Ezekiel 2:1

Ezekiel’s Commission

2:1 He said to me, “Son of man, ¹  stand on your feet and I will speak with you.”

Ezekiel 2:9

2:9 Then I looked and realized a hand was stretched out to me, and in it was a written scroll.

Ezekiel 3:4

3:4 He said to me, “Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak my words to them.

Ezekiel 8:7

8:7 He brought me to the entrance of the court, and as I watched, I noticed a hole in the wall.

Ezekiel 8:15

8:15 He said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? You will see even greater abominations than these!”

Ezekiel 16:26

16:26 You engaged in prostitution with the Egyptians, your sexually aroused neighbors, ²  multiplying your promiscuity and provoking me to anger.

Ezekiel 16:50

16:50 They were haughty and practiced abominable deeds before me. Therefore when I saw it I removed them.

Ezekiel 23:38

23:38 Moreover, they have done this to me: In the very same day ³  they desecrated my sanctuary and profaned my Sabbaths.

Ezekiel 24:19

24:19 Then the people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these things you are doing mean for us?”

Ezekiel 26:1

A Prophecy Against Tyre

26:1 In the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, ⁴  the word of the Lord came to me:

Ezekiel 32:17

32:17 In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, ⁵  the word of the Lord came to me:

Ezekiel 37:3-4

37:3 He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” I said to him, “Sovereign Lord, you know.” 37:4 Then he said to me, “Prophesy over these bones, and tell them: ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.

Ezekiel 40:35

40:35 Then he brought me to the north gate, and he measured it; it had the same dimensions as the others –

Ezekiel 40:45

40:45 He said to me, “This chamber which faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple, ⁶ 

Ezekiel 44:16

44:16 They will enter my sanctuary, and approach my table to minister to me; they will keep my charge.

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¹ sn The phrase son of man occurs ninety-three times in the book of Ezekiel. It simply means “human one,” and distinguishes the prophet from the nonhuman beings that are present in the world of his vision.

² tn Heb “your neighbors, large of flesh.” The word “flesh” is used here of the genitals. It may simply refer to the size of their genitals in general, or, as the translation suggests, depicts them as sexually aroused.

³ tn Heb “in that day.”

⁴ tc Date formulae typically include the month. According to D. I. Block (Ezekiel [NICOT], 2:34, n. 27) some emend to “in the twelfth year in the eleventh month” based partially on the copy of the LXX from Alexandrinus, where Albright suggested that “eleventh month” may have dropped out due to haplography.

sn April 23, 587 b.c.

⁵ tn March 17, 585 b.c. The LXX adds “first month.”

⁶ tn Heb “the house.”