Ezekiel 26:19

26:19 “For this is what the sovereign Lord says: When I make you desolate like the uninhabited cities, when I bring up the deep over you and the surging ¹  waters overwhelm you,

Ezekiel 36:38

36:38 Like the sheep for offerings, like the sheep of Jerusalem ²  during her appointed feasts, so will the ruined cities be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

Ezekiel 39:9

39:9 “‘Then those who live in the cities of Israel will go out and use the weapons for kindling ³  – the shields, ⁴  bows and arrows, war clubs and spears – they will burn them for seven years.

Ezekiel 45:5

45:5 An area eight and a quarter miles ⁵  in length and three and one-third miles ⁶  in width will be for the Levites, who minister at the temple, as the place for the cities ⁷  in which they will live.

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¹ tn Heb “many.”

² map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

³ tn Heb “burn and kindle the weapons.”

⁴ tn Two different types of shields are specified in the Hebrew text.

⁵ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

⁶ tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).

⁷ tc The translation follows the LXX here. The MT reads “twenty.” See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:246.