Ezekiel 32:18

32:18 “Son of man, wail ¹  over the horde of Egypt. Bring it down; ²  bring ³  her ⁴  and the daughters of powerful nations down to the lower parts of the earth, along with those who descend to the pit.

Ezekiel 40:19

40:19 Then he measured the width from before the lower gate to the front of the exterior of the inner court as 175 feet ⁵  on the east and on the north.

Ezekiel 42:6

42:6 For they were in three stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore the upper chambers ⁶  were set back from the ground more than the lower and upper ones.

Ezekiel 43:14

43:14 From the base of the ground to the lower edge is 3½ feet, ⁷  and the width 1¾ feet; ⁸  and from the smaller ledge to the larger edge, 7 feet, ⁹  and the width 1¾ feet;

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¹ tn The Hebrew verb is used as a response to death (Jer 9:17-19; Amos 5:16).

² sn Through this prophetic lament given by God himself, the prophet activates the judgment described therein. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:217, and L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:136-37.

³ tn Heb “Bring him down, her and the daughters of the powerful nations, to the earth below.” The verb “bring down” appears in the Hebrew text only once. Because the verb takes several objects here, the repetition of the verb in the translation improves the English style.

⁴ tn This apparently refers to personified Egypt.

⁵ tn Heb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).

⁶ tn The phrase “upper chambers” is not in the Hebrew text but is supplied from the context.

⁷ tn Heb “two cubits” (i.e., 1.05 meters).

⁸ tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm; the phrase occurs again later in this verse).

⁹ tn Heb “four cubits” (i.e., 2.1 meters; the phrase also occurs in the next verse).