Ezekiel 14:17

14:17 “Or suppose I were to bring a sword against that land and say, ‘Let a sword pass through the land,’ and I were to kill both people and animals.

Ezekiel 27:9

27:9 The elders of Gebal ¹  and her skilled men were within you, mending cracks; ² 

all the ships of the sea and their mariners were within you to trade for your merchandise. ³ 

Ezekiel 40:7

40:7 The alcoves were 10½ feet long and 10½ feet wide; between the alcoves were 8¾ feet. ⁴  The threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate facing inward was 10½ feet.

Ezekiel 40:40

40:40 On the outside of the porch as one goes up at the entrance of the north gate were two tables, and on the other side of the porch of the gate were two tables.

Ezekiel 41:16

41:16 as well as the thresholds, narrow windows and galleries all around on three sides facing the threshold were paneled with wood all around, from the ground up to the windows (now the windows were covered),

Ezekiel 41:26

41:26 There were narrow windows and decorative palm trees on either side of the side walls of the porch; this is what the side chambers of the temple and the canopies were like.

Ezekiel 42:6

42:6 For they were in three stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore the upper chambers ⁵  were set back from the ground more than the lower and upper ones.

Ezekiel 42:12

42:12 were the chambers ⁶  which were toward the south. There was an opening at the head of the passage, the passage in front of the corresponding wall toward the east when one enters.

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¹ sn Another Phoenician coastal city located between Sidon and Arvad.

² tn Heb “strengthening damages.” Here “to strengthen” means to repair. The word for “damages” occurs several times in 1 Kgs 12 about some type of damage to the temple, which may have referred to or included cracks. Since the context describes Tyre in its glory, we do not expect this reference to damages to be of significant scale, even if there are repairmen. This may refer to using pitch to seal the seams of the ship, which had to be done periodically and could be considered routine maintenance rather than repair of damage.

³ sn The reference to “all the ships of the sea…within you” suggests that the metaphor is changing; previously Tyre had been described as a magnificent ship, but now the description shifts back to an actual city. The “ships of the sea” were within Tyre’s harbor. Verse 11 refers to “walls” and “towers” of the city.

⁴ tn Heb “five cubits” (i.e., 2.625 meters) according to the “long” cubit. See the note on the first occurrence of the phrase “10½ feet” in v. 5.

⁵ tn The phrase “upper chambers” is not in the Hebrew text but is supplied from the context.

⁶ tc The MT apparently evidences dittography, repeating most of the last word of the previous verse: “and like the openings of.”