Ezekiel 12:6

12:6 While they are watching, raise your baggage onto your shoulder and carry it out in the dark. ¹  You must cover your face so that you cannot see the ground ²  because I have made you an object lesson ³  to the house of Israel.”

Ezekiel 26:16

26:16 All the princes of the sea will vacate ⁴  their thrones. They will remove their robes and strip off their embroidered clothes; they will clothe themselves with trembling. They will sit on the ground; they will tremble continually and be shocked at what has happened to you. ⁵ 

Ezekiel 32:4

32:4 I will leave you on the ground,

I will fling you on the open field,

I will allow ⁶  all the birds of the sky to settle ⁷  on you,

and I will permit ⁸  all the wild animals ⁹  to gorge themselves on you.

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¹ tn Apart from this context the Hebrew term occurs only in Gen 15:17 in reference to the darkness after sunset. It may mean twilight.

² tn Or “land” (ASV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

³ sn See also Ezek 12:11, 24:24, 27.

⁴ tn Heb “descend from.”

⁵ tn Heb “and they will be astonished over you.”

⁶ tn Or “cause.”

⁷ tn Heb “live.”

⁸ tn Or “cause.”

⁹ tn Heb “the beasts of the field,” referring to wild as opposed to domesticated animals.