Ezekiel 2:4

2:4 The people to whom I am sending you are obstinate and hard-hearted, and you must say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says.’

Ezekiel 17:14

17:14 so it would be a lowly kingdom which could not rise on its own but must keep its treaty with him in order to stand.

Ezekiel 21:26

21:26 this is what the sovereign Lord says:

Tear off the turban,

take off the crown!

Things must change!

Exalt the lowly,

bring down the proud!

Ezekiel 33:14

33:14 Suppose I say to the wicked, ‘You must certainly die,’ but he turns from his sin and does what is just and right.

Ezekiel 34:19

34:19 As for my sheep, they must eat what you trampled with your feet, and drink what you have muddied with your feet!

Ezekiel 43:9

43:9 Now they must put away their spiritual prostitution and the pillars of their kings far from me, and then I will live among them forever.

Ezekiel 44:18

44:18 Linen turbans will be on their heads and linen undergarments will be around their waists; they must not bind themselves with anything that causes sweat.

Ezekiel 44:25

44:25 “‘They must not come near a dead person or they will be defiled; however, for father, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister, they may defile themselves.

Ezekiel 44:27-28

44:27 On the day he enters the sanctuary, into the inner court to serve in the sanctuary, he must offer his sin offering, declares the sovereign Lord.

44:28 “‘This will be their inheritance: I am their inheritance, and you must give them no property in Israel; I am their property.

Ezekiel 45:13

45:13 “‘This is the offering you must offer: a sixth of an ephah from a homer of wheat; a sixth of an ephah from a homer of barley,

Ezekiel 47:14

47:14 You must divide it equally just as I vowed to give it to your forefathers; this land will be assigned as your inheritance. 10 

Ezekiel 48:20

48:20 The whole allotment will be eight and a quarter miles 11  square, you must set apart the holy allotment with the possession of the city.


tn Heb “sons.” The word choice may reflect treaty idiom, where the relationship between an overlord and his subjects can be described as that of father and son.

tc Heb “stern of face and hard of heart.” The phrases “stern of face” and “hard of heart” are lacking in the LXX.

tn The phrase “thus says [the Lord]” occurs 129 times in Ezekiel; the announcement is identical to the way messengers often introduced their messages (Gen 32:5; 45:9; Exod 5:10; Num 20:14; Judg 11:15).

tn Elsewhere in the Bible the turban is worn by priests (Exod 28:4, 37, 39; 29:6; 39:28, 31; Lev 8:9; 16:4), but here a royal crown is in view.

tn Heb “This not this.”

tn Heb “the high one.”

sn This law was part of the legal code for priests (Lev 21:1-3).

sn See Num 18:20; Deut 10:9; 18:2; Josh 13:33; 18:7.

sn Gen 15:9-21.

10 tn Heb “will fall to you as an inheritance.”

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