Ezekiel 14:22

14:22 Yet some survivors will be left in it, sons and daughters who will be brought out. They will come out to you, and when you see their behavior and their deeds, you will be consoled about the catastrophe I have brought on Jerusalem – for everything I brought on it.

Ezekiel 20:38

20:38 I will eliminate from among you the rebels and those who revolt ¹  against me. I will bring them out from the land where they have been residing, but they will not come to the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 21:7

21:7 When they ask you, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you will reply, ‘Because of the report that has come. Every heart will melt with fear and every hand will be limp; everyone ²  will faint and every knee will be wet with urine.’ ³  Pay attention – it is coming and it will happen, declares the sovereign Lord.”

Ezekiel 22:4

22:4 you are guilty because of the blood you shed and defiled by the idols you made. You have hastened the day of your doom; ⁴  the end of your years has come. ⁵  Therefore I will make ⁶  you an object of scorn to the nations, an object to be mocked by all lands.

Ezekiel 37:9

37:9 He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, ⁷  – prophesy, son of man – and say to the breath: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these corpses so that they may live.’”

Ezekiel 38:8

38:8 After many days you will be summoned; in the latter years you will come to a land restored from the ravages of war, ⁸  with many peoples gathered on the mountains of Israel that had long been in ruins. Its people ⁹  were brought out from the peoples, and all of them will be living securely.

Ezekiel 38:13

38:13 Sheba and Dedan and the traders of Tarshish with all its young warriors ¹⁰  will say to you, “Have you come to loot? Have you assembled your armies to plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to haul away a great amount of spoils?”’

Ezekiel 39:17

39:17 “As for you, son of man, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Tell every kind of bird and every wild beast: ‘Assemble and come! Gather from all around to my slaughter ¹¹  which I am going to make for you, a great slaughter on the mountains of Israel! You will eat flesh and drink blood.

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¹ tn See the note at 2:3.

² tn Heb “every spirit will be dim.”

³ sn This expression depicts in a very vivid way how they will be overcome with fear. See the note on the same phrase in 7:17.

⁴ tn Heb “you have brought near your days.” The expression “bring near your days” appears to be an adaptation of the idiom “days draw near,” which is used to indicate that an event, such as death, is imminent (see Gen 27:41; 47:29; Deut 31:14; 1 Kgs 2:1; Ezek 12:23). Here “your days” probably refers to the days of the personified city’s life, which was about to come to an end through God’s judgment.

⁵ tn Heb “and you have come to your years.” This appears to mean that she has arrived at the time when her years (i.e., life) would end, though it may mean that her years of punishment will begin. Because “day” and “time” are so closely associated in the immediate context (see 21:25, 29) some prefer to emend the text and read “you have brought near your time.” See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:31, as well as the translator’s note on verse 3.

⁶ tn The Hebrew verb is a prophetic perfect, emphasizing that the action is as good as done from the speaker’s perspective.

⁷ tn Or “spirit,” and several times in this verse.

⁸ tn Heb “from the sword.”

⁹ tn Heb “it.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “young lions.”

¹¹ tn Or “sacrifice” (so also in the rest of this verse).