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 9:4

9:4 The Lord said to him, “Go through the city of Jerusalem ⁵  and put a mark ⁶  on the foreheads of the people who moan and groan over all the abominations practiced in it.”

Ezekiel 13:22

13:22 This is because you have disheartened the righteous person with lies (although I have not grieved him), and because you have encouraged the wicked person not to turn from his evil conduct and preserve his life.

Ezekiel 17:6

17:6 It sprouted and became a vine,

spreading low to the ground; ⁷ 

its branches turning toward him, ⁸  its roots were under itself. ⁹ 

So it became a vine; it produced shoots and sent out branches.

Ezekiel 17:16-17

17:16 “‘As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, surely in the city ¹⁰  of the king who crowned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke – in the middle of Babylon he will die! 17:17 Pharaoh with his great army and mighty horde will not help ¹¹  him in battle, when siege ramps are erected and siege-walls are built to kill many people.

Ezekiel 28:12

28:12 “Son of man, sing ¹²  a lament for the king of Tyre, and say to him, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘You were the sealer ¹³  of perfection,

full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

Ezekiel 30:11

30:11 He and his people with him,

the most terrifying of the nations, ¹⁴ 

will be brought there to destroy the land.

They will draw their swords against Egypt,

and fill the land with corpses.

Ezekiel 32:21

32:21 The bravest of the warriors will speak to him from the midst of Sheol along with his allies, saying: ‘The uncircumcised have come down; they lie still, killed by the sword.’

Ezekiel 32:32

32:32 Indeed, I terrified him in the land of the living, yet he will lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with those killed by the sword, Pharaoh and all his hordes, declares the sovereign Lord.”

Ezekiel 33:2

33:2 “Son of man, speak to your people, ¹⁵  and say to them, ‘Suppose I bring a sword against the land, and the people of the land take one man from their borders and make him their watchman.

Ezekiel 33:4

33:4 but there is one who hears the sound of the trumpet yet does not heed the warning. Then the sword comes and sweeps him away. He will be responsible for his own death. ¹⁶ 

Ezekiel 40:46

40:46 and the chamber which faces north is for the priests who keep charge of the altar. These are the descendants of Zadok, from the descendants of Levi, who may approach the Lord to minister to him.”

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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 tn Heb “through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem.”

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⁶ tn The word translated “mark” is in Hebrew the letter ת (tav). Outside this context the only other occurrence of the word is in Job 31:35. In ancient Hebrew script this letter was written like the letter X.

sn For a similar concept in the Bible, see Rev 7:2-4; 13:16; 14:9, 11; 20:4; 22:4.

⁷ tn Heb “short of stature.”

⁸ tn That is, the eagle.

⁹ tn Or “him,” i.e., the eagle.

¹⁰ tn Heb “place.”

¹¹ tn Heb “deal with” or “work with.”

¹² tn Heb “lift up.”

¹³ tn For a discussion of possible nuances of this phrase, see M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:580-81.

¹⁴ tn The Babylonians were known for their cruelty (2 Kgs 25:7).

¹⁵ tn Heb “sons of your people.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “his blood will be on his own head.”