Yehezkiel 2:6

2:6 But you, son of man, do not fear them, and do not fear their words – even though briers ¹  and thorns ²  surround you and you live among scorpions – do not fear their words and do not be terrified of the looks they give you, ³  for they are a rebellious house!

Yehezkiel 4:14

4:14 And I said, “Ah, sovereign Lord, I have never been ceremonially defiled before. I have never eaten a carcass or an animal torn by wild beasts; from my youth up, unclean meat ⁴  has never entered my mouth.”

Yehezkiel 14:21

14:21 “For this is what the sovereign Lord says: How much worse will it be when I send my four terrible judgments – sword, famine, wild animals, and plague – to Jerusalem ⁵  to kill both people and animals!

Yehezkiel 16:43

16:43 “‘Because you did not remember the days of your youth and have enraged me with all these deeds, I hereby repay you for what you have done, ⁶  declares the sovereign Lord. Have you not engaged in prostitution on top of all your other abominable practices?

Yehezkiel 20:15

20:15 I also swore ⁷  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 20:44

20:44 Then you will know that I am the Lord, when I deal with you for the sake of my reputation and not according to your wicked conduct and corrupt deeds, O house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord.’”

Yehezkiel 21:28

21:28 “As for you, son of man, prophesy and say, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says concerning the Ammonites and their coming humiliation; ⁸  say:

“‘A sword, a sword drawn for slaughter,

polished to consume, ⁹  to flash like lightning –

Yehezkiel 23:4

23:4 Oholah was the name of the older and Oholibah ¹⁰  the name of her younger sister. They became mine, and gave birth to sons and daughters. ¹¹  Oholah is Samaria and Oholibah is Jerusalem.

Yehezkiel 24:21

24:21 Say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Realize I am about to desecrate my sanctuary – the source of your confident pride, ¹²  the object in which your eyes delight, ¹³  and your life’s passion. ¹⁴  Your very own sons and daughters whom you have left behind will die ¹⁵  by the sword.

Yehezkiel 26:2

26:2 “Son of man, because Tyre ¹⁶  has said about Jerusalem, ¹⁷  ‘Aha, the gateway of the peoples is broken; it has swung open to me. I will become rich, ¹⁸  now that she ¹⁹  has been destroyed,’

Yehezkiel 32:29

32:29 “Edom is there with her kings and all her princes. Despite their might they are laid with those killed by the sword; they lie with the uncircumcised and those who descend to the pit.

Yehezkiel 33:12

33:12 “And you, son of man, say to your people, ²⁰  ‘The righteousness of the righteous will not deliver him if he rebels. ²¹  As for the wicked, his wickedness will not make him stumble if he turns from it. ²²  The righteous will not be able to live by his righteousness ²³  if he sins.’ ²⁴ 

Yehezkiel 34:18

34:18 Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture, that you must trample the rest of your pastures with your feet? When you drink clean water, must you muddy the rest of the water by trampling it with your feet?

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 37:23

37:23 They will not defile themselves with their idols, their detestable things, and all their rebellious deeds. I will save them from all their unfaithfulness ²⁵  by which they sinned. I will purify them; they will become my people and I will become their God.

Yehezkiel 38:13

38:13 Sheba and Dedan and the traders of Tarshish with all its young warriors ²⁶  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 39:7

39:7 “‘I will make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; I will not let my holy name be profaned anymore. Then the nations will know that I am the Lord, the Holy One of Israel. ²⁷ 

Yehezkiel 39:28

39:28 Then they will know that I am the Lord their God, because I sent them into exile among the nations, and then gathered them into their own land. I will not leave any of them in exile ²⁸  any longer.

Yehezkiel 44:13

44:13 They will not come near me to serve me as priest, nor will they come near any of my holy things, the things which are most sacred. They will bear the shame of the abominable deeds they have committed.

Yehezkiel 44:17

44:17 “‘When they enter the gates of the inner court, they must wear linen garments; they must not have any wool on them when they minister in the inner gates of the court and in the temple.

Yehezkiel 45:9

45:9 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Enough, you princes of Israel! Put away violence and destruction, and do what is just and right. Put an end to your evictions of my people, ²⁹  declares the sovereign Lord.

Yehezkiel 45:17

45:17 It will be the duty of the prince to provide the burnt offerings, the grain offering, and the drink offering at festivals, on the new moons and Sabbaths, at all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel; he will provide the sin offering, the grain offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offerings to make atonement for the house of Israel.

Yehezkiel 46:5

46:5 The grain offering will be an ephah with the ram, and the grain offering with the lambs will be as much as he is able to give, ³⁰  and a gallon ³¹  of olive oil with an ephah.

Yehezkiel 46:7

46:7 He will provide a grain offering: an ephah with the bull and an ephah with the ram, and with the lambs as much as he wishes, ³²  and a gallon ³³  of olive oil with each ephah of grain. ³⁴ 

Yehezkiel 46:11

46:11 “‘At the festivals and at the appointed feasts the grain offering will be an ephah with the bull and an ephah with the ram, and with the lambs as much as one is able, ³⁵  and a gallon ³⁶  of olive oil with each ephah of grain. ³⁷ 

Yehezkiel 48:15

48:15 “The remainder, one and two-thirds miles ³⁸  in width and eight and a quarter miles ³⁹  in length, will be for common use by the city, for houses and for open space. The city will be in the middle of it;

[2:6]  ¹ tn The Hebrew term occurs only here in the OT.

[2:6]  ² tn The Hebrew term is found elsewhere in the OT only in Ezek 28:24.

[2:6]  sn Here thorns may be a figure for hostility (Ezek 28:24; Mic 7:4).

[2:6]  ³ tn Heb “of their faces.”

[4:14]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew term refers to sacrificial meat not eaten by the appropriate time (Lev 7:18; 19:7).

[14:21]  ⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[16:43]  ⁶ tn Heb “your way on (your) head I have placed.”

[20:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”

[21:28]  ⁸ tn Heb “their reproach.”

[21:28]  ⁹ tn Heb “to contain, endure.” Since the Hebrew text as it stands makes little, if any, sense, most emend the text to read either “to consume” or “for destruction.” For discussion of options see D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:693.

[23:4]  ¹⁰ tn The names Oholah and Oholibah are both derived from the word meaning “tent.” The meaning of Oholah is “her tent,” while Oholibah means “my tent is in her.”

[23:4]  ¹¹ sn In this allegory the Lord is depicted as being the husband of two wives. The OT law prohibited a man from marrying sisters (Lev 18:18), but the practice is attested in the OT (cf. Jacob). The metaphor is utilized here for illustrative purposes and does not mean that the Lord condoned such a practice or bigamy in general.

[24:21]  ¹² tn Heb “the pride of your strength” means “your strong pride.”

[24:21]  ¹³ sn Heb “the delight of your eyes.” Just as Ezekiel was deprived of his beloved wife (v. 16, the “desire” of his “eyes”) so the Lord would be forced to remove the object of his devotion, the temple, which symbolized his close relationship to his covenant people.

[24:21]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “the object of compassion of your soul.” The accentuation in the traditional Hebrew text indicates that the descriptive phrases (“the source of your confident pride, the object in which your eyes delight, and your life’s passion”) modify the preceding “my sanctuary.”

[24:21]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “fall.”

[26:2]  ¹⁶ sn Tyre was located on the Mediterranean coast north of Israel.

[26:2]  ¹⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[26:2]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “I will be filled.”

[26:2]  ¹⁹ sn That is, Jerusalem.

[33:12]  ²⁰ tn Heb “the sons of your people.”

[33:12]  ²¹ tn Heb “in the day of his rebellion.” The statement envisions a godly person rejecting what is good and becoming sinful. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:247-48.

[33:12]  ²² tn Heb “and the wickedness of the wicked, he will not stumble in it in the day of his turning from his wickedness.”

[33:12]  ²³ tn Heb “by it.”

[33:12]  ²⁴ tn Heb “in the day of his sin.”

[37:23]  ²⁵ tc Heb “their dwellings.” The text as it stands does not make sense. Based on the LXX, a slight emendation of two vowels, including a mater, yields the reading “from their turning,” a reference here to their turning from God and deviating from his commandments. See BDB 1000 s.v. מְשׁוּבָה, and D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:407.

[38:13]  ²⁶ tn Heb “young lions.”

[39:7]  ²⁷ sn The basic sense of the word “holy” is “set apart from that which is commonplace, special, unique.” The Lord’s holiness is first and foremost his transcendent sovereignty as the ruler of the world. He is “set apart” from the world over which he rules. At the same time his holiness encompasses his moral authority, which derives from his royal position. As king he has the right to dictate to his subjects how they are to live; indeed his very own character sets the standard for proper behavior. This expression is a common title for the Lord in the book of Isaiah.

[39:28]  ²⁸ tn Heb “there,” referring to the foreign nations to which they were exiled. The translation makes the referent clear.

[45:9]  ²⁹ sn Evictions of the less fortunate by the powerful are described in 1 Kgs 21:1-16; Jer 22:1-5, 13-17; Ezek 22:25.

[46:5]  ³⁰ tn Or “as much as he wishes.” Heb “a gift of his hand.”

[46:5]  ³¹ tn Heb “a hin of oil.” A hin was about 1/16 of a bath. See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:266, and O. R. Sellers, “Weights,” IDB 4:835 g.

[46:7]  ³² tn Heb “with the lambs as his hand can reach.”

[46:7]  ³³ tn Heb “a hin of oil.” A hin was about 1/16 of a bath. See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:266, and O. R. Sellers, “Weights,” IDB 4:835 g.

[46:7]  ³⁴ tn Heb “ephah.” The words “of grain” are supplied in the translation as a clarification.

[46:11]  ³⁵ tn Or “as much as he wishes.” Heb “a gift of his hand.”

[46:11]  ³⁶ tn Heb “a hin of oil.” A hin was about 1/16 of a bath. See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:266, and O. R. Sellers, “Weights,” IDB 4:835 g.

[46:11]  ³⁷ tn Heb “ephah.” The words “of grain” are supplied in the translation as a clarification.

[48:15]  ³⁸ tn Heb “five thousand cubits” (i.e., 2.625 kilometers).

[48:15]  ³⁹ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).