Ezekiel 17:3

17:3 Say to them: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:¹

“‘A great eagle² with broad wings, long feathers,³

with full plumage which was multi-hued,⁴

came to Lebanon⁵ and took the top of the cedar.

Ezekiel 40:5

40:5 I saw⁶ a wall all around the outside of the temple.⁷ In the man’s hand was a measuring stick 10½ feet⁸ long. He measured the thickness of the wall⁹ as 10½ feet,¹⁰ and its height as 10½ feet.

Ezekiel 40:7

40:7 The alcoves were 10½ feet long and 10½ feet wide; between the alcoves were 8¾ feet.¹¹ The threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate facing inward was 10½ feet.

Ezekiel 40:42

40:42 The four tables for the burnt offering were of carved stone, 32 inches¹² long, 32 inches¹³ wide, and 21 inches¹⁴ high. They would put the instruments which they used to slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice on them.

Ezekiel 43:17

43:17 The ledge is 24½ feet¹⁵ long and 24½ feet wide on four sides; the border around it is 10½ inches,¹⁶ and its surrounding base 1¾ feet.¹⁷ Its steps face east.”

Ezekiel 45:6

45:6 “‘Alongside the portion set apart as the holy allotment, you will allot for the city an area one and two-thirds miles¹⁸ wide and eight and a quarter miles¹⁹ long; it will be for the whole house of Israel.

¹tn The parable assumes the defection of Zedekiah to Egypt and his rejection of Babylonian lordship.

²sn The great eagle symbolizes Nebuchadnezzar (17:12).

³tn Hebrew has two words for wings; it is unknown whether they are fully synonymous or whether one term distinguishes a particular part of the wing such as the wing coverts (nearest the shoulder), secondaries (mid-feathers of the wing) or primaries (last and longest section of the wing).

⁴tn This term was used in 16:10, 13, and 18 of embroidered cloth.

⁵sn In the parable Lebanon apparently refers to Jerusalem (17:12).

⁶tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

⁷tn Heb “house.”

⁸tn Heb “a measuring stick of six cubits, [each] a cubit and a handbreadth.” The measuring units here and in the remainder of this section are the Hebrew “long” cubit, consisting of a cubit (about 18 inches or 45 cm) and a handbreadth (about 3 inches or 7.5 cm), for a total of 21 inches (52.5 cm). Therefore the measuring stick in the man’s hand was 10.5 feet (3.15 meters) long. Because modern readers are not familiar with the cubit as a unit of measurement, and due to the additional complication of the “long” cubit as opposed to the regular cubit, all measurements have been converted to American standard feet and inches, with the Hebrew measurements and the metric equivalents given in the notes.

⁹tn Heb “building.”

¹⁰tn Heb “one rod [or “reed”]” (also a second time in this verse, twice in v. 6, three times in v. 7, and once in v. 8).

¹¹tn 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.

¹²tn Heb “one and a half cubits” (i.e., 78.75 cm).

¹³tn Heb “one and a half cubits” (i.e., 78.75 cm).

¹⁴tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).

¹⁵tn 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.

¹⁶tn Heb “half a cubit” (i.e., 26.25 cm).

¹⁷tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).

¹⁸tn Heb “five thousand cubits” (i.e., 2.625 kilometers).

¹⁹tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).