Yehezkiel 6:14

6:14 I will stretch out my hand against them ¹  and make the land a desolate waste from the wilderness to Riblah, ²  in all the places where they live. Then they will know that I am the Lord!”

Yehezkiel 20:18

20:18 “‘But I said to their children ³  in the wilderness, “Do not follow the practices of your fathers; do not observe their regulations, ⁴  nor defile yourselves with their idols.

Yehezkiel 20:23

20:23 I also swore ⁵  to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands. ⁶ 

Yehezkiel 20:36

20:36 Just as I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgment with you, declares the sovereign Lord.

Yehezkiel 34:25

34:25 “‘I will make a covenant of peace with them and will rid the land of wild beasts, so that they can live securely ⁷  in the wilderness and even sleep in the woods. ⁸ 

[6:14]  ¹ sn I will stretch out my hand against them is a common expression in the book of Ezekiel (14:9, 13; 16:27; 25:7; 35:3).

[6:14]  ² tc The Vulgate reads the name as “Riblah,” a city north of Damascus. The MT reads Diblah, a city otherwise unknown. The letters resh (ר) and dalet (ד) may have been confused in the Hebrew text. The town of Riblah was in the land of Hamath (2 Kgs 23:33) which represented the northern border of Israel (Ezek 47:14).

[20:18]  ³ tn Heb “sons,” reflecting the patriarchal idiom of the culture.

[20:18]  ⁴ tn Or “standard of justice.” See Ezek 7:27.

[20:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”

[20:23]  ⁶ 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.

[34:25]  ⁷ tn The phrase “live securely” occurs in Ezek 28:26; 38:8, 11, 14; 39:26 as an expression of freedom from fear. It is a promised blessing resulting from obedience (see Lev 26:5-6).

[34:25]  ⁸ sn The woods were typically considered to be places of danger (Ps 104:20-21; Jer 5:6).