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 4:1

Ominous Object Lessons

4:1 “And you, son of man, take a brick ¹  and set it in front of you. Inscribe ²  a city on it – Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 5:4

5:4 Again, take more of them and throw them into the fire, ³  and burn them up. From there a fire will spread to all the house of Israel.

Ezekiel 11:9

11:9 ‘But I will take you out of the city. ⁴  And I will hand you over to foreigners. I will execute judgments on you.

Ezekiel 12:27

12:27 “Take note, son of man, the house of Israel is saying, ‘The vision that he sees is for distant days; he is prophesying about the far future.’

Ezekiel 17:18

17:18 He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Take note ⁵  – he gave his promise ⁶  and did all these things – he will not escape!

Ezekiel 21:26

21:26 this is what the sovereign Lord says:

Tear off the turban, ⁷ 

take off the crown!

Things must change! ⁸ 

Exalt the lowly,

bring down the proud! ⁹ 

Ezekiel 24:8

24:8 To arouse anger, to take vengeance,

I have placed her blood on an exposed rock so that it cannot be covered up.

Ezekiel 36:24

36:24 “‘I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries; then I will bring you to your land.

Ezekiel 36:27

36:27 I will put my Spirit within you; ¹⁰  I will take the initiative and you will obey my statutes ¹¹  and carefully observe my regulations. ¹² 

Ezekiel 43:21

43:21 You will also take the bull for the sin offering, and it will be burned in the appointed place in the temple, outside the sanctuary.

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¹ sn Ancient Near Eastern bricks were 10 to 24 inches long and 6 to 13 1/2 inches wide.

² tn Or perhaps “draw.”

³ tn Heb “into the midst of” (so KJV, ASV). This phrase has been left untranslated for stylistic reasons.

⁴ tn Heb “its midst.”

⁵ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates being aware of or taking notice of something.

⁶ sn Heb “hand.” “Giving one’s hand” is a gesture of promise (2 Kgs 10:15).

⁷ 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.

⁸ tn Heb “This not this.”

⁹ tn Heb “the high one.”

¹⁰ tn Or “in the midst of you.” The word “you” is plural.

¹¹ tn Heb “and I will do that which in my statutes you will walk.” The awkward syntax (verb “to do, act” + accusative sign + relative clause + prepositional phrase + second person verb) is unique, though Eccl 3:14 contains a similar construction. In the last line of that verse we read that “God acts so that (relative pronoun) they fear before him.” However, unlike Ezek 36:27, the statement has no accusative sign before the relative pronoun.

¹² tn Heb “and my laws you will guard and you will do them.” Jer 31:31-34 is parallel to this passage.