Ezekiel 3:1

3:1 He said to me, “Son of man, eat what you see in front of you – eat this scroll – and then go and speak to the house of Israel.”

Ezekiel 3:10

3:10 And he said to me, “Son of man, take all my words that I speak to you to heart and listen carefully.

Ezekiel 3:22

Isolated and Silenced

3:22 The hand of the Lord rested on me there, and he said to me, “Get up, go out to the valley, and I will speak with you there.”

Ezekiel 3:24

3:24 Then a wind came into me and stood me on my feet. The Lord spoke to me and said, “Go shut yourself in your house.

Ezekiel 4:13

4:13 And the Lord said, “This is how the people of Israel will eat their unclean food among the nations where I will banish them.”

Ezekiel 4:15

4:15 So he said to me, “All right then, I will substitute cow’s manure instead of human excrement. You will cook your food over it.”

Ezekiel 8:8

8:8 He said to me, “Son of man, dig into the wall.” So I dug into the wall and discovered a doorway.

Ezekiel 9:5

9:5 While I listened, he said to the others, “Go through the city after him and strike people down; do no let your eye pity nor spare anyone!

Ezekiel 9:7

9:7 He said to them, “Defile the temple and fill the courtyards with corpses. Go!” So they went out and struck people down throughout the city.

Ezekiel 11:2

11:2 The Lord said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked advice in this city.

Ezekiel 20:18

20:18 “‘But I said to their children 10  in the wilderness, “Do not follow the practices of your fathers; do not observe their regulations, 11  nor defile yourselves with their idols.

Ezekiel 20:29

20:29 So I said to them, What is this high place you go to?’” (So it is called “High Place” 12  to this day.)

Ezekiel 20:49

20:49 Then I said, “O sovereign Lord! They are saying of me, ‘Does he not simply speak in eloquent figures of speech?’”

Ezekiel 23:36

23:36 The Lord said to me: “Son of man, are you willing to pronounce judgment 13  on Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominable deeds!

Ezekiel 35:10

35:10 “‘You said, “These two nations, these two lands 14  will be mine, and we will possess them,” 15  – although the Lord was there –

Ezekiel 41:4

41:4 Then he measured its length as 35 feet, 16  and its width as 35 feet, 17  before the outer sanctuary. He said to me, “This is the most holy place.”

Ezekiel 46:24

46:24 Then he said to me, “These are the houses for boiling, where the ministers of the temple boil the sacrifices of the people.”

Ezekiel 47:6

47:6 He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen this?”

Then he led me back to the bank of the river.


tn Heb “eat what you find.”

tn Or “power.”

sn Hand in the OT can refer metaphorically to power, authority, or influence. In Ezekiel God’s hand being on the prophet is regularly associated with communication or a vision from God (1:3; 3:14, 22; 8:1; 37:1; 40:1).

sn Ezekiel had another vision at this location, recounted in Ezek 37.

tn See the note on “wind” in 2:2.

tn Heb “he.”

sn Unclean food among the nations. Lands outside of Israel were considered unclean (Josh 22:19; Amos 7:17).

tn Heb “to these he said in my ears.”

tn The meaning of the Hebrew term is primarily emotional: “to pity,” which in context implies an action, as in being moved by pity in order to spare them from the horror of their punishment.

tn Heb “and he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

10 tn Heb “sons,” reflecting the patriarchal idiom of the culture.

11 tn Or “standard of justice.” See Ezek 7:27.

12 tn The Hebrew word (“Bamah”) means “high place.”

13 tn Heb “will you judge.” Here the imperfect form of the verb is probably used with a desiderative nuance. Addressed to the prophet, “judge” means to warn of or pronounce God’s impending judgment. See 20:4; 22:2.

14 sn The reference is to Israel and Judah.

15 tn Heb “it.”

16 tn Heb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).

17 tn Heb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).