Ezekiel 3:9

3:9 I have made your forehead harder than flint – like diamond! ¹  Do not fear them or be terrified of the looks they give you, ²  for they are a rebellious house.”

Ezekiel 4:8

4:8 Look here, I will tie you up with ropes, so you cannot turn from one side to the other until you complete the days of your siege. ³ 

Ezekiel 16:49

16:49 “‘See here – this was the iniquity ⁴  of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters had majesty, abundance of food, and enjoyed carefree ease, but they did not help ⁵  the poor and needy.

Ezekiel 20:32

20:32 “‘What you plan ⁶  will never happen. You say, “We will be ⁷  like the nations, like the clans of the lands, who serve gods of wood and stone.” ⁸ 

Ezekiel 21:2

21:2 “Son of man, turn toward ⁹  Jerusalem ¹⁰  and speak out against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel

Ezekiel 22:13

22:13 “‘See, I strike my hands together ¹¹  at the dishonest profit you have made, and at the bloodshed ¹²  they have done among you.

Ezekiel 24:22

24:22 Then you will do as I have done: You will not cover your lip or eat food brought by others. ¹³ 

Ezekiel 33:9

33:9 But if you warn the wicked man to change his behavior, ¹⁴  and he refuses to change, ¹⁵  he will die for his iniquity, but you have saved your own life.

Ezekiel 38:9

38:9 You will advance; ¹⁶  you will come like a storm. You will be like a cloud covering the earth, you, all your troops, and the many other peoples with you.

Ezekiel 40:4

40:4 The man said to me, “Son of man, watch closely, listen carefully, and pay attention ¹⁷  to everything I show you, for you have been brought here so that I can show it to you. ¹⁸  Tell the house of Israel everything you see.”

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¹ tn The Hebrew term translated “diamond” is parallel to “iron” in Jer 17:1. The Hebrew uses two terms which are both translated at times as “flint,” but here one is clearly harder than the other. The translation “diamond” attempts to reflect this distinction in English.

² tn Heb “of their faces.”

³ sn The action surely refers to a series of daily acts rather than to a continuous period.

⁴ tn Or “guilt.”

⁵ tn Heb “strengthen the hand of.”

⁶ tn Heb “what comes upon your mind.”

⁷ tn The Hebrew could also read: “Let us be.”

⁸ tn Heb “serving wood and stone.”

sn This verse echoes the content of 1 Sam 8:20.

⁹ tn Heb “set your face toward.”

¹⁰ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

¹¹ sn This gesture apparently expresses mourning and/or anger (see 6:11; 21:14, 17).

¹² tn Heb “the blood which was in you.”

¹³ tn See v. 17.

¹⁴ tn Heb “from his way to turn from it.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “and he does not turn from his way.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “go up.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “look with your eyes, hear with your ears, and set your mind on.”

¹⁸ tn Heb “in order to show (it) to you.”