Yehezkiel 44:1-2

The Closed Gate

44:1 Then he brought me back by way of the outer gate of the sanctuary which faces east, but it was shut. 44:2 The Lord said to me: “This gate will be shut; it will not be opened, and no one will enter by it. For the Lord, the God of Israel, has entered by it; therefore it will remain shut.

Yehezkiel 24:8

24:8 To arouse anger, to take vengeance,

I have placed her blood on an exposed rock so that it cannot be covered up.

Yehezkiel 24:7

24:7 For her blood was in it;

she poured it on an exposed rock;

she did not pour it on the ground to cover it up with dust.

Yehezkiel 41:16

41:16 as well as the thresholds, narrow windows and galleries all around on three sides facing the threshold were paneled with wood all around, from the ground up to the windows (now the windows were covered),

Yehezkiel 38:9

38:9 You will advance; ¹  you will come like a storm. You will be like a cloud covering the earth, you, all your troops, and the many other peoples with you.

Yehezkiel 46:1

The Prince’s Offerings

46:1 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: The gate of the inner court that faces east ²  will be closed six working days, but on the Sabbath day it will be opened and on the day of the new moon it will be opened.

Yehezkiel 30:18

30:18 In Tahpanhes the day will be dark ³ 

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 26:19

26:19 “For this is what the sovereign Lord says: When I make you desolate like the uninhabited cities, when I bring up the deep over you and the surging ⁴  waters overwhelm you,

Yehezkiel 46:2

46:2 The prince will enter by way of the porch of the gate from the outside, and will stand by the doorpost of the gate. The priests will provide his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he will bow down at the threshold of the gate and then go out. But the gate will not be closed until evening.

Yehezkiel 46:12

46:12 When the prince provides a freewill offering, a burnt offering, or peace offerings as a voluntary offering to the Lord, the gate facing east will be opened for him, and he will provide his burnt offering and his peace offerings just as he did on the Sabbath. Then he will go out, and the gate will be closed after he goes out. ⁵ 

Yehezkiel 38:16

38:16 You will advance ⁶  against my people Israel like a cloud covering the earth. In the latter days I will bring you against my land so that the nations may acknowledge me, when before their eyes I magnify myself ⁷  through you, O Gog.

Yehezkiel 7:18

7:18 They will wear sackcloth, terror will cover them; shame will be on all their faces, and all of their heads will be shaved bald. ⁸ 

Yehezkiel 28:13

28:13 You were in Eden, the garden of God. ⁹ 

Every precious stone was your covering,

the ruby, topaz, and emerald,

the chrysolite, onyx, and jasper,

the sapphire, turquoise, and beryl; ¹⁰ 

your settings and mounts were made of gold.

On the day you were created they were prepared.

Yehezkiel 24:17

24:17 Groan in silence for the dead, ¹¹  but do not perform mourning rites. ¹²  Bind on your turban ¹³  and put your sandals on your feet. Do not cover your lip ¹⁴  and do not eat food brought by others.” ¹⁵ 

Yehezkiel 41:14

41:14 and also the width of the front of the temple and the courtyard on the east as 175 feet. ¹⁶ 

Yehezkiel 1:11

1:11 Their wings were spread out above them; each had two wings touching the wings of one of the other beings on either side and two wings covering their bodies.

Yehezkiel 1:23

1:23 Under the platform their wings were stretched out, each toward the other. Each of the beings also had two wings covering ¹⁷  its body.

Yehezkiel 32:7

32:7 When I extinguish you, I will cover the sky;

I will darken its stars.

I will cover the sun with a cloud,

and the moon will not shine. ¹⁸ 

Yehezkiel 24:22

24:22 Then you will do as I have done: You will not cover your lip or eat food brought by others. ¹⁹ 

Yehezkiel 37:8

37:8 As I watched, I saw ²⁰  tendons on them, then muscles appeared, ²¹  and skin covered over them from above, but there was no breath ²²  in them.

Yehezkiel 41:13

41:13 Then he measured the temple as 175 feet ²³  long, the courtyard of the temple and the building and its walls as 175 feet ²⁴  long,

Yehezkiel 32:5

32:5 I will put your flesh on the mountains,

and fill the valleys with your maggot-infested carcass. ²⁵ 

Yehezkiel 12:6

12:6 While they are watching, raise your baggage onto your shoulder and carry it out in the dark. ²⁶  You must cover your face so that you cannot see the ground ²⁷  because I have made you an object lesson ²⁸  to the house of Israel.”

Yehezkiel 35:8

35:8 I will fill its mountains with its dead; on your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines, those killed by the sword will fall.

Yehezkiel 37:6

37:6 I will put tendons ²⁹  on you and muscles over you and will cover you with skin; I will put breath ³⁰  in you and you will live. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”

Yehezkiel 12:12

12:12 “The prince ³¹  who is among them will raise his belongings ³²  onto his shoulder in darkness, and will go out. He ³³  will dig a hole in the wall to leave through. He will cover his face so that he cannot see the land with his eyes.

Yehezkiel 16:10

16:10 I dressed you in embroidered clothing and put fine leather sandals on your feet. I wrapped you with fine linen and covered you with silk.

Yehezkiel 16:18

16:18 You took your embroidered clothing and used it to cover them; you offered my olive oil and my incense to them.

Yehezkiel 22:13

22:13 “‘See, I strike my hands together ³⁴  at the dishonest profit you have made, and at the bloodshed ³⁵  they have done among you.

Yehezkiel 26:9

26:9 He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and tear down your towers with his weapons. ³⁶ 

Yehezkiel 42:10

42:10 At the beginning ³⁷  of the wall of the court toward the south, ³⁸  facing the courtyard and the building, were chambers

Yehezkiel 24:23

24:23 Your turbans will be on your heads and your sandals on your feet; you will not mourn or weep, but you will rot ³⁹  for your iniquities ⁴⁰  and groan among yourselves.

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 41:12

41:12 The building that was facing the temple courtyard at the west side was 122½ feet ⁴¹  wide; the wall of the building was 8¾ feet ⁴²  all around, and its length 157½ feet. ⁴³ 

Yehezkiel 42:1

Chambers for the Temple

42:1 Then he led me out to the outer court, toward the north, and brought me to the chamber which was opposite the courtyard and opposite the building on the north.

Yehezkiel 16:8

16:8 “‘Then I passed by you and watched you, noticing ⁴⁴  that you had reached the age for love. ⁴⁵  I spread my cloak ⁴⁶  over you and covered your nakedness. I swore a solemn oath to you and entered into a marriage covenant with you, declares the sovereign Lord, and you became mine.

Yehezkiel 26:10

26:10 He will cover you with the dust kicked up by his many horses. ⁴⁷  Your walls will shake from the noise of the horsemen, wheels, and chariots when he enters your gates like those who invade through a city’s broken walls. ⁴⁸ 

Yehezkiel 41:15

41:15 Then he measured the length of the building facing the courtyard at the rear of the temple, with its galleries on either side as 175 feet. ⁴⁹ 

The interior of the outer sanctuary and the porch of the court, ⁵⁰ 

Yehezkiel 12:3

12:3 “Therefore, son of man, pack up your belongings as if for exile. During the day, while they are watching, pretend to go into exile. Go from where you live to another place. Perhaps they will understand, ⁵¹  although they are a rebellious house.

Yehezkiel 22:26

22:26 Her priests abuse my law and have desecrated my holy things. They do not distinguish between the holy and the profane, ⁵²  or recognize any distinction between the unclean and the clean. They ignore ⁵³  my Sabbaths and I am profaned in their midst.

Yehezkiel 42:13

42:13 Then he said to me, “The north chambers and the south chambers which face the courtyard are holy chambers where the priests ⁵⁴  who approach the Lord will eat the most holy offerings. There they will place the most holy offerings – the grain offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering, because the place is holy.

[38:9]  ¹ tn Heb “go up.”

[46:1]  ² sn The east gate of the outer court was permanently closed (Ezek 44:2).

[30:18]  ³ sn In Zeph 1:15 darkness is associated with the day of the Lord.

[26:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “many.”

[46:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “he shall shut the gate after he goes out.”

[38:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “come up.”

[38:16]  ⁷ tn Or “reveal my holiness.”

[7:18]  ⁸ tn Heb “baldness will be on their heads.”

[28:13]  ⁹ sn The imagery of the lament appears to draw upon an extrabiblical Eden tradition about the expulsion of the first man (see v. 14 and the note there) from the garden due to his pride. The biblical Eden tradition speaks of cherubs placed as guardians at the garden entrance following the sin of Adam and Eve (Gen 3:24), but no guardian cherub like the one described in verse 14 is depicted or mentioned in the biblical account. Ezekiel’s imagery also appears to reflect Mesopotamian and Canaanite mythology at certain points. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:119-20.

[28:13]  ¹⁰ tn The exact identification of each gemstone is uncertain. The list should be compared to that of the priest in Exod 28:17-20, which lists twelve stones in rows of three. The LXX apparently imports the Exod 28 list. See reference to the types of stones in L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:91.

[24:17]  ¹¹ tn Or “Groan silently. As to the dead….” Cf. M. Greenberg’s suggestion that דֹּם מֵתִים (dom metim) be taken together and דֹּם be derived from ָדּמַם (damam, “to moan, murmur”). See M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:508.

[24:17]  ¹² tn Heb “(For) the dead mourning you shall not conduct.” In the Hebrew text the word translated “dead” is plural, indicating that mourning rites are in view. Such rites would involve outward demonstrations of one’s sorrow, including wailing and weeping.

[24:17]  ¹³ sn The turban would normally be removed for mourning (Josh 7:6; 1 Sam 4:12).

[24:17]  ¹⁴ sn Mourning rites included covering the lower part of the face. See Lev 13:45.

[24:17]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “the bread of men.” The translation follows the suggestion accepted by M. Greenberg (Ezekiel [AB], 2:509) that this refers to a meal brought by comforters to the one mourning. Some repoint the consonantal text to read “the bread of despair” (see L. C. Allen, Ezekiel [WBC], 2:56), while others, with support from the Targum and Vulgate, emend the consonantal text to read “the bread of mourners” (see D. I. Block, Ezekiel [NICOT], 1:784).

[41:14]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).

[1:23]  ¹⁷ tc Heb “each had two wings covering and each had two wings covering,” a case of dittography. On the analogy of v. 11 and the support of the LXX, which reads the same for v. 11 and this verse, one should perhaps read “each had two wings touching another being and each had two wings covering.”

[32:7]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “will not shine its light.” For similar features of cosmic eschatology, see Joel 2:10; 4:15; Amos 5:18-20; Zeph 1:5.

[24:22]  ¹⁹ tn See v. 17.

[37:8]  ²⁰ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[37:8]  ²¹ tn Heb “came up.”

[37:8]  ²² tn Or “spirit.”

[41:13]  ²³ tn Heb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).

[41:13]  ²⁴ tn Heb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).

[32:5]  ²⁵ tc The Hebrew text is difficult here, apparently meaning “your height.” Following Symmachus and the Syriac, it is preferable to emend the text to read “your maggots.” See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:203.

[12:6]  ²⁶ tn Apart from this context the Hebrew term occurs only in Gen 15:17 in reference to the darkness after sunset. It may mean twilight.

[12:6]  ²⁷ tn Or “land” (ASV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[12:6]  ²⁸ sn See also Ezek 12:11, 24:24, 27.

[37:6]  ²⁹ tn The exact physiological meaning of the term is uncertain. In addition to v. 8, the term occurs only in Gen 32:33; Job 10:11; 40:17; and Jer 48:4.

[37:6]  ³⁰ tn Or “a spirit.”

[12:12]  ³¹ sn The prince is a reference to Zedekiah.

[12:12]  ³² tn The words “his belongings” are not in the Hebrew text but are implied.

[12:12]  ³³ tc The MT reads “they”; the LXX and Syriac read “he.”

[22:13]  ³⁴ sn This gesture apparently expresses mourning and/or anger (see 6:11; 21:14, 17).

[22:13]  ³⁵ tn Heb “the blood which was in you.”

[26:9]  ³⁶ tn Heb “swords.”

[42:10]  ³⁷ tc The reading is supported by the LXX.

[42:10]  ³⁸ tc This reading is supported by the LXX; the MT reads “east.”

[24:23]  ³⁹ tn The same verb appears in 4:17 and 33:10.

[24:23]  ⁴⁰ tn Or “in your punishment.” The phrase “in/for [a person’s] iniquity/punishment” occurs fourteen times in Ezekiel: here; 3:18, 19; 4:17; 7:13, 16; 18:17, 18, 19, 20; 33:6, 8, 9; 39:23. The Hebrew word for “iniquity” may also mean the “punishment” for iniquity or “guilt” of iniquity.

[41:12]  ⁴¹ tn Heb “seventy cubits” (36.75 meters).

[41:12]  ⁴² tn Heb “five cubits” (i.e., 2.625 meters).

[41:12]  ⁴³ tn Heb “ninety cubits” (i.e., 47.25 meters).

[16:8]  ⁴⁴ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a participle.

[16:8]  ⁴⁵ tn See similar use of this term in Ezek 23:17; Prov 7:16; Song of Songs 4:10; 7:13.

[16:8]  ⁴⁶ tn Heb “wing” or “skirt.” The gesture symbolized acquiring a woman in early Arabia (similarly, see Deut 22:30; Ruth 3:9).

[26:10]  ⁴⁷ tn Heb “From the abundance of his horses he will cover you (with) their dust.”

[26:10]  ⁴⁸ tn Heb “like those who enter a breached city.”

[41:15]  ⁴⁹ tn Heb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).

[41:15]  ⁵⁰ tc Some Hebrew mss read “and its outer court.”

[12:3]  ⁵¹ tn Heb “see.” This plays on the uses of “see” in v. 2. They will see his actions with their eyes and perhaps they will “see” with their mind, that is, understand or grasp the point.

[22:26]  ⁵² tn Or “between the consecrated and the common.”

[22:26]  ⁵³ tn Heb “hide their eyes from.” The idiom means to disregard or ignore something or someone (see Lev 20:4; 1 Sam 12:3; Prov 28:27; Isa 1:15).

[42:13]  ⁵⁴ sn The priests are from the Zadokite family (Ezek 40:6; 44:15).