Yehezkiel 4:10
Konteks4:10 The food you eat will be eight ounces 1 a day by weight; you must eat it at fixed 2 times.
Yehezkiel 8:13
Konteks8:13 He said to me, “You will see them practicing even greater abominations!”
Yehezkiel 16:30
Konteks16:30 “‘How sick is your heart, declares the sovereign Lord, when you perform all of these acts, the deeds of a bold prostitute.
Yehezkiel 27:12
Konteks27:12 “‘Tarshish 3 was your trade partner because of your abundant wealth; they exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your products.
[4:10] 1 sn Eight ounces (Heb “twenty shekels”). The standards for weighing money varied considerably in the ancient Near East, but the generally accepted weight for the shekel is 11.5 grams (0.4 ounce). This makes the weight of grain about 230 grams here (8 ounces).
[4:10] 2 tn Heb “from time to time.”
[27:12] 3 sn Tarshish refers to a distant seaport sometimes believed to be located in southern Spain (others identified it as Carthage in North Africa). In any event it represents here a distant, rich, and exotic port which was a trading partner of Tyre.