Yehezkiel 3:22

Isolated and Silenced

3:22 The hand ¹  of the Lord rested on me there, and he said to me, “Get up, go out to the valley, ²  and I will speak with you there.”

Yehezkiel 21:2

21:2 “Son of man, turn toward ³  Jerusalem ⁴  and speak out against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel

Yehezkiel 38:2

38:2 “Son of man, turn toward ⁵  Gog, ⁶  of the land of Magog, ⁷  the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. ⁸  Prophesy against him

Yehezkiel 42:7

42:7 As for the outer wall by the side of the chambers, toward the outer court facing the chambers, it was 87½ feet ⁹  long.

Yehezkiel 48:28

48:28 Next to the border of Gad, at the south side, the border will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath Kadesh, to the Stream of Egypt ¹⁰  and on to the Great Sea.

[3:22]  ¹ tn Or “power.”

[3:22]  sn Hand in the OT can refer metaphorically to power, authority, or influence. 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).

[3:22]  ² sn Ezekiel had another vision at this location, recounted in Ezek 37.

[21:2]  ³ tn Heb “set your face toward.”

[21:2]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[38:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “set your face against.”

[38:2]  ⁶ sn This may refer to a Lydian king in western Asia Minor in the seventh century b.c. Apart from Ezek 38-39, the only other biblical reference to this king/nation is in Rev 20:8. For a study of the names appearing in this verse, see E. Yamauchi, Foes From the Northern Frontier, 19-27.

[38:2]  ⁷ sn One of the sons of Japheth according to Gen 10:2; 1 Chr 1:5.

[38:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “the prince, the chief of Meshech and Tubal.” Some translate “the prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal,” but it is more likely that the Hebrew noun in question is a common noun in apposition to “prince,” rather than a proper name. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:434-35. As Block demonstrates, attempts by some popular writers to identify these proper names with later geographical sites in Russia are anachronistic. See as well E. Yamauchi, Foes From the Northern Frontier, 19-27.

[38:2]  sn Meshech and Tubal were two nations in Cappadocia of Asia Minor. They were also sons of Japheth (Gen 10:2; 1 Chr 1:5).

[42:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).

[48:28]  ¹⁰ tn Traditionally “the Brook of Egypt,” although a number of recent translations have “the Wadi of Egypt” (cf. NAB, NIV, NRSV). The word “Egypt” is not in the Hebrew text, but is implied.