Ezekiel 16:8
16:8 “‘Then I passed by you and watched you, noticing 1 that you had reached the age for love. 2 I spread my cloak 3 over you and covered your nakedness. I swore a solemn oath to you and entered into a marriage covenant with you, declares the sovereign Lord, and you became mine.
Ezekiel 16:43
16:43 “‘Because you did not remember the days of your youth and have enraged me with all these deeds, I hereby repay you for what you have done, 4 declares the sovereign Lord. Have you not engaged in prostitution on top of all your other abominable practices?
Ezekiel 20:3
20:3 “Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and tell them: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Are you coming to seek me? As surely as I live, I will not allow you to seek me, 5 declares the sovereign Lord.’
Ezekiel 20:31
20:31 When you present your sacrifices 6 – when you make your sons pass through the fire – you defile yourselves with all your idols to this very day. Will I allow you to seek me, 7 O house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, I will not allow you to seek me! 8
Ezekiel 20:40
20:40 For there on my holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord, all the house of Israel will serve me, all of them 9 in the land. I will accept them there, and there I will seek your contributions and your choice gifts, with all your holy things.
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 10 will faint and every knee will be wet with urine.’ 11 Pay attention – it is coming and it will happen, declares the sovereign Lord.”
Ezekiel 31:18
31:18 Which of the trees of Eden was like you in majesty and loftiness? You will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the lower parts of the earth; you will lie among the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword! This is what will happen to Pharaoh and all his hordes, declares the sovereign Lord.’”
Ezekiel 33:11
33:11 Say to them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but prefer that the wicked change his behavior 12 and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil deeds! 13 Why should you die, O house of Israel?’
Ezekiel 34:8
34:8 As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, my sheep have become prey and have become food for all the wild beasts. There was no shepherd, and my shepherds did not search for my flock, but fed themselves and did not feed my sheep,
Ezekiel 35:11
35:11 therefore, as surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, I will deal with you according to your anger, and according to your envy, by which you acted spitefully against them. I will reveal myself to them when I judge you.
Ezekiel 36:23
36:23 I will magnify 14 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 39:10
39:10 They will not need to take 15 wood from the field or cut down trees from the forests, because they will make fires with the weapons. They will take the loot from those who looted them and seize the plunder of those who plundered them, 16 declares the sovereign Lord.
Ezekiel 44:15
The Levitical Priests
44:15 “‘But the Levitical priests, the descendants of Zadok 17 who kept the charge of my sanctuary when the people of Israel went astray from me, will approach me to minister to me; they will stand before me to offer me the fat and the blood, declares the sovereign Lord.
1 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a participle.
2 tn See similar use of this term in Ezek 23:17; Prov 7:16; Song of Songs 4:10; 7:13.
3 tn Heb “wing” or “skirt.” The gesture symbolized acquiring a woman in early Arabia (similarly, see Deut 22:30; Ruth 3:9).
4 tn Heb “your way on (your) head I have placed.”
5 tn Or “I will not reveal myself to you.”
6 tn Or “gifts.”
7 tn Or “Will I reveal myself to you?”
8 tn Or “I will not reveal myself to you.”
9 tn Heb “all of it.”
10 tn Heb “every spirit will be dim.”
11 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.
12 tn Heb “turn from his way.”
13 tn Heb “ways.” This same word is translated “behavior” earlier in the verse.
14 tn Or “sanctify,” Heb “make holy.”
15 tn Heb “they will not carry.”
16 tn Heb “loot their looters and plunder their plunderers.”
17 sn Zadok was a descendant of Aaron through Eleazar (1 Chr 6:50-53), who served as a priest during David’s reign (2 Sam 8:17).