Ezekiel 12:7

12:7 So I did just as I was commanded. I carried out my belongings packed for exile during the day, and at evening I dug myself a hole through the wall with my hands. I went out in the darkness, carrying my baggage 1  on my shoulder while they watched.

Ezekiel 16:52

16:52 So now, bear your disgrace, because you have given your sisters reason to justify their behavior. 2  Because the sins you have committed were more abominable than those of your sisters; they have become more righteous than you. So now, be ashamed and bear the disgrace of making your sisters appear righteous.

Ezekiel 21:14

21:14 “And you, son of man, prophesy,

and clap your hands together.

Let the sword strike twice, even three times!

It is a sword for slaughter,

a sword for the great slaughter surrounding them.

Ezekiel 31:14

31:14 For this reason no watered trees will grow so tall; their tops will not reach into the clouds, nor will the well-watered ones grow that high. 3  For all of them have been appointed to die in the lower parts of the earth; 4  they will be among mere mortals, 5  with those who descend to the pit.

Ezekiel 33:12

33:12 “And you, son of man, say to your people, 6  ‘The righteousness of the righteous will not deliver him if he rebels. 7  As for the wicked, his wickedness will not make him stumble if he turns from it. 8  The righteous will not be able to live by his righteousness 9  if he sins.’ 10 

Ezekiel 36:22-23

36:22 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: It is not for your sake that I am about to act, O house of Israel, but for the sake of my holy reputation 11  which you profaned among the nations where you went. 36:23 I will magnify 12  my great name that has been profaned among the nations, that you have profaned among them. The nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the sovereign Lord, when I magnify myself among you in their sight.

Ezekiel 45:7

45:7 “‘For the prince there will be land on both sides of the holy allotment and the allotted city, alongside the holy allotment and the allotted city, on the west side and on the east side; it will be comparable in length to one of the portions, from the west border to the east border

Ezekiel 45:17

45:17 It will be the duty of the prince to provide the burnt offerings, the grain offering, and the drink offering at festivals, on the new moons and Sabbaths, at all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel; he will provide the sin offering, the grain offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offerings to make atonement for the house of Israel.

Ezekiel 47:22

47:22 You must allot it as an inheritance among yourselves and for the foreigners who reside among you, who have fathered sons among you. You must treat them as native-born among the people of Israel; they will be allotted an inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel. 13 

1 tn The words “my baggage” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied from the context.

2 tn Heb “because you have interceded for your sisters with your sins.”

3 tn Heb “and they will not stand to them in their height, all the drinkers of water.”

4 tn Heb “for death, to the lower earth.”

5 tn Heb “the sons of men.”

6 tn Heb “the sons of your people.”

7 tn Heb “in the day of his rebellion.” The statement envisions a godly person rejecting what is good and becoming sinful. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:247-48.

8 tn Heb “and the wickedness of the wicked, he will not stumble in it in the day of his turning from his wickedness.”

9 tn Heb “by it.”

10 tn Heb “in the day of his sin.”

11 sn In Ezek 20:22 God refrained from punishment for the sake of his holy name. Here God’s reputation is the basis for Israel’s restoration.

12 tn Or “sanctify,” Heb “make holy.”

13 sn A similar attitude toward non-Israelites is found in Isa 56:3-8.