Ezekiel 17:9

17:9 “‘Say to them: This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘Will it prosper?

Will he not rip out its roots

and cause its fruit to rot¹ and wither?

All its foliage² will wither.

No strong arm or large army

will be needed to pull it out by its roots.³

Ezekiel 20:8

20:8 But they rebelled against me, and refused to listen to me; no one got rid of their detestable idols,⁴ nor did they abandon the idols of Egypt. Then I decided to pour out⁵ my rage on them and fully vent my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 29:18

29:18 “Son of man, King Nebuchadrezzar⁶ of Babylon made his army labor hard against Tyre.⁷ Every head was rubbed bald and every shoulder rubbed bare; yet he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the work he carried out against it.

Ezekiel 30:13

30:13 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

I will destroy the idols,

and put an end to the gods of Memphis.

There will no longer be a prince from the land of Egypt;

so I will make the land of Egypt fearful.⁸

Ezekiel 31:14

31:14 For this reason no watered trees will grow so tall; their tops will not reach into the clouds, nor will the well-watered ones grow that high.⁹ For all of them have been appointed to die in the lower parts of the earth;¹⁰ they will be among mere mortals,¹¹ with those who descend to the pit.

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 behavior¹² and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil deeds!¹³ Why should you die, O house of Israel?’

Ezekiel 33:22

33:22 Now the hand of the Lord had been on me¹⁴ the evening before the refugee reached me, but the Lord¹⁵ opened my mouth by the time the refugee arrived¹⁶ in the morning; he opened my mouth and I was no longer unable to speak.¹⁷

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,

¹tn The Hebrew root occurs only here in the OT and appears to have the meaning of “strip off.” In application to fruit the meaning may be “cause to rot.”

²tn Heb “all the טַרְפֵּי (tarpey) of branches.” The word טַרְפֵּי occurs only here in the Bible; its precise meaning is uncertain.

³tn Or “there will be no strong arm or large army when it is pulled up by the roots.”

⁴tn Heb “each one, the detestable things of their eyes did not throw away.”

⁵tn Heb “and I said/thought to pour out.”

⁶tn Heb “Nebuchadrezzar” is a variant and more correct spelling of Nebuchadnezzar, as the Babylonian name Nabu-kudurri-usur has an “r” rather than an “n” (so also in v. 19).

⁷sn Nebuchadnezzar besieged Tyre from 585 to 571 b.c.

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⁸tn Heb “I will put fear in the land of Egypt.”

⁹tn Heb “and they will not stand to them in their height, all the drinkers of water.”

¹⁰tn Heb “for death, to the lower earth.”

¹¹tn Heb “the sons of men.”

¹²tn Heb “turn from his way.”

¹³tn Heb “ways.” This same word is translated “behavior” earlier in the verse.

¹⁴tn The other occurrences of the phrase “the hand of the Lord” in Ezekiel are in the context of prophetic visions.

¹⁵tn Heb “he”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁶tn Heb “by the time of the arrival to me.” For clarity the translation specifies the refugee as the one who arrived.

¹⁷sn Ezekiel’s God-imposed muteness was lifted (see 3:26).