Ezekiel 20:22

20:22 But I refrained from doing so, 1  and acted instead for the sake of my reputation, so that I would not be profaned before the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

Ezekiel 21:29

21:29 while seeing false visions for you

and reading lying omens for you 2  –

to place that sword 3  on the necks of the profane wicked, 4 

whose day has come,

the time of final punishment.

Ezekiel 40:3

40:3 When he brought me there, I saw 5  a man whose appearance was like bronze, with a linen cord and a measuring stick in his hand. He was standing in the gateway.

1 tn Heb “drew my hand back.” This idiom also occurs in Lam 2:8 and Ps 74:11.

2 tn Heb “in the seeing concerning you falsehood, in divining concerning you a lie.” This probably refers to the attempts of the Ammonites to ward off judgment through prophetic visions and divination.

3 tn Heb “you”; the referent (the sword mentioned in v. 28) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

4 sn The second half of the verse appears to state that the sword of judgment would fall upon the wicked, despite their efforts to prevent it.

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