1:15 Then I looked, 1 and I saw one wheel 2 on the ground 3 beside each of the four beings.
7:5 “This is what the sovereign Lord says: A disaster 5 – a one-of-a-kind 6 disaster – is coming!
10:9 As I watched, I noticed 7 four wheels by the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub; 8 the wheels gleamed like jasper. 9
19:3 She reared one of her cubs; he became a young lion.
He learned to tear prey; he devoured people. 10
48:23 “As for the rest of the tribes: From the east side to the west side, Benjamin will have one portion. 48:24 Next to the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side, Simeon will have one portion. 48:25 Next to the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west side, Issachar will have one portion. 48:26 Next to the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west side, Zebulun will have one portion. 48:27 Next to the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west side, Gad will have one portion.
1 tc The MT adds “at the living beings” which is absent from the LXX.
2 sn Another vision which includes wheels on thrones occurs in Dan 7:9. Ezek 10 contains a vision similar to this one.
3 tn The Hebrew word may be translated either “earth” or “ground” in this context.
4 tn Or “in their punishment.” Ezek 4:16-17 alludes to Lev 26:26, 39. The phrase “in/for [a person’s] iniquity” occurs fourteen times in Ezekiel: here, 3:18, 19; 7:13, 16; 18: 17, 18, 19, 20; 24:23; 33:6, 8, 9; 39:23. The Hebrew word for “iniquity” may also mean the “punishment for iniquity.”
5 tn The Hebrew term often refers to moral evil (see Ezek 6:10; 14:22), but in many contexts it refers to calamity or disaster, sometimes as punishment for evil behavior.
6 tc So most Hebrew
7 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
8 tn The MT repeats this phrase, a clear case of dittography.
9 tn Heb “Tarshish stone.” The meaning is uncertain. The term has also been translated “topaz” (NEB), “beryl” (KJV, NASB, NRSV), and “chrysolite” (RSV, NIV).
10 tn Heb “a man.”
11 sn The tribes descended from Jacob’s maidservants are placed farthest from the sanctuary. See Gen 30.
12 sn The tribe from which the Davidic prince would come is given the most prestigious allotment (see Gen 49:8-12).