Ezekiel 17:10

17:10 Consider! It is planted, but will it prosper?

Will it not wither completely when the east wind blows on it?

Will it not wither in the soil where it sprouted?’”

Ezekiel 19:12

19:12 But it was plucked up in anger; it was thrown down to the ground.

The east wind ¹  dried up its fruit;

its strong branches broke off and withered –

a fire consumed them.

Ezekiel 25:4

25:4 So take note, ²  I am about to make you slaves of ³  the tribes ⁴  of the east. They will make camps among you and pitch their tents among you. They will eat your fruit and drink your milk.

Ezekiel 40:19

40:19 Then he measured the width from before the lower gate to the front of the exterior of the inner court as 175 feet ⁵  on the east and on the north.

Ezekiel 40:22

40:22 Its windows, its porches, and its decorative palm trees had the same measurement as the gate which faced east. Seven steps led up to it, and its porch was in front of them.

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.

Ezekiel 43:17

43:17 The ledge is 24½ feet ⁷  long and 24½ feet wide on four sides; the border around it is 10½ inches, ⁸  and its surrounding base 1¾ feet. ⁹  Its steps face east.”

Ezekiel 47:2-3

47:2 He led me out by way of the north gate and brought me around the outside of the outer gate that faces toward the east; I noticed ¹⁰  that the water was trickling out from the south side.

47:3 When the man went out toward the east with a measuring line in his hand, he measured 1,750 feet, ¹¹  and then he led me through water, which was ankle deep.

Ezekiel 48:17

48:17 The city will have open spaces: On the north there will be 437½ feet, ¹²  on the south 437½ feet, on the east 437½ feet, and on the west 437½ feet.

Ezekiel 48:32

48:32 On the east side, one and one-half miles in length, there will be three gates: one gate for Joseph, one gate for Benjamin, and one gate for Dan.

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¹ sn The east wind symbolizes the Babylonians.

² tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates being aware of or taking notice of something and has been translated here with a verb (so also throughout the chapter).

³ tn Heb “Look I am about to give you for a possession to.”

⁴ tn Heb “sons.”

⁵ tn Heb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).

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

⁷ tn Heb “fourteen”; the word “cubits” is not in the Hebrew text but is understood from the context; the phrase occurs again later in this verse. Fourteen cubits is about 7.35 meters.

⁸ tn Heb “half a cubit” (i.e., 26.25 cm).

⁹ tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).

¹⁰ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

¹¹ tn Heb “one thousand cubits” (i.e., 525 meters); this phrase occurs three times in the next two verses.

¹² tn Heb “two hundred fifty cubits” (i.e., 131.25 meters); the phrase occurs three more times in this verse.