Ezekiel 10:17

10:17 When the cherubim ¹  stood still, the wheels ²  stood still, and when they rose up, the wheels ³  rose up with them, for the spirit ⁴  of the living beings ⁵  was in the wheels. ⁶ 

Ezekiel 11:5

11:5 Then the Spirit of the Lord came ⁷  upon me and said to me, “Say: This is what the Lord says: ‘This is what you are thinking, ⁸  O house of Israel; I know what goes through your minds. ⁹ 

Ezekiel 11:19

11:19 I will give them one heart and I will put a new spirit within them; ¹⁰  I will remove the hearts of stone from their bodies ¹¹  and I will give them tender hearts, ¹² 

Ezekiel 11:24

11:24 Then a wind ¹³  lifted me up and carried me to the exiles in Babylonia, ¹⁴  in the vision given to me by the Spirit of God.

Then the vision I had seen went up from me.

Ezekiel 36:26

36:26 I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will remove the heart of stone ¹⁵  from your body and give you a heart of flesh. ¹⁶ 

Ezekiel 37:1

The Valley of Dry Bones

37:1 The hand ¹⁷  of the Lord was on me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and placed ¹⁸  me in the midst of the valley, and it was full of bones.

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¹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the cherubim) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “they”; the referent (the wheels) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the wheels) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Or “wind.”

⁵ tn Heb “living creature.”

⁶ tn Heb “them”; the referent (the wheels) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tn Heb “fell.”

⁸ tn The Hebrew verb commonly means “to say,” but may also mean “to think” (see also v. 3).

⁹ tn Heb “I know the steps of your spirits.”

¹⁰ tc The MT reads “you”; many Hebrew mss along with the LXX and other ancient versions read “within them.”

¹¹ tn Heb “their flesh.”

¹² tn Heb “heart of flesh.”

¹³ tn Or “spirit.” See note on “wind” in 2:2.

¹⁴ tn Heb “to Chaldea.”

¹⁵ sn That is, a heart which symbolizes a will that is stubborn and unresponsive (see 1 Sam 25:37). In Rabbinic literature a “stone” was associated with an evil inclination (b. Sukkah 52a).

¹⁶ sn That is, a heart which symbolizes a will that is responsive and obedient to God.

¹⁷ 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).

¹⁸ tn Heb “caused me to rest.”