Yehezkiel 9:1

The Execution of Idolaters

9:1 Then he shouted in my ears, “Approach, ¹  you who are to visit destruction on the city, each with his destructive weapon in his hand!”

Yehezkiel 31:5

31:5 Therefore it grew taller than all the trees of the field;

its boughs grew large and its branches grew long,

because of the plentiful water in its shoots. ² 

Yehezkiel 40:2

40:2 By means of divine visions ³  he brought me to the land of Israel and placed me on a very high mountain, ⁴  and on it was a structure like a city, to the south.

Yehezkiel 40:27

40:27 The inner court had a gate toward the south; he measured it from gate to gate toward the south as 175 feet. ⁵ 

Yehezkiel 40:47

40:47 He measured the court as a square 175 feet long and 175 feet wide; ⁶  the altar was in front of the temple.

[9:1]  ¹ tc Heb “they approached.” Reading the imperative assumes the same consonantal text but different vowels.

[31:5]  ² tn Heb “when it sends forth.” Repointing the consonants of the Masoretic text would render the proposed reading “shoots” (cf. NRSV).

[40:2]  ³ tn The expression introduces the three major visions of Ezekiel (1:1; 8:3; 40:2).

[40:2]  ⁴ tn The reference to a very high mountain is harmonious with Isa 2:2.

[40:27]  ⁵ tn Heb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).

[40:47]  ⁶ tn Heb “one hundred cubits long and one hundred cubits wide, a square” (i.e., 52.5 meters by 52.5 meters).