Yehezkiel 8:14

8:14 Then he brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the Lord’s house. I noticed ¹  women sitting there weeping for Tammuz. ² 

Yehezkiel 21:13

21:13 “‘For testing will come, and what will happen when the scepter, which the sword despises, is no more? ³  declares the sovereign Lord.’

Yehezkiel 32:8

32:8 I will darken all the lights in the sky over you,

and I will darken your land,

declares the sovereign Lord.

Yehezkiel 38:10

38:10 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: On that day thoughts will come into your mind, ⁴  and you will devise an evil plan.

Yehezkiel 38:18

38:18 On that day, when Gog invades ⁵  the land of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord, my rage will mount up in my anger.

Yehezkiel 38:21

38:21 I will call for a sword to attack ⁶  Gog ⁷  on all my mountains, declares the sovereign Lord; every man’s sword will be against his brother.

Yehezkiel 43:5

43:5 Then a wind ⁸  lifted me up and brought me to the inner court; I watched ⁹  the glory of the Lord filling the temple. ¹⁰ 

Yehezkiel 43:24

43:24 You will present them before the Lord, and the priests will scatter salt on them ¹¹  and offer them up as a burnt offering to the Lord.

Yehezkiel 48:35

48:35 The circumference of the city will be six miles. ¹²  The name of the city from that day forward will be: ‘The Lord Is There.’” ¹³ 

[8:14]  ¹ tn Given the context this could be understood as a shock, e.g., idiomatically “Good grief! I saw….”

[8:14]  ² sn The worship of Tammuz included the observation of the annual death and descent into the netherworld of the god Dumuzi. The practice was observed by women in the ancient Near East over a period of centuries.

[21:13]  ³ tn Heb “For testing (will come) and what if also a scepter, it despises, will not be?” The translation understands the subject of the verb “despises,” which is a feminine form in the Hebrew text, to be the sword (which is a feminine noun) mentioned in the previous verses. The text is very difficult and any rendering is uncertain.

[38:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “words will go up upon your heart.”

[38:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “goes up against.”

[38:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “against.”

[38:21]  ⁷ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Gog, cf. v. 18) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[43:5]  ⁸ tn See note on “wind” in 2:2.

[43:5]  ⁹ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[43:5]  ¹⁰ sn In 1 Kgs 8:10-11 we find a similar event with regard to Solomon’s temple. See also Exod 40:34-35. and Isa 6:4.

[43:24]  ¹¹ sn It is likely that salt was used with sacrificial meals (Num 18:19; 2 Chr 13:5).

[48:35]  ¹² tn Heb “eighteen thousand cubits” (i.e., 9.45 kilometers).

[48:35]  ¹³ sn See Rev 21:12-21.