Ezekiel 1:28

1:28 like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds after the rain. This was the appearance of the surrounding brilliant light; it looked like the glory of the Lord. When I saw it, I threw myself face down, and I heard a voice speaking.

Ezekiel 7:9

7:9 My eye will not pity you; I will not spare you. For your behavior I will hold you accountable, and you will suffer the consequences of your abominable practices. Then you will know that it is I, the Lord, who is striking you.

Ezekiel 7:27

7:27 The king will mourn and the prince will be clothed with shuddering; the hands of the people of the land will tremble. Based on their behavior I will deal with them, and by their standard of justice I will judge them. Then they will know that I am the Lord!”

Ezekiel 16:8

16:8 “‘Then I passed by you and watched you, noticing that you had reached the age for love. I spread my cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I swore a solemn oath to you and entered into a marriage covenant with you, declares the sovereign Lord, and you became mine.

Ezekiel 16:37

16:37 therefore, take note: I am about to gather all your lovers whom you enjoyed, both all those you loved and all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around, and I will expose your nakedness to them, and they will see all your nakedness. 10 

Ezekiel 17:22

17:22 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘I will take a sprig 11  from the lofty top of the cedar and plant it. 12 

I will pluck from the top one of its tender twigs;

I myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.

Ezekiel 20:31

20:31 When you present your sacrifices 13  – when you make your sons pass through the fire – you defile yourselves with all your idols to this very day. Will I allow you to seek me, 14  O house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, I will not allow you to seek me! 15 

Ezekiel 20:38

20:38 I will eliminate from among you the rebels and those who revolt 16  against me. I will bring them out from the land where they have been residing, but they will not come to the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 25:13

25:13 So this is what the sovereign Lord says: I will stretch out my hand against Edom, and I will kill the people and animals within her, 17  and I will make her desolate; from Teman to Dedan they will die 18  by the sword.

Ezekiel 28:25

28:25 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: When I regather the house of Israel from the peoples where they are dispersed, I will reveal my sovereign power 19  over them in the sight of the nations, and they will live in their land that I gave to my servant Jacob.

Ezekiel 30:25

30:25 I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall limp. Then they will know that I am the Lord when I place my sword in the hand of the king of Babylon and he extends it against the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 31:15

31:15 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: On the day it 20  went down to Sheol I caused observers to lament. 21  I covered it with the deep and held back its rivers; its plentiful water was restrained. I clothed Lebanon in black for it, and all the trees of the field wilted because of it.

Ezekiel 34:13

34:13 I will bring them out from among the peoples and gather them from foreign countries; I will bring them to their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the streams and all the inhabited places of the land.

Ezekiel 36:11

36:11 I will increase the number of people and animals on you; they will increase and be fruitful. 22  I will cause you to be inhabited as in ancient times, and will do more good for you than at the beginning of your history. 23  Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 36:23

36:23 I will magnify 24  my great name that has been profaned among the nations, that you have profaned among them. The nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the sovereign Lord, when I magnify myself among you in their sight.

Ezekiel 37:23

37:23 They will not defile themselves with their idols, their detestable things, and all their rebellious deeds. I will save them from all their unfaithfulness 25  by which they sinned. I will purify them; they will become my people and I will become their God.


sn Reference to the glowing substance and the brilliant light and storm phenomena in vv. 27-28a echoes in reverse order the occurrence of these phenomena in v. 4.

tn The vision closes with the repetition of the verb “I saw” from the beginning of the vision in 1:4.

tn The meaning of the Hebrew term is primarily emotional: “to pity,” which in context implies an action, as in being moved by pity in order to spare them from the horror of their punishment.

tn Heb “According to your behavior I will place on you.”

tn The MT lacks “you.” It has been added for clarification.

tn Heb “and by their judgments.”

tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a participle.

tn See similar use of this term in Ezek 23:17; Prov 7:16; Song of Songs 4:10; 7:13.

tn Heb “wing” or “skirt.” The gesture symbolized acquiring a woman in early Arabia (similarly, see Deut 22:30; Ruth 3:9).

10 sn Harlots suffered degradation when their nakedness was exposed (Jer 13:22, 26; Hos 2:12; Nah 3:5).

11 sn The language is analogous to messianic imagery in Isa 11:1; Zech 3:8; 6:4 although the technical terminology is not the same.

12 tc The LXX lacks “and plant it.”

13 tn Or “gifts.”

14 tn Or “Will I reveal myself to you?”

15 tn Or “I will not reveal myself to you.”

16 tn See the note at 2:3.

17 tn Heb “and I will cut off from her man and beast.”

18 tn Heb “fall.”

19 tn Or “reveal my holiness.” See verse 22.

20 tn Or “he.”

21 tn Heb “I caused lamentation.” D. I. Block (Ezekiel [NICOT], 2:194-95) proposes an alternative root which would give the meaning “I gated back the waters,” i.e., shut off the water supply.

22 sn These verbs occur together in Gen 1:22, 28; 9:1.

23 tn Heb “your beginning.”

24 tn Or “sanctify,” Heb “make holy.”

25 tc Heb “their dwellings.” The text as it stands does not make sense. Based on the LXX, a slight emendation of two vowels, including a mater, yields the reading “from their turning,” a reference here to their turning from God and deviating from his commandments. See BDB 1000 s.v. מְשׁוּבָה, and D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:407.