Yehezkiel 2:4

2:4 The people ¹  to whom I am sending you are obstinate and hard-hearted, ²  and you must say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says.’ ³ 

Yehezkiel 12:22

12:22 “Son of man, what is this proverb you have in the land of Israel, ‘The days pass slowly, and every vision fails’?

Yehezkiel 16:10

16:10 I dressed you in embroidered clothing and put fine leather sandals on your feet. I wrapped you with fine linen and covered you with silk.

Yehezkiel 16:60

16:60 Yet I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish a lasting ⁴  covenant with you.

Yehezkiel 18:8

18:8 does not engage in usury or charge interest, ⁵  but refrains ⁶  from wrongdoing, promotes true justice ⁷  between men,

Yehezkiel 18:11

18:11 (though the father did not do any of them). ⁸  He eats pagan sacrifices on the mountains, ⁹  defiles his neighbor’s wife,

Yehezkiel 21:6

21:6 “And you, son of man, groan with an aching heart ¹⁰  and bitterness; groan before their eyes.

Yehezkiel 23:44

23:44 They had sex with her ¹¹  as one does with a prostitute. In this way they had sex with Oholah and Oholibah, promiscuous women.

Yehezkiel 24:1

The Boiling Pot

24:1 The word of the Lord came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month ¹² :

Yehezkiel 24:5

24:5 Take the choice bone of the flock,

heap up bones under it;

boil rapidly,

and boil its bones in it.

Yehezkiel 24:8

24:8 To arouse anger, to take vengeance,

I have placed her blood on an exposed rock so that it cannot be covered up.

Yehezkiel 27:32

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

“Who was like Tyre, like a tower ¹³  in the midst of the sea?”

Yehezkiel 29:1

A Prophecy Against Egypt

29:1 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, ¹⁴  the word of the Lord came to me:

Yehezkiel 31:1

A Cedar in Lebanon

31:1 In the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, ¹⁵  the word of the Lord came to me:

Yehezkiel 31:13

31:13 On its ruins all the birds of the sky will live, and all the wild animals ¹⁶  will walk ¹⁷  on its branches.

Yehezkiel 32:1

Lamentation over Pharaoh and Egypt

32:1 In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first of the month, ¹⁸  the word of the Lord came to me:

Yehezkiel 40:12

40:12 There was a barrier in front of the alcoves, 1¾ feet ¹⁹  on either side; the alcoves were 10½ feet ²⁰  on either side.

Yehezkiel 44:6

44:6 Say to the rebellious, ²¹  to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Enough of all your abominable practices, O house of Israel!

[2:4]  ¹ tn Heb “sons.” The word choice may reflect treaty idiom, where the relationship between an overlord and his subjects can be described as that of father and son.

[2:4]  ² tc Heb “stern of face and hard of heart.” The phrases “stern of face” and “hard of heart” are lacking in the LXX.

[2:4]  ³ tn The phrase “thus says [the Lord]” occurs 129 times in Ezekiel; the announcement is identical to the way messengers often introduced their messages (Gen 32:5; 45:9; Exod 5:10; Num 20:14; Judg 11:15).

[16:60]  ⁴ tn Or “eternal.”

[18:8]  ⁵ sn This law was given in Lev 25:36.

[18:8]  ⁶ tn Heb, “turns back his hand.”

[18:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “justice of truth.”

[18:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “and he all of these did not do.” The parenthetical note refers back to the father described in the preceding verses.

[18:11]  ⁹ sn See note on “mountains” in v. 6.

[21:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “breaking loins.”

[23:44]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and they came to her.”

[24:1]  ¹² tn The date of this oracle was January 15, 588 b.c.

[27:32]  ¹³ 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.

[29:1]  ¹⁴ tn January 7, 587 b.c.

[31:1]  ¹⁵ sn June 21, 587 b.c.

[31:13]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “the beasts of the field,” referring to wild as opposed to domesticated animals.

[31:13]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “be.”

[32:1]  ¹⁸ sn This would be March 3, 585 b.c.

[40:12]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).

[40:12]  ²⁰ tn Heb “six cubits” (i.e., 3.15 meters).

[44:6]  ²¹ tc The LXX reads “house of rebellion.”