Yehezkiel 34:16

34:16 I will seek the lost and bring back the strays; I will bandage the injured and strengthen the sick, but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them – with judgment!

Yehezkiel 34:4

34:4 You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bandaged the injured, brought back the strays, or sought the lost, but with force and harshness ¹  you have ruled over them.

Yehezkiel 30:21

30:21 “Son of man, I have broken the arm ²  of Pharaoh king of Egypt. ³  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 20:33-34

20:33 As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, with a powerful hand and an outstretched arm, ⁴  and with an outpouring of rage, I will be king over you. 20:34 I will bring you out from the nations, and will gather you from the lands where you are scattered, with a powerful hand and an outstretched arm and with an outpouring of rage!

Yehezkiel 33:28

33:28 I will turn the land into a desolate ruin; her confident pride will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will be so desolate no one will pass through them.

Yehezkiel 30:18

30:18 In Tahpanhes the day will be dark ⁵ 

when I break the yoke of Egypt there.

Her confident pride will cease within her;

a cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity.

Yehezkiel 13:22

13:22 This is because you have disheartened the righteous person with lies (although I have not grieved him), and because you have encouraged the wicked person not to turn from his evil conduct and preserve his life.

Yehezkiel 17:9

17:9 “‘Say to them: This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘Will it prosper?

Will he not rip out its roots

and cause its fruit to rot ⁶  and wither?

All its foliage ⁷  will wither.

No strong arm or large army

will be needed to pull it out by its roots. ⁸ 

Yehezkiel 30:6

30:6 “‘This is what the Lord says:

Egypt’s supporters will fall;

her confident pride will crumble. ⁹ 

From Migdol to Syene ¹⁰  they will die by the sword within her,

declares the sovereign Lord.

Yehezkiel 31:3

31:3 Consider Assyria, ¹¹  a cedar in Lebanon, ¹² 

with beautiful branches, like a forest giving shade,

and extremely tall;

its top reached into the clouds.

Yehezkiel 22:6

22:6 “‘See how each of the princes of Israel living within you has used his authority to shed blood. ¹³ 

Yehezkiel 22:14

22:14 Can your heart endure, ¹⁴  or can your hands be strong when I deal with you? ¹⁵  I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will do it!

Yehezkiel 19:11

19:11 Its boughs were strong, fit ¹⁶  for rulers’ scepters; it reached up into the clouds.

It stood out because of its height and its many branches. ¹⁷ 

Yehezkiel 19:14

19:14 A fire has gone out from its branch; it has consumed its shoot and its fruit. ¹⁸ 

No strong branch was left in it, nor a scepter to rule.’

This is a lament song, and has become a lament song.”

Yehezkiel 30:22

30:22 Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, ¹⁹  I am against ²⁰  Pharaoh king of Egypt, and I will break his arms, the strong arm and the broken one, and I will make the sword drop from his hand.

Yehezkiel 19:12

19:12 But it was plucked up in anger; it was thrown down to the ground.

The east wind ²¹  dried up its fruit;

its strong branches broke off and withered –

a fire consumed them.

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 30:24-25

30:24 I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and I will place my sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan like the fatally wounded before the king of Babylon. ²²  30:25 I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall limp. Then they will know that I am the Lord when I place my sword in the hand of the king of Babylon and he extends it against the land of Egypt.

Yehezkiel 7:24

7:24 I will bring the most wicked of the nations and they will take possession of their houses. I will put an end to the arrogance of the strong, and their sanctuaries ²³  will be desecrated.

Yehezkiel 16:49

16:49 “‘See here – this was the iniquity ²⁴  of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters had majesty, abundance of food, and enjoyed carefree ease, but they did not help ²⁵  the poor and needy.

Yehezkiel 17:6

17:6 It sprouted and became a vine,

spreading low to the ground; ²⁶ 

its branches turning toward him, ²⁷  its roots were under itself. ²⁸ 

So it became a vine; it produced shoots and sent out branches.

Yehezkiel 21:9

21:9 “Son of man, prophesy and say: ‘This is what the Lord says:

“‘A sword, a sword is sharpened,

and also polished.

Yehezkiel 24:25

24:25 “And you, son of man, this is what will happen on the day I take ²⁹  from them their stronghold – their beautiful source of joy, the object in which their eyes delight, and the main concern of their lives, ³⁰  as well as their sons and daughters: ³¹ 

Yehezkiel 26:11

26:11 With his horses’ hoofs he will trample all your streets. He will kill your people with the sword, and your strong pillars will tumble down to the ground.

Yehezkiel 27:24

27:24 They traded with you choice garments, purple clothes and embroidered work, and multicolored carpets, bound and reinforced with cords; these were among your merchandise.

Yehezkiel 24:20

24:20 So I said to them: “The word of the Lord came to me:

Yehezkiel 7:11

7:11 Violence ³²  has grown into a staff that supports wickedness. Not one of them will be left ³³  – not from their crowd, not from their wealth, not from their prominence. ³⁴ 

Yehezkiel 27:30

27:30 They will lament loudly ³⁵  over you and cry bitterly.

They will throw dust on their heads and roll in the ashes; ³⁶ 

Yehezkiel 31:7

31:7 It was beautiful in its loftiness, in the length of its branches;

for its roots went down deep to plentiful waters.

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, ³⁷  the object in which your eyes delight, ³⁸  and your life’s passion. ³⁹  Your very own sons and daughters whom you have left behind will die ⁴⁰  by the sword.

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 3:14

3:14 A wind lifted me up and carried me away. I went bitterly, ⁴¹  my spirit full of fury, and the hand of the Lord rested powerfully ⁴²  on me.

Yehezkiel 3:22

Isolated and Silenced

3:22 The hand ⁴³  of the Lord rested on me there, and he said to me, “Get up, go out to the valley, ⁴⁴  and I will speak with you there.”

Yehezkiel 13:5

13:5 You have not gone up in the breaks in the wall, nor repaired a wall for the house of Israel that it would stand strong in the battle on the day of the Lord.

Yehezkiel 17:10

17:10 Consider! It is planted, but will it prosper?

Will it not wither completely when the east wind blows on it?

Will it not wither in the soil where it sprouted?’”

Yehezkiel 19:9

19:9 They put him in a collar with hooks; ⁴⁵ 

they brought him to the king of Babylon;

they brought him to prison ⁴⁶ 

so that his voice would not be heard

any longer on the mountains of Israel.

Yehezkiel 26:3

26:3 therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, ⁴⁷  I am against you, ⁴⁸  O Tyre! I will bring up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves.

Yehezkiel 29:21

29:21 On that day I will make Israel powerful, ⁴⁹  and I will give you the right to be heard ⁵⁰  among them. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

Yehezkiel 32:18

32:18 “Son of man, wail ⁵¹  over the horde of Egypt. Bring it down; ⁵²  bring ⁵³  her ⁵⁴  and the daughters of powerful nations down to the lower parts of the earth, along with those who descend to the pit.

Yehezkiel 34:20

34:20 “‘Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says to them: Look, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.

Yehezkiel 36:25

36:25 I will sprinkle you with pure water ⁵⁵  and you will be clean from all your impurities. I will purify you from all your idols.

Yehezkiel 36:35

36:35 They will say, “This desolate land has become like the garden of Eden; the ruined, desolate, and destroyed cities are now fortified and inhabited.”

Yehezkiel 21:7

21:7 When they ask you, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you will reply, ‘Because of the report that has come. Every heart will melt with fear and every hand will be limp; everyone ⁵⁶  will faint and every knee will be wet with urine.’ ⁵⁷  Pay attention – it is coming and it will happen, declares the sovereign Lord.”

Yehezkiel 1:1

A Vision of God’s Glory

1:1 In the thirtieth year, ⁵⁸  on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles ⁵⁹  at the Kebar River, ⁶⁰  the heavens opened ⁶¹  and I saw a divine vision. ⁶² 

Yehezkiel 7:13

7:13 The customer will no longer pay the seller ⁶³  while both parties are alive, for the vision against their whole crowd ⁶⁴  will not be revoked. Each person, for his iniquity, ⁶⁵  will fail to preserve his life.

Yehezkiel 17:3

17:3 Say to them: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: ⁶⁶ 

“‘A great eagle ⁶⁷  with broad wings, long feathers, ⁶⁸ 

with full plumage which was multi-hued, ⁶⁹ 

came to Lebanon ⁷⁰  and took the top of the cedar.

Yehezkiel 17:12

17:12 “Say to the rebellious house of Israel: ⁷¹  ‘Don’t you know what these things mean?’ ⁷²  Say: ‘See here, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem ⁷³  and took her king and her officials prisoner and brought them to himself in Babylon.

Yehezkiel 26:2

26:2 “Son of man, because Tyre ⁷⁴  has said about Jerusalem, ⁷⁵  ‘Aha, the gateway of the peoples is broken; it has swung open to me. I will become rich, ⁷⁶  now that she ⁷⁷  has been destroyed,’

Yehezkiel 26:7

26:7 “For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Take note that ⁷⁸  I am about to bring King Nebuchadrezzar ⁷⁹  of Babylon, king of kings, against Tyre from the north, with horses, chariots, and horsemen, an army and hordes of people.

Yehezkiel 26:17

26:17 They will sing this lament over you: ⁸⁰ 

“‘How you have perished – you have vanished ⁸¹  from the seas,

O renowned city, once mighty in the sea,

she and her inhabitants, who spread their terror! ⁸² 

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 ⁸³  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 ⁸⁴  streams.

Yehezkiel 32:21

32:21 The bravest of the warriors will speak to him from the midst of Sheol along with his allies, saying: ‘The uncircumcised have come down; they lie still, killed by the sword.’

Yehezkiel 32:30

32:30 “All the leaders of the north are there, along with all the Sidonians; despite their might they have gone down in shameful terror with the dead. They lie uncircumcised with those killed by the sword, and bear their shame with those who descend to the pit.

[34:4]  ¹ tn The term translated “harshness” is used to describe the oppression the Israelites suffered as slaves in Egypt (Exod 1:13).

[30:21]  ² sn The expression “breaking the arm” indicates the removal of power (Ps 10:15; 37:17; Job 38:15; Jer 48:25).

[30:21]  ³ sn This may refer to the event recorded in Jer 37:5.

[20:33]  ⁴ sn This phrase occurs frequently in Deuteronomy (Deut 4:34; 5:15; 7:19; 11:2; 26:8).

[30:18]  ⁵ sn In Zeph 1:15 darkness is associated with the day of the Lord.

[17:9]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew root occurs only here in the OT and appears to have the meaning of “strip off.” In application to fruit the meaning may be “cause to rot.”

[17:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “all the טַרְפֵּי (tarpey) of branches.” The word טַרְפֵּי occurs only here in the Bible; its precise meaning is uncertain.

[17:9]  ⁸ tn Or “there will be no strong arm or large army when it is pulled up by the roots.”

[30:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “come down.”

[30:6]  ¹⁰ sn Syene is known as Aswan today.

[31:3]  ¹¹ sn Either Egypt, or the Lord compares Egypt to Assyria, which is described in vv. 3-17 through the metaphor of a majestic tree. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:185. Like Egypt, Assyria had been a great world power, but in time God brought the Assyrians down. Egypt should learn from history the lesson that no nation, no matter how powerful, can withstand the judgment of God. Rather than following the text here, some prefer to emend the proper name Assyria to a similar sounding common noun meaning “boxwood” (see Ezek 27:6), which would make a fitting parallel to “cedar of Lebanon” in the following line. In this case vv. 3-18 in their entirety refer to Egypt, not Assyria. See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:121-27.

[31:3]  ¹² sn Lebanon was know for its cedar trees (Judg 9:15; 1 Kgs 4:33; 5:6; 2 Kgs 14:9; Ezra 3:7; Pss 29:5; 92:12; 104:16).

[22:6]  ¹³ tn Heb “Look! The princes of Israel, each according to his arm, were in you in order to shed blood.”

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

[22:14]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “in the days when I act against you.”

[19:11]  ¹⁶ tn The word “fit” does not occur in the Hebrew text.

[19:11]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and it was seen by its height and by the abundance of its branches.”

[19:14]  ¹⁸ tn The verse describes the similar situation recorded in Judg 9:20.

[30:22]  ¹⁹ tn The word h!nn@h indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[30:22]  ²⁰ tn Or “I challenge you.” The phrase “I am against you” may be a formula for challenging someone to combat or a duel. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:201-2, and P. Humbert, “Die Herausforderungsformel ‘h!nn#n' ?l?K>,’” ZAW 45 (1933): 101-8.

[19:12]  ²¹ sn The east wind symbolizes the Babylonians.

[30:24]  ²² tn Heb “him”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:24]  ²³ sn Or “their holy places” (KJV, ASV, NASB, NCV, NRSV).

[16:49]  ²⁴ tn Or “guilt.”

[16:49]  ²⁵ tn Heb “strengthen the hand of.”

[17:6]  ²⁶ tn Heb “short of stature.”

[17:6]  ²⁷ tn That is, the eagle.

[17:6]  ²⁸ tn Or “him,” i.e., the eagle.

[24:25]  ²⁹ tn Heb “(Will) it not (be) in the day I take?”

[24:25]  ³⁰ tn Heb “the uplifting of their soul.” According to BDB 672 s.v. מַשָּׂא 2, the term “uplifting” refers to “that to which they lift up their soul, their heart’s desire.” However, this text is the only one listed for this use. It seems more likely that the term has its well-attested nuance of “burden, load,” here and refers to that which weighs them down emotionally and is a constant source of concern or worry.

[24:25]  ³¹ tn In the Hebrew text there is no conjunction before “their sons and daughters.” For this reason one might assume that the preceding descriptive phrases refer to the sons and daughters, but verse 21 suggests otherwise. The descriptive phrases appear to refer to the “stronghold,” which parallels “my sanctuary” in verse 21. The children constitute a separate category.

[7:11]  ³² tn Heb “the violence.”

[7:11]  ³³ tc The LXX reads “he will crush the wicked rod without confusion or haste.”

[7:11]  tn The verb has been supplied for the Hebrew text to clarify the sense.

[7:11]  ³⁴ tn The Hebrew word occurs only here in the OT.

[27:30]  ³⁵ tn Heb “make heard over you with their voice.”

[27:30]  ³⁶ tn Note a similar expression to “roll in the ashes” in Mic 1:10.

[24:21]  ³⁷ tn Heb “the pride of your strength” means “your strong pride.”

[24:21]  ³⁸ 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]  ³⁹ 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]  ⁴⁰ tn Heb “fall.”

[3:14]  ⁴¹ 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]  ⁴² 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).

[3:22]  ⁴³ 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]  ⁴⁴ sn Ezekiel had another vision at this location, recounted in Ezek 37.

[19:9]  ⁴⁵ tn Or “They put him in a neck stock with hooks.” The noun סּוּגַר (sugar), translated “collar,” occurs only here in the Bible. L. C. Allen and D. I. Block point out a Babylonian cognate that refers to a device for transporting prisoners of war that held them by their necks (D. I. Block, Ezekiel [NICOT], 1:597, n. 35; L. C. Allen, Ezekiel [WBC], 1:284). Based on the Hebrew root, the traditional rendering had been “cage” (cf. ASV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[19:9]  ⁴⁶ tc The term in the MT occurs only here and in Eccl 9:12 where it refers to a net for catching fish. The LXX translates this as “prison,” which assumes a confusion of dalet and resh took place in the MT.

[26:3]  ⁴⁷ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) draws attention to something and has been translated here as a verb.

[26:3]  ⁴⁸ tn Or “I challenge you.” The phrase “I am against you” may be a formula for challenging someone to combat or a duel. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:201-2, and P. Humbert, “Die Herausforderungsformel ‘h!nn#n' ?l?K>,’” ZAW 45 (1933): 101-8. The Hebrew text switches to a second feminine singular form here, indicating that personified Jerusalem is addressed (see vv. 5-6a). The address to Jerusalem continues through v. 15. In vv. 16-17 the second masculine plural is used, as the people are addressed.

[29:21]  ⁴⁹ tn Heb “I will cause a horn to sprout for the house of Israel.” The horn is used as a figure for military power in the OT (Ps 92:10). A similar expression is made about the Davidic dynasty in Ps 132:17.

[29:21]  ⁵⁰ tn Heb “I will grant you an open mouth.”

[32:18]  ⁵¹ tn The Hebrew verb is used as a response to death (Jer 9:17-19; Amos 5:16).

[32:18]  ⁵² 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]  ⁵³ 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]  ⁵⁴ tn This apparently refers to personified Egypt.

[36:25]  ⁵⁵ sn The Lord here uses a metaphor from the realm of ritual purification. For the use of water in ritual cleansing, see Exod 30:19-20; Lev 14:51; Num 19:18; Heb 10:22.

[21:7]  ⁵⁶ tn Heb “every spirit will be dim.”

[21:7]  ⁵⁷ sn This expression depicts in a very vivid way how they will be overcome with fear. See the note on the same phrase in 7:17.

[1:1]  ⁵⁸ sn The meaning of the thirtieth year is problematic. Some take it to mean the age of Ezekiel when he prophesied (e.g., Origen). The Aramaic Targum explains the thirtieth year as the thirtieth year dated from the recovery of the book of the Torah in the temple in Jerusalem (2 Kgs 22:3-9). The number seems somehow to be equated with the fifth year of Jehoiachin’s exile in 1:2, i.e., 593 b.c.

[1:1]  ⁵⁹ sn The Assyrians started the tactic of deportation, the large-scale forced displacement of conquered populations, in order to stifle rebellions. The task of uniting groups of deportees, gaining freedom from one’s overlords and returning to retake one’s own country would be considerably more complicated than living in one’s homeland and waiting for an opportune moment to drive out the enemy’s soldiers. The Babylonians adopted this practice also, after defeating the Assyrians. The Babylonians deported Judeans on three occasions. The practice of deportation was reversed by the Persian conquerors of Babylon, who gained favor from their subjects for allowing them to return to their homeland and, as polytheists, sought the favor of the gods of the various countries which had come under their control.

[1:1]  ⁶⁰ sn The Kebar River is mentioned in Babylonian texts from the city of Nippur in the fifth century b.c. It provided artificial irrigation from the Euphrates.

[1:1]  ⁶¹ sn For the concept of the heavens opened in later literature, see 3 Macc 6:18; 2 Bar. 22:1; T. Levi 5:1; Matt 3:16; Acts 7:56; Rev 19:11.

[1:1]  ⁶² tn Or “saw visions from God.” References to divine visions occur also in Ezek 8:3; 40:2

[7:13]  ⁶³ tc The translation follows the LXX for the first line of the verse, although the LXX has lost the second line due to homoioteleuton (similar endings of the clauses). The MT reads “The seller will not return to the sale.” This Hebrew reading has been construed as a reference to land redemption, the temporary sale of the use of property, with property rights returned to the seller in the year of Jubilee. But the context has no other indicator that land redemption is in view. If correct, the LXX evidence suggests that one of the cases of “the customer” has been replaced by “the seller” in the MT, perhaps due to hoimoioarcton (similar beginnings of the words).

[7:13]  ⁶⁴ tn The Hebrew word refers to the din or noise made by a crowd, and by extension may refer to the crowd itself.

[7:13]  ⁶⁵ tn Or “in their punishment.” The phrase “in/for [a person’s] iniquity” occurs fourteen times in Ezekiel: here and in v. 16; 3:18, 19; 4:17; 18:17, 18, 19, 20; 24:23; 33:6, 8, 9; 39:23. The Hebrew word for “iniquity” may also mean the “punishment for iniquity.”

[17:3]  ⁶⁶ tn The parable assumes the defection of Zedekiah to Egypt and his rejection of Babylonian lordship.

[17:3]  ⁶⁷ sn The great eagle symbolizes Nebuchadnezzar (17:12).

[17:3]  ⁶⁸ tn Hebrew has two words for wings; it is unknown whether they are fully synonymous or whether one term distinguishes a particular part of the wing such as the wing coverts (nearest the shoulder), secondaries (mid-feathers of the wing) or primaries (last and longest section of the wing).

[17:3]  ⁶⁹ tn This term was used in 16:10, 13, and 18 of embroidered cloth.

[17:3]  ⁷⁰ sn In the parable Lebanon apparently refers to Jerusalem (17:12).

[17:12]  ⁷¹ tn The words “of Israel” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation as a clarification of the referent.

[17:12]  sn The book of Ezekiel frequently refers to the Israelites as a rebellious house (Ezek 2:5, 6, 8; 3:9, 26-27; 12:2-3, 9, 25; 17:12; 24:3).

[17:12]  ⁷² sn The narrative description of this interpretation of the riddle is given in 2 Kgs 24:11-15.

[17:12]  ⁷³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[26:2]  ⁷⁴ sn Tyre was located on the Mediterranean coast north of Israel.

[26:2]  ⁷⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[26:2]  ⁷⁶ tn Heb “I will be filled.”

[26:2]  ⁷⁷ sn That is, Jerusalem.

[26:7]  ⁷⁸ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) draws attention to something.

[26:7]  ⁷⁹ tn Heb “Nebuchadrezzar” is a variant and more correct spelling of Nebuchadnezzar, as the Babylonian name Nabu-kudurri-usur has an an “r” rather than an “n.”

[26:17]  ⁸⁰ tn Heb “and they will lift up over you a lament and they will say to you.”

[26:17]  ⁸¹ 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]  ⁸² 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).”

[32:2]  ⁸³ tn The lion was a figure of royalty (Ezek 19:1-9).

[32:2]  ⁸⁴ tc The Hebrew reads “their streams”; the LXX reads “your streams.”