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 14:13

14:13 “Son of man, suppose a country sins against me by being unfaithful, and I stretch out my hand against it, cut off its bread supply,¹ cause famine to come on it, and kill both people and animals.

Ezekiel 16:33

16:33 All prostitutes receive payment,² but instead you give gifts to every one of your lovers. You bribe them to come to you from all around for your sexual favors!

Ezekiel 21:29

21:29 while seeing false visions for you

and reading lying omens for you³ –

to place that sword⁴ on the necks of the profane wicked,⁵

whose day has come,

the time of final punishment.

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 33:28

33:28 I will turn the land into a desolate ruin; her confident pride will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will be so desolate no one will pass through them.

Ezekiel 33:30-31

33:30 “But as for you, son of man, your people⁶ (who are talking about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses) say to one another,⁷ ‘Come hear the word that comes⁸ from the Lord.’ 33:31 They come to you in crowds,⁹ and they sit in front of you as¹⁰ my people. They hear your words, but do not obey¹¹ them. For they talk lustfully,¹² and their heart is set on¹³ their own advantage.¹⁴

Ezekiel 34:26

34:26 I will turn them and the regions around my hill into a blessing. I will make showers come down in their season; they will be showers that bring blessing.¹⁵

Ezekiel 38:9

38:9 You will advance;¹⁶ you will come like a storm. You will be like a cloud covering the earth, you, all your troops, and the many other peoples with you.

Ezekiel 38:15

38:15 and come from your place, from the remote parts of the north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great company and a vast army.

¹tn Heb “break its staff of bread.”

²tn The Hebrew word occurs only here in the OT.

³tn Heb “in the seeing concerning you falsehood, in divining concerning you a lie.” This probably refers to the attempts of the Ammonites to ward off judgment through prophetic visions and divination.

⁴tn Heb “you”; the referent (the sword mentioned in v. 28) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵sn The second half of the verse appears to state that the sword of judgment would fall upon the wicked, despite their efforts to prevent it.

⁶tn Heb “sons of your people.”

⁷tn Heb “one to one, a man to his brother.”

⁸tn Heb “comes out.”

⁹tn Heb “as people come.” Apparently this is an idiom indicating that they come in crowds. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:264.

¹⁰tn The word “as” is supplied in the translation.

¹¹tn Heb “do.”

¹²tn Heb “They do lust with their mouths.”

¹³tn Heb “goes after.”

¹⁴tn The present translation understands the term often used for “unjust gain” in a wider sense, following M. Greenberg, who also notes that the LXX uses a term which can describe either sexual or ritual pollution. See M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:687.

¹⁵tn Heb “showers of blessing.” Abundant rain, which in turn produces fruit and crops (v. 27), is a covenantal blessing for obedience (Lev 26:4).

¹⁶tn Heb “go up.”