Yehezkiel 3:17

3:17 “Son of man, I have appointed you a watchman ¹  for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you must give them a warning from me.

Yehezkiel 5:5

5:5 “This is what the sovereign Lord says: This is Jerusalem; I placed her in the center of the nations with countries all around her.

Yehezkiel 20:23

20:23 I also swore ²  to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands. ³ 

Yehezkiel 33:25

33:25 Therefore say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: You eat the meat with the blood still in it, ⁴  pray to ⁵  your idols, and shed blood. Do you really think you will possess ⁶  the land?

Yehezkiel 37:28

37:28 Then, when my sanctuary is among them forever, the nations will know that I, the Lord, sanctify Israel.’” ⁷ 

[3:17]  ¹ tn The literal role of a watchman is described in 2 Sam 18:24; 2 Kgs 9:17.

[20:23]  ² tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”

[20:23]  ³ 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.

[33:25]  ⁴ sn This practice was a violation of Levitical law (see Lev 19:26).

[33:25]  ⁵ tn Heb “lift up your eyes.”

[33:25]  ⁶ tn Heb “Will you possess?”

[37:28]  ⁷ sn The sanctuary of Israel becomes the main focus of Ezek 40-48.