Ezekiel 1:3

1:3 the word of the Lord came to the priest Ezekiel ¹  the son of Buzi, ²  at the Kebar River in the land of the Babylonians. ³  The hand ⁴  of the Lord came on him there).

Ezekiel 12:28

12:28 Therefore say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: None of my words will be delayed any longer! The word I speak will come to pass, declares the sovereign Lord.’”

Ezekiel 13:6

13:6 They see delusion and their omens are a lie. ⁵  They say, “the Lord declares,” though the Lord has not sent them; ⁶  yet they expect their word to be confirmed. ⁷ 

Ezekiel 34:30

34:30 Then they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them, ⁸  and that they are my people, the house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord. ⁹ 

Ezekiel 37:1

The Valley of Dry Bones

37:1 The hand ¹⁰  of the Lord was on me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and placed ¹¹  me in the midst of the valley, and it was full of bones.

Ezekiel 43:24

43:24 You will present them before the Lord, and the priests will scatter salt on them ¹²  and offer them up as a burnt offering to the Lord.

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¹ sn The prophet’s name, Ezekiel, means in Hebrew “May God strengthen.”

² tn Or “to Ezekiel son of Buzi the priest.”

³ tn Heb “Chaldeans.” The name of the tribal group ruling Babylon, “Chaldeans” is used as metonymy for the whole empire of Babylon. The Babylonians worked with the Medes to destroy the Assyrian Empire near the end of the 7th century b.c. Then, over the next century, the Babylonians dominated the West Semitic states (such as Phoenicia, Aram, Moab, Edom, and Judah in the modern countries of Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Israel) and made incursions into Egypt.

⁴ tn Or “power.”

sn Hand in the OT can refer metaphorically to power, authority, or influence. In Ezekiel God’s “hand” being on the prophet is regularly associated with communication or a vision from God (3:14, 22; 8:1; 37:1; 40:1).

⁵ sn The same description of a false prophet is found in Micah 2:11.

⁶ sn The Lord has not sent them. A similar concept is found in Jer 14:14; 23:21.

⁷ tn Or “confirmed”; NIV “to be fulfilled”; TEV “to come true.”

⁸ sn A promise given to Abraham (Gen 15:7) and his descendants (Gen 15:8; Exod 6:7).

⁹ sn The blessings described in vv. 25-30 are those promised for obedience in Lev 26:4-13.

¹⁰ tn Or “power.”

sn Hand in the OT can refer metaphorically to power, authority, or influence. In Ezekiel God’s hand being on the prophet is regularly associated with communication or a vision from God (3:14, 22; 8:1; 37:1; 40:1).

¹¹ tn Heb “caused me to rest.”

¹² sn It is likely that salt was used with sacrificial meals (Num 18:19; 2 Chr 13:5).