiel 9:7

9:7 He said to them, “Defile the temple and fill the courtyards with corpses. Go!” So they went out and struck people down throughout the city.

Yehezkiel 17:17

17:17 Pharaoh with his great army and mighty horde will not help ³⁴  him in battle, when siege ramps are erected and siege-walls are built to kill many people.

Yehezkiel 27:10-11

27:10 Men of Persia, Lud, ³⁵  and Put were in your army, men of war.

They hung shield and helmet on you; they gave you your splendor.

27:11 The Arvadites ³⁶  joined your army on your walls all around,

and the Gammadites ³⁷  were in your towers.

They hung their quivers ³⁸  on your walls all around;

they perfected your beauty.

Yehezkiel 36:7

36:7 So this is what the sovereign Lord says: I vow ³⁹  that the nations around you will endure insults as well.

Yehezkiel 37:10

37:10 So I prophesied as I was commanded, and the breath came into them; they lived and stood on their feet, an extremely great army.

Yehezkiel 1:21

1:21 When the living beings moved, the wheels moved, and when they stopped moving, the wheels stopped. ⁴⁰  When they rose up from the ground, the wheels rose up from the ground; the wheels rose up beside them because the spirit of the living being was in the wheel.

Yehezkiel 12:4

12:4 Bring out your belongings packed for exile during the day while they are watching. And go out at evening, while they are watching, as if for exile.

Yehezkiel 21:22

21:22 Into his right hand ⁴¹  comes the portent for Jerusalem – to set up battering rams, to give the signal ⁴²  for slaughter, to shout out the battle cry, ⁴³  to set up battering rams against the gates, to erect a siege ramp, to build a siege wall.

Yehezkiel 26:17

26:17 They will sing this lament over you: ⁴⁴ 

“‘How you have perished – you have vanished ⁴⁵  from the seas,

O renowned city, once mighty in the sea,

she and her inhabitants, who spread their terror! ⁴⁶ 

Yehezkiel 29:18

29:18 “Son of man, King Nebuchadrezzar ⁴⁷  of Babylon made his army labor hard against Tyre. ⁴⁸  Every head was rubbed bald and every shoulder rubbed bare; yet he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the work he carried out against it.

Yehezkiel 38:4

38:4 I will turn you around, put hooks into your jaws, and bring you out with all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them fully armed, a great company with shields of different types, ⁴⁹  all of them armed with swords.

Yehezkiel 38:13

38:13 Sheba and Dedan and the traders of Tarshish with all its young warriors ⁵⁰  will say to you, “Have you come to loot? Have you assembled your armies to plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to haul away a great amount of spoils?”’

Yehezkiel 44:12

44:12 Because they used to minister to them before their idols, and became a sinful obstacle ⁵¹  to the house of Israel, consequently I have made a vow ⁵²  concerning them, declares the sovereign Lord, that they will be responsible ⁵³  for their sin.

Yehezkiel 47:14

47:14 You must divide it equally just as I vowed to give it to your forefathers; ⁵⁴  this land will be assigned as your inheritance. ⁵⁵ 

Yehezkiel 1:19

1:19 When the living beings moved, the wheels beside them moved; when the living beings rose up from the ground, the wheels rose up too.

Yehezkiel 34:23

34:23 I will set one shepherd over them, and he will feed them – namely, my servant David. ⁵⁶  He will feed them and will be their shepherd.

Yehezkiel 1:20

1:20 Wherever the spirit ⁵⁷  would go, they would go, ⁵⁸  and the wheels would rise up beside them because the spirit ⁵⁹  of the living being was in the wheel.

Yehezkiel 11:22

11:22 Then the cherubim spread ⁶⁰  their wings with their wheels alongside them while the glory of the God of Israel hovered above them.

Yehezkiel 8:5

8:5 He said to me, “Son of man, look up toward ⁶¹  the north.” So I looked up toward the north, and I noticed to the north of the altar gate was this statue of jealousy at the entrance.

Yehezkiel 32:16

32:16 This is a lament; they will chant it.

The daughters of the nations will chant it.

They will chant it over Egypt and over all her hordes,

declares the sovereign Lord.”

Yehezkiel 27:2

27:2 “You, son of man, sing a lament for Tyre. ⁶² 

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 38:11

38:11 You will say, “I will invade ⁶³  a land of unwalled towns; I will advance against ⁶⁴  those living quietly in security – all of them living without walls and barred gates –

Yehezkiel 7:14

7:14 “They have blown the trumpet and everyone is ready, but no one goes to battle, because my anger is against their whole crowd. ⁶⁵ 

Yehezkiel 10:15-16

10:15 The cherubim rose up; these were the living beings ⁶⁶  I saw at the Kebar River. 10:16 When the cherubim moved, the wheels moved beside them; when the cherubim spread ⁶⁷  their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels did not move from their side.

Yehezkiel 17:14

17:14 so it would be a lowly kingdom which could not rise on its own but must keep its treaty with him in order to stand.

Yehezkiel 9:3

9:3 Then the glory of the God of Israel went up from the cherub where it had rested to the threshold of the temple. ⁶⁸  He called to the man dressed in linen who had the writing kit at his side.

Yehezkiel 20:42

20:42 Then you will know that I am the Lord when I bring you to the land of Israel, to the land I swore ⁶⁹  to give to your fathers.

Yehezkiel 21:23

21:23 But those in Jerusalem ⁷⁰  will view it as a false omen. They have sworn solemn oaths, ⁷¹  but the king of Babylon ⁷²  will accuse them of violations ⁷³  in order to seize them. ⁷⁴ 

Yehezkiel 22:14

22:14 Can your heart endure, ⁷⁵  or can your hands be strong when I deal with you? ⁷⁶  I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will do it!

Yehezkiel 28:12

28:12 “Son of man, sing ⁷⁷  a lament for the king of Tyre, and say to him, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘You were the sealer ⁷⁸  of perfection,

full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

Yehezkiel 28:14

28:14 I placed you there with an anointed ⁷⁹  guardian ⁸⁰  cherub; ⁸¹ 

you were on the holy mountain of God;

you walked about amidst fiery stones.

Yehezkiel 29:4

29:4 I will put hooks in your jaws

and stick the fish of your waterways to your scales.

I will haul you up from the midst of your waterways,

and all the fish of your waterways will stick to your scales.

Yehezkiel 30:21

30:21 “Son of man, I have broken the arm ⁸²  of Pharaoh king of Egypt. ⁸³  Look, it has not been bandaged for healing or set with a dressing so that it might become strong enough to grasp a sword.

Yehezkiel 32:3

32:3 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘I will throw my net over you ⁸⁴  in the assembly of many peoples;

and they will haul you up in my dragnet.

Yehezkiel 32:18

32:18 “Son of man, wail ⁸⁵  over the horde of Egypt. Bring it down; ⁸⁶  bring ⁸⁷  her ⁸⁸  and the daughters of powerful nations down to the lower parts of the earth, along with those who descend to the pit.

Yehezkiel 44:8

44:8 You have not kept charge of my holy things, but you have assigned foreigners ⁸⁹  to keep charge of my sanctuary for you.

Yehezkiel 10:19

10:19 The cherubim spread ⁹⁰  their wings, and they rose up from the earth ⁹¹  while I watched (when they went the wheels went alongside them). They stopped at the entrance to the east gate of the Lord’s temple as the glory of the God of Israel hovered above them.

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 ⁹²  on my shoulder while they watched.

Yehezkiel 12:12

12:12 “The prince ⁹³  who is among them will raise his belongings ⁹⁴  onto his shoulder in darkness, and will go out. He ⁹⁵  will dig a hole in the wall to leave through. He will cover his face so that he cannot see the land with his eyes.

Yehezkiel 17:16

17:16 “‘As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, surely in the city ⁹⁶  of the king who crowned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke – in the middle of Babylon he will die!

Yehezkiel 20:28

20:28 I brought them to the land which I swore ⁹⁷  to give them, but whenever they saw any high hill or leafy tree, they offered their sacrifices there and presented the offerings that provoke me to anger. They offered their soothing aroma there and poured out their drink offerings.

Yehezkiel 29:5

29:5 I will leave you in the wilderness,

you and all the fish of your waterways;

you will fall in the open field and will not be gathered up or collected. ⁹⁸ 

I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the skies.

Yehezkiel 30:9

30:9 On that day messengers will go out from me in ships to frighten overly confident Ethiopia; panic will overtake them on the day of Egypt’s doom; ⁹⁹  for beware – it is coming!

Yehezkiel 32:2

32:2 “Son of man, sing a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him:

“‘You were like a lion ¹⁰⁰  among the nations,

but you are a monster in the seas;

you thrash about in your streams,

stir up the water with your feet,

and muddy your ¹⁰¹  streams.

Yehezkiel 20:21

20:21 “‘But the children ¹⁰²  rebelled against me, did not follow my statutes, did not observe my regulations by carrying them out (the one who obeys ¹⁰³  them will live by them), and desecrated my Sabbaths. I decided to pour out ¹⁰⁴  my rage on them and fully vent my anger against them in the wilderness.

[19:1]  ¹ tn Heb “lift up.”

[3:12]  ² sn See note on “wind” in 2:2.

[3:12]  ³ tc This translation accepts the emendation suggested in BHS of בְּרוּם (bÿrum) for בָּרוּךְ (barukh). The letters mem (מ) and kaph (כ) were easily confused in the old script while בָּרוּךְ (“blessed be”) both implies a quotation which is out of place here and also does not fit the later phrase, “from its place,” which requires a verb of motion.

[43:5]  ⁴ tn See note on “wind” in 2:2.

[43:5]  ⁵ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[43:5]  ⁶ sn In 1 Kgs 8:10-11 we find a similar event with regard to Solomon’s temple. See also Exod 40:34-35. and Isa 6:4.

[3:14]  ⁷ tn The traditional interpretation is that Ezekiel embarked on his mission with bitterness and anger, either reflecting God’s attitude toward the sinful people or his own feelings about having to carry out such an unpleasant task. L. C. Allen (Ezekiel [WBC], 1:13) takes “bitterly” as a misplaced marginal note and understands the following word, normally translated “anger,” in the sense of fervor or passion. He translates, “I was passionately moved” (p. 4). Another option is to take the word translated “bitterly” as a verb meaning “strengthened” (attested in Ugaritic). See G. R. Driver, Canaanite Myths and Legends, 152.

[3:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “the hand of the Lord was on me heavily.” The “hand of the Lord” is a metaphor for his power or influence; the modifier conveys intensity.

[3:14]  sn In Ezekiel God’s “hand” being on the prophet is regularly associated with communication or a vision from God (1:3; 3:14, 22; 8:1; 37:1; 40:1).

[11:24]  ⁹ tn Or “spirit.” See note on “wind” in 2:2.

[11:24]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “to Chaldea.”

[33:7]  ¹¹ sn Jeremiah (Jer 6:17) and Habakkuk (Hab 2:1) also served in the role of a watchman.

[27:32]  ¹² tn As it stands, the meaning of the Hebrew text is unclear. The translation follows the suggestion of M. Dahood, “Accadian-Ugaritic dmt in Ezekiel 27:32,” Bib 45 (1964): 83-84. Several other explanations and emendations have been offered. See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:83, and D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:85-86, for a list of options.

[20:5]  ¹³ tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”

[20:5]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “seed.”

[20:5]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”

[3:17]  ¹⁶ tn The literal role of a watchman is described in 2 Sam 18:24; 2 Kgs 9:17.

[20:23]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”

[20:23]  ¹⁸ sn Though the Pentateuch does not seem to know of this episode, Ps 106:26-27 may speak of God’s oath to exile the people before they had entered Canaan.

[11:1]  ¹⁹ tn Or “spirit.” See note on “wind” in 2:2.

[11:1]  ²⁰ sn The phrase officials of the people occurs in Neh 11:1; 1 Chr 21:2; 2 Chr 24:23.

[12:3]  ²¹ tn Heb “see.” This plays on the uses of “see” in v. 2. They will see his actions with their eyes and perhaps they will “see” with their mind, that is, understand or grasp the point.

[21:26]  ²² 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]  ²³ tn Heb “This not this.”

[21:26]  ²⁴ tn Heb “the high one.”

[20:6]  ²⁵ tn Heb “I lifted up my hand to them.”

[20:6]  ²⁶ tn Or “searched out.” The Hebrew word is used to describe the activity of the spies in “spying out” the land of Canaan (Num 13-14); cf. KJV “I had espied for them.”

[20:6]  ²⁷ sn The phrase “a land flowing with milk and honey,” a figure of speech describing the land’s abundant fertility, occurs in v. 15 as well as Exod 3:8, 17; 13:5; 33:3; Lev 20:24; Num 13:27; Deut 6:3; 11:9; 26:9; 27:3; Josh 5:6; Jer 11:5; 32:23 (see also Deut 1:25; 8:7-9).

[8:3]  ²⁸ tn The Hebrew term is normally used as an architectural term in describing the pattern of the tabernacle or temple or a representation of it (see Exod 25:8; 1 Chr 28:11).

[8:3]  ²⁹ tn Or “spirit.” See note on “wind” in 2:2.

[8:3]  ³⁰ map For the location of Jerusalem see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[8:3]  ³¹ tn Or “image.”

[20:15]  ³² tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”

[33:2]  ³³ tn Heb “sons of your people.”

[17:17]  ³⁴ tn Heb “deal with” or “work with.”

[27:10]  ³⁵ sn See Gen 10:22.

[27:11]  ³⁶ tn Heb “sons of Arvad.”

[27:11]  ³⁷ sn The identity of the Gammadites is uncertain.

[27:11]  ³⁸ tn See note on “quivers” in Jer 51:11 on the meaning of Hebrew שֶׁלֶט (shelet) and also M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:553.

[36:7]  ³⁹ tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”

[1:21]  ⁴⁰ tc The LXX reads “when it went, they went; when it stood, they stood.”

[1:21]  tn Heb “when they went, they went; when they stood, they stood.”

[21:22]  ⁴¹ tn Or “on the right side,” i.e., the omen mark on the right side of the liver.

[21:22]  ⁴² tn Heb “to open the mouth” for slaughter.

[21:22]  ⁴³ tn Heb “to raise up a voice in a battle cry.”

[26:17]  ⁴⁴ tn Heb “and they will lift up over you a lament and they will say to you.”

[26:17]  ⁴⁵ tn Heb “O inhabitant.” The translation follows the LXX and understands a different Hebrew verb, meaning “cease,” behind the consonantal text. See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel [WBC], 2:72, and D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:43.

[26:17]  ⁴⁶ tn Heb “she and her inhabitants who placed their terror to all her inhabitants.” The relationship of the final prepositional phrase to what precedes is unclear. The preposition probably has a specifying function here, drawing attention to Tyre’s inhabitants as the source of the terror mentioned prior to this. In this case, one might paraphrase verse 17b: “she and her inhabitants, who spread their terror; yes, her inhabitants (were the source of this terror).”

[29:18]  ⁴⁷ tn Heb “Nebuchadrezzar” is a variant and more correct spelling of Nebuchadnezzar, as the Babylonian name Nabu-kudurri-usur has an “r” rather than an “n” (so also in v. 19).

[29:18]  ⁴⁸ sn Nebuchadnezzar besieged Tyre from 585 to 571 b.c.

[29:18]  map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[38:4]  ⁴⁹ sn The Hebrew text mentions two different types of shields here.

[38:13]  ⁵⁰ tn Heb “young lions.”

[44:12]  ⁵¹ 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]  ⁵² tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”

[44:12]  ⁵³ tn Heb “will bear.”

[47:14]  ⁵⁴ sn Gen 15:9-21.

[47:14]  ⁵⁵ tn Heb “will fall to you as an inheritance.”

[34:23]  ⁵⁶ sn The messianic king is here called “David” (see Jer 30:9 and Hos 3:5, as well as Isa 11:1 and Mic 5:2) because he will fulfill the Davidic royal ideal depicted in the prophets and royal psalms (see Ps 2, 89).

[1:20]  ⁵⁷ tn Or “wind”; the same Hebrew word can be translated as either “wind” or “spirit” depending on the context.

[1:20]  ⁵⁸ tc The MT adds the additional phrase “the spirit would go,” which seems unduly redundant here and may be dittographic.

[1:20]  ⁵⁹ tn Or “wind.” The Hebrew is difficult since the text presents four creatures and then talks about “the spirit” (singular) of “the living being” (singular). According to M. Greenberg (Ezekiel [AB], 1:45) the Targum interprets this as “will.” Greenberg views this as the spirit of the one enthroned above the creatures, but one would not expect the article when the one enthroned has not yet been introduced.

[11:22]  ⁶⁰ tn Heb “lifted.”

[8:5]  ⁶¹ tn Heb “lift your eyes (to) the way of.”

[27:2]  ⁶² tn Heb “lift up over Tyre a lament.”

[38:11]  ⁶³ tn Heb “go up against.”

[38:11]  ⁶⁴ tn Heb “come (to).”

[7:14]  ⁶⁵ tn The Hebrew word refers to the din or noise made by a crowd, and by extension may refer to the crowd itself.

[10:15]  ⁶⁶ tn Heb “it was the living creature.”

[10:16]  ⁶⁷ tn Heb “lifted.”

[9:3]  ⁶⁸ tn Heb “house.”

[20:42]  ⁶⁹ tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”

[21:23]  ⁷⁰ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the people in Jerusalem) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:23]  ⁷¹ sn When the people of Judah realized the Babylonians’ intentions, they would object on grounds that they had made a treaty with the Babylonian king (see 17:13).

[21:23]  ⁷² tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king of Babylon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:23]  ⁷³ tn Or “iniquity.”

[21:23]  ⁷⁴ tn Heb “and he will remind of guilt for the purpose of being captured.” The king would counter their objections by pointing out that they had violated their treaty with him (see 17:18).

[22:14]  ⁷⁵ tn Heb “stand.” The heart here stands for the emotions; Jerusalem would panic in the face of God’s judgment.

[22:14]  ⁷⁶ tn Heb “in the days when I act against you.”

[28:12]  ⁷⁷ tn Heb “lift up.”

[28:12]  ⁷⁸ tn For a discussion of possible nuances of this phrase, see M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:580-81.

[28:14]  ⁷⁹ tn Or “winged”; see L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:91.

[28:14]  ⁸⁰ tn The meaning of this phrase in Hebrew is uncertain. The word translated here “guards” occurs in Exod 25:20 in reference to the cherubim “covering” the ark.

[28:14]  ⁸¹ tn Heb “you (were) an anointed cherub that covers and I placed you.” In the Hebrew text the ruler of Tyre is equated with a cherub, and the verb “I placed you” is taken with what follows (“on the holy mountain of God”). However, this reading is problematic. The pronoun “you” at the beginning of verse 14 is feminine singular in the Hebrew text; elsewhere in this passage the ruler of Tyre is addressed with masculine singular forms. It is possible that the pronoun is a rare (see Deut 5:24; Num 11:15) or defectively written (see 1 Sam 24:19; Neh 9:6; Job 1:10; Ps 6:3; Eccl 7:22) masculine form, but it is more likely that the form should be repointed as the preposition “with” (see the LXX). In this case the ruler of Tyre is compared to the first man, not to a cherub. If this emendation is accepted, then the verb “I placed you” belongs with what precedes and concludes the first sentence in the verse. It is noteworthy that the verbs in the second and third lines of the verse also appear at the end of the sentence in the Hebrew text. The presence of a conjunction at the beginning of “I placed you” is problematic for the proposal, but it may reflect a later misunderstanding of the syntax of the verse. For a defense of the proposed emendation, see L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:91.

[30:21]  ⁸² sn The expression “breaking the arm” indicates the removal of power (Ps 10:15; 37:17; Job 38:15; Jer 48:25).

[30:21]  ⁸³ sn This may refer to the event recorded in Jer 37:5.

[32:3]  ⁸⁴ tn The expression “throw my net” is common in Ezekiel (12:13; 17:20; 19:8).

[32:18]  ⁸⁵ tn The Hebrew verb is used as a response to death (Jer 9:17-19; Amos 5:16).

[32:18]  ⁸⁶ sn Through this prophetic lament given by God himself, the prophet activates the judgment described therein. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:217, and L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:136-37.

[32:18]  ⁸⁷ tn Heb “Bring him down, her and the daughters of the powerful nations, to the earth below.” The verb “bring down” appears in the Hebrew text only once. Because the verb takes several objects here, the repetition of the verb in the translation improves the English style.

[32:18]  ⁸⁸ tn This apparently refers to personified Egypt.

[44:8]  ⁸⁹ tc Instead of an energic nun (ן), the text may have read a third masculine plural suffix ם (mem), “them,” which was confused with ן (nun) in the old script. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:621.

[44:8]  tn This word is not in the Hebrew text but is supplied from the context.

[10:19]  ⁹⁰ tn Heb “lifted.”

[10:19]  ⁹¹ tn Or “the ground” (NIV, NCV).

[12:7]  ⁹² tn The words “my baggage” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied from the context.

[12:12]  ⁹³ sn The prince is a reference to Zedekiah.

[12:12]  ⁹⁴ tn The words “his belongings” are not in the Hebrew text but are implied.

[12:12]  ⁹⁵ tc The MT reads “they”; the LXX and Syriac read “he.”

[17:16]  ⁹⁶ tn Heb “place.”

[20:28]  ⁹⁷ tn Heb “which I lifted up my hand.”

[29:5]  ⁹⁸ tc Some Hebrew mss, the Targum, and the LXX read “buried.”

[30:9]  ⁹⁹ tn Heb “in the day of Egypt.” The word “doom” has been added in the translation to clarify the nature of this day.

[32:2]  ¹⁰⁰ tn The lion was a figure of royalty (Ezek 19:1-9).

[32:2]  ¹⁰¹ tc The Hebrew reads “their streams”; the LXX reads “your streams.”

[20:21]  ¹⁰² tn Heb “sons.”

[20:21]  ¹⁰³ tn Or “carries them out.”

[20:21]  ¹⁰⁴ tn Heb “and I said/thought to pour out.”