7:14 “They have blown the trumpet and everyone is ready, but no one goes to battle, because my anger is against their whole crowd. 11
9:7 He said to them, “Defile the temple and fill the courtyards with corpses. Go!” So they went out and struck people down throughout the city.
10:20 These were the living creatures 17 which I saw at the Kebar River underneath the God of Israel; I knew that they were cherubim.
12:15 “Then they will know that I am the Lord when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them among foreign countries.
19:4 The nations heard about him; he was trapped in their pit.
They brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt. 28
20:49 Then I said, “O sovereign Lord! They are saying of me, ‘Does he not simply speak in eloquent figures of speech?’”
22:13 “‘See, I strike my hands together 39 at the dishonest profit you have made, and at the bloodshed 40 they have done among you.
23:40 “They even sent for men from far away; when the messenger arrived, those men set out. 43 For them you bathed, 44 painted your eyes, and decorated yourself with jewelry.
25:12 “This is what the sovereign Lord says: ‘Edom 48 has taken vengeance against the house of Judah; they have made themselves fully culpable 49 by taking vengeance 50 on them. 51
29:6 Then all those living in Egypt will know that I am the Lord
because they were a reed staff 59 for the house of Israel;
29:13 “‘For this is what the sovereign Lord says: At the end of forty years 60 I will gather Egypt from the peoples where they were scattered.
30:4 A sword will come against Egypt
and panic will overtake Ethiopia
when the slain fall in Egypt
and they carry away her wealth
and dismantle her foundations.
30:8 They will know that I am the Lord
when I ignite a fire in Egypt
and all her allies are defeated. 62
36:8 “‘But you, mountains of Israel, will grow your branches, and bear your fruit for my people Israel; for they will arrive soon. 63
36:13 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Because they are saying to you, “You are a devourer of men, and bereave your nation of children,”
37:24 “‘My servant David will be king over them; there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow 66 my regulations and carefully observe my statutes. 67
43:10 “As for you, son of man, describe the temple to the house of Israel, so that they will be ashamed of their sins and measure the pattern.
1 tc The MT reads “his hand” while many Hebrew
2 tn Or “wind”; the same Hebrew word can be translated as either “wind” or “spirit” depending on the context.
3 tc The MT adds the additional phrase “the spirit would go,” which seems unduly redundant here and may be dittographic.
4 tn Or “wind.” The Hebrew is difficult since the text presents four creatures and then talks about “the spirit” (singular) of “the living being” (singular). According to M. Greenberg (Ezekiel [AB], 1:45) the Targum interprets this as “will.” Greenberg views this as the spirit of the one enthroned above the creatures, but one would not expect the article when the one enthroned has not yet been introduced.
5 tn Heb “hear.”
6 tc The MT reads “if not” but most ancient versions translate only “if.” The expression occurs with this sense in Isa 5:9; 14:24. See also Ezek 34:8; 36:5; 38:19.
7 tn Heb “to the sons of your people.”
8 sn The name “Tel Abib” is a transliteration of an Akkadian term meaning “mound of the flood,” i.e., an ancient mound. It is not to be confused with the modern city of Tel Aviv in Israel.
9 tn Or “canal.”
10 sn A similar response to a divine encounter is found in Acts 9:8-9.
11 tn The Hebrew word refers to the din or noise made by a crowd, and by extension may refer to the crowd itself.
12 tn Heb “baldness will be on their heads.”
13 sn My treasured place probably refers to the temple (however, cf. NLT “my treasured land”).
14 sn Since the pronouns “it” are both feminine, they do not refer to the masculine “my treasured place”; instead they probably refer to Jerusalem or the land, both of which are feminine in Hebrew.
15 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.
16 tn Heb “their way on their head I have placed.” The same expression occurs in 1 Kgs 8:32; Ezek 11:21; 16:43; 22:31.
17 tn Heb “That was the living creature.”
18 tn The Hebrew verb may mean “think” in this context. This content of what they say (or think) represents their point of view.
19 sn The expression build houses may mean “establish families” (Deut 25:9; Ruth 4:11; Prov 24:27).
20 tn Heb “she” or “it”; the feminine pronoun refers here to Jerusalem.
21 sn Jerusalem is also compared to a pot in Ezek 24:3-8. The siege of the city is pictured as heating up the pot.
22 tn Heb “their way on their head I have placed.”
23 tn Or “They will bear responsibility for their iniquity.” The Hebrew term “iniquity” (three times in this verse) often refers by metonymy to the consequence of sin (see Gen 4:13).
24 tn Or “As is the guilt of the inquirer so is the guilt of the prophet.”
25 sn Traditionally this has been understood as a reference to the biblical Daniel, though he was still quite young when Ezekiel prophesied. One wonders if he had developed a reputation as an intercessor by this point. For this reason some prefer to see a reference to a ruler named Danel, known in Canaanite legend for his justice and wisdom. In this case all three of the individuals named would be non-Israelites, however the Ugaritic Danel is not known to have qualities of faith in the Lord that would place him in the company of the other men. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:447-50.
26 tn Heb “walked in their ways.”
27 tn The Hebrew expression has a temporal meaning as illustrated by the use of the phrase in 2 Chr 12:7.
28 sn The description applies to king Jehoahaz (2 Kgs 23:31-34; Jer 22:10-12).
29 sn Ezekiel’s contemporary, Jeremiah, also stressed the importance of obedience to the Sabbath law (Jer 17).
30 tn Heb “to become a sign between me and them.”
31 tn Or “set them apart.” The last phrase of verse 12 appears to be a citation of Exod 31:13.
32 tn The words “I did this” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied for stylistic reasons. Verses 15-16 are one long sentence in the Hebrew text. The translation divides this sentence into two for stylistic reasons.
33 tn Heb “for after their idols their heart was going.” The use of the active participle (“was going”) in the Hebrew text draws attention to the ongoing nature of their idolatrous behavior.
34 tn Or “set apart my Sabbaths.”
35 tn Heb “and they will become a sign between me and you.”
36 tn Heb “men of slander are in you in order to shed blood.”
37 tn Heb “and on the mountains they eat within you.” The mountains mentioned here were the site of pagan sacrifices. See 18:6.
38 sn This statement introduces vv. 10-11 and refers in general terms to the sexual sins described there. For the legal background of vv. 10-11, see Lev 18:7-20; 20:10-21; Deut 22:22-23, 30; 27:22.
39 sn This gesture apparently expresses mourning and/or anger (see 6:11; 21:14, 17).
40 tn Heb “the blood which was in you.”
41 tn Heb “The sons of Babel came to her on a bed of love.”
42 tn Heb “her soul.”
43 tn Heb “to whom a messenger was sent, and look, they came.” Foreign alliances are in view here.
44 tn The Hebrew verb form is feminine singular, indicating that Oholibah (Judah) is specifically addressed here. This address continues through verse 42a (note “her”), but then both sisters are described in verse 42b, where the feminine pronouns are again plural.
45 tn Heb “and upright men will judge them (with) the judgment of adulteresses and the judgment of those who shed blood.”
46 tn The Hebrew text adds “with fire.”
47 tn Heb “and the sins of your idols you will bear.” By extension it can mean the punishment for the sins.
48 sn Edom was located south of Moab.
49 tn Heb “and they have become guilty, becoming guilty.” The infinitive absolute following the finite verb makes the statement emphatic and draws attention to the degree of guilt incurred by Edom due to its actions.
50 tn Heb “and they have taken vengeance.”
51 sn Edom apparently in some way assisted in the destruction of Jerusalem in 587/6
52 tn Heb “with acts of punishment of anger.”
53 tn Or “debris.”
54 sn That is, the towns located inland that were under Tyre’s rule.
55 tc Many Hebrew
56 sn The location is mentioned in Judg 11:33.
57 tc The MT leaves v. 18 as an incomplete sentence and begins v. 19 with “and Dan and Javan (Ionia) from Uzal.” The LXX mentions “wine.” The translation follows an emendation assuming some confusions of vav and yod. See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:82.
58 sn According to L. C. Allen (Ezekiel [WBC], 2:82), Izal was located between Haran and the Tigris and was famous for its wine.
59 sn Compare Isa 36:6.
60 sn In Ezek 4:4-8 it was said that the house of Judah would suffer forty years.
61 tn Heb “for which he worked,” referring to the assault on Tyre (v. 18).
62 tn Heb “all who aid her are broken.”
63 tn Heb “they draw near to arrive.”
64 tn Heb “and he made me pass over them, around, around.”
65 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and is here translated as “I realized” because it results from Ezekiel’s recognition of the situation around him. In Hebrew, the exclamation is repeated in the following sentence.
66 tn Heb “walk [in].”
67 tn Heb “and my statutes they will guard and they will do them.”
68 sn This task was a fundamental role of the priest (Lev 10:10).