Yehezkiel 8:1

A Desecrated Temple

8:1 In the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth of the month, ¹  as I was sitting in my house with the elders of Judah sitting in front of me, the hand ²  of the sovereign Lord seized me. ³ 

Yehezkiel 11:7

11:7 Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: ‘The corpses you have dumped ⁴  in the midst of the city ⁵  are the meat, and this city ⁶  is the cooking pot, but I will take you out of it. ⁷ 

Yehezkiel 14:21

14:21 “For this is what the sovereign Lord says: How much worse will it be when I send my four terrible judgments – sword, famine, wild animals, and plague – to Jerusalem ⁸  to kill both people and animals!

Yehezkiel 20:27

20:27 “Therefore, speak to the house of Israel, son of man, and tell them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: In this way too your fathers blasphemed me when they were unfaithful to me.

Yehezkiel 24:6

24:6 “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says:

Woe to the city of bloodshed,

the pot whose rot ⁹  is in it,

whose rot has not been removed ¹⁰  from it!

Empty it piece by piece.

No lot has fallen on it. ¹¹ 

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 ¹²  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.

[8:1]  ¹ tc The LXX reads “In the sixth year, in the fifth month, on the fifth of the month.”

[8:1]  sn In the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth of the month would be September 17, 592 b.c., about fourteen months after the initial vision.

[8:1]  ² tn Or “power.”

[8:1]  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 (3:14, 22; 8:1; 37:1; 40:1).

[8:1]  ³ tn Heb “fell upon me there,” that is, God’s influence came over him.

[11:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “placed.”

[11:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “in its midst.”

[11:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “she/it.” See v. 3.

[11:7]  ⁷ tc Many of the versions read “I will bring you out” (active) rather than “he brought out” (the reading of MT).

[14:21]  ⁸ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[24:6]  ⁹ tn Or “rust.”

[24:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “has not gone out.”

[24:6]  ¹¹ tn Here “lot” may refer to the decision made by casting lots; it is not chosen at all.

[46:1]  ¹² sn The east gate of the outer court was permanently closed (Ezek 44:2).