Yehezkiel 8:11

8:11 Seventy men from the elders of the house of Israel ¹  (with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them) were standing in front of them, each with a censer in his hand, and fragrant ²  vapors from a cloud of incense were swirling upward.

Yehezkiel 12:6

12:6 While they are watching, raise your baggage onto your shoulder and carry it out in the dark. ³  You must cover your face so that you cannot see the ground ⁴  because I have made you an object lesson ⁵  to the house of Israel.”

Yehezkiel 16:51

16:51 Samaria has not committed half the sins you have; you have done more abominable deeds than they did. ⁶  You have made your sisters appear righteous with all the abominable things you have done.

Yehezkiel 20:22

20:22 But I refrained from doing so, ⁷  and acted instead for the sake of my reputation, so that I would not be profaned before the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

Yehezkiel 38:11

38:11 You will say, “I will invade ⁸  a land of unwalled towns; I will advance against ⁹  those living quietly in security – all of them living without walls and barred gates –

[8:11]  ¹ sn Note the contrast between these seventy men who represented Israel and the seventy elders who ate the covenant meal before God, inaugurating the covenant relationship (Exod 24:1, 9).

[8:11]  ² tn The Hebrew word occurs only here in the OT.

[12:6]  ³ 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]  ⁴ tn Or “land” (ASV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[12:6]  ⁵ sn See also Ezek 12:11, 24:24, 27.

[16:51]  ⁶ tn Or “you have multiplied your abominable deeds beyond them.”

[20:22]  ⁷ tn Heb “drew my hand back.” This idiom also occurs in Lam 2:8 and Ps 74:11.

[38:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “go up against.”

[38:11]  ⁹ tn Heb “come (to).”