Ezekiel 13:8

13:8 “‘Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Because you have spoken false words and forecast delusion, look, 1  I am against you, 2  declares the sovereign Lord.

Ezekiel 34:24

34:24 I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David will be prince 3  among them; I, the Lord, have spoken!

Ezekiel 34:30

34:30 Then they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them, 4  and that they are my people, the house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord. 5 

Ezekiel 43:24

43:24 You will present them before the Lord, and the priests will scatter salt on them 6  and offer them up as a burnt offering to the Lord.

1 tn The word h!nn@h indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

2 tn Or “I challenge you.” The phrase “I am against you” may be a formula for challenging someone to combat or a duel. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:201-2, and P. Humbert, “Die Herausforderungsformel ‘h!nn#n' ?l?K>,’” ZAW 45 (1933): 101-8.

3 sn The messianic king (“David”) is called both “king” and “prince” in 37:24-25. The use of the term “prince” for this king facilitates the contrast between this ideal ruler and the Davidic “princes” denounced in earlier prophecies (see 7:27; 12:10, 12; 19:1; 21:25; 22:6, 25).

4 sn A promise given to Abraham (Gen 15:7) and his descendants (Gen 15:8; Exod 6:7).

5 sn The blessings described in vv. 25-30 are those promised for obedience in Lev 26:4-13.

6 sn It is likely that salt was used with sacrificial meals (Num 18:19; 2 Chr 13:5).