Ezekiel 11:2

11:2 The Lord ¹  said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked advice in this city.

Ezekiel 14:14

14:14 Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, ²  and Job, were in it, they would save only their own lives by their righteousness, declares the sovereign Lord.

Ezekiel 22:9

22:9 Slanderous men shed blood within you. ³  Those who live within you eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains; ⁴  they commit obscene acts among you. ⁵ 

Ezekiel 23:8

23:8 She did not abandon the prostitution she had practiced in Egypt; for in her youth men had sex with her, fondled her virgin breasts, and ravished her. ⁶ 

Ezekiel 23:12

23:12 She lusted after the Assyrians – governors and officials, warriors in full armor, horsemen riding on horses, all of them desirable young men.

Ezekiel 23:45

23:45 But upright men will punish them appropriately for their adultery and bloodshed, ⁷  because they are adulteresses and blood is on their hands.

Ezekiel 30:17

30:17 The young men of On and of Pi-beseth ⁸  will die by the sword;

and the cities will go ⁹  into captivity.

Ezekiel 36:13

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,”

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¹ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² 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.

³ tn Heb “men of slander are in you in order to shed blood.”

⁴ tn Heb “and on the mountains they eat within you.” The mountains mentioned here were the site of pagan sacrifices. See 18:6.

⁵ 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.

⁶ tn Heb “and poured out their harlotry on her.”

⁷ tn Heb “and upright men will judge them (with) the judgment of adulteresses and the judgment of those who shed blood.”

⁸ sn On and Pi-beseth are generally identified with the Egyptian cities of Heliopolis and Bubastis.

⁹ tn Heb “they will go.” The pronoun and verb are feminine plural, indicating that the cities just mentioned are the antecedent of the pronoun and the subject of the verb. The translation makes this clear by stating the subject as “the cities.”