Ezekiel 14:16

14:16 Even if these three men were in it, as surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, they could not save their own sons or daughters; they would save only their own lives, and the land would become desolate.

Ezekiel 14:18

14:18 Even if these three men were in it, as surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, they could not save their own sons or daughters – they would save only their own lives.

Ezekiel 14:20

14:20 Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, they could not save their own son or daughter; they would save only their own lives by their righteousness.

Ezekiel 16:5

16:5 No eye took pity on you to do even one of these things for you to spare you; ¹  you were thrown out into the open field ²  because you were detested on the day you were born.

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 23:42

23:42 The sound of a carefree crowd accompanied her, ³  including all kinds of men; ⁴  even Sabeans ⁵  were brought from the desert. The sisters ⁶  put bracelets on their wrists and beautiful crowns on their heads.

Ezekiel 34:25

34:25 “‘I will make a covenant of peace with them and will rid the land of wild beasts, so that they can live securely ⁷  in the wilderness and even sleep in the woods. ⁸ 

Ezekiel 44:7

44:7 When you bring foreigners, those uncircumcised in heart and in flesh, into my sanctuary, you desecrate ⁹  it – even my house – when you offer my food, the fat and the blood. You ¹⁰  have broken my covenant by all your abominable practices.

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¹ sn These verbs, “pity” and “spare,” echo the judgment oracles in 5:11; 7:4, 9; 8:18; 9:5, 10.

² sn A similar concept is found in Deut 32:10.

³ tn Heb “(was) in her.”

⁴ tn Heb “and men from the multitude of mankind.”

⁵ tn An alternate reading is “drunkards.” Sheba is located in the area of modern day Yemen.

⁶ tn Heb “they”; the referents (the sisters) have been specified in the translation for the sake of clarity.

⁷ tn The phrase “live securely” occurs in Ezek 28:26; 38:8, 11, 14; 39:26 as an expression of freedom from fear. It is a promised blessing resulting from obedience (see Lev 26:5-6).

⁸ sn The woods were typically considered to be places of danger (Ps 104:20-21; Jer 5:6).

⁹ tn Heb “to desecrate.”

¹⁰ tc The Greek, Syriac, and Latin versions read “you.” The Masoretic text reads “they.”