Ezekiel 2:6
2:6 But you, son of man, do not fear them, and do not fear their words – even though briers 1 and thorns 2 surround you and you live among scorpions – do not fear their words and do not be terrified of the looks they give you, 3 for they are a rebellious house!
Ezekiel 20:28
20:28 I brought them to the land which I swore 4 to give them, but whenever they saw any high hill or leafy tree, they offered their sacrifices there and presented the offerings that provoke me to anger. They offered their soothing aroma there and poured out their drink offerings.
Ezekiel 21:22
21:22 Into his right hand 5 comes the portent for Jerusalem – to set up battering rams, to give the signal 6 for slaughter, to shout out the battle cry, 7 to set up battering rams against the gates, to erect a siege ramp, to build a siege wall.
Ezekiel 29:19
29:19 Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to give the land of Egypt to King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon. He will carry off her wealth, capture her loot, and seize her plunder; it will be his army’s wages.
Ezekiel 33:27
33:27 “This is what you must say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: As surely as I live, those living in the ruins will die 8 by the sword, those in the open field I will give to the wild beasts for food, and those who are in the strongholds and caves will die of disease.
Ezekiel 46:18
46:18 The prince will not take away any of the people’s inheritance by oppressively removing them from their property. He will give his sons an inheritance from his own possessions so that my people will not be scattered, each from his own property.’”
1 tn The Hebrew term occurs only here in the OT.
2 tn The Hebrew term is found elsewhere in the OT only in Ezek 28:24.
sn Here thorns may be a figure for hostility (Ezek 28:24; Mic 7:4).
3 tn Heb “of their faces.”
4 tn Heb “which I lifted up my hand.”
5 tn Or “on the right side,” i.e., the omen mark on the right side of the liver.
6 tn Heb “to open the mouth” for slaughter.
7 tn Heb “to raise up a voice in a battle cry.”
8 tn Heb “fall.”