Ezekiel 4:14

4:14 And I said, “Ah, sovereign Lord, I have never been ceremonially defiled before. I have never eaten a carcass or an animal torn by wild beasts; from my youth up, unclean meat ¹  has never entered my mouth.”

Ezekiel 11:17

11:17 “Therefore say: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: When I regather you from the peoples and assemble you from the lands where you have been dispersed, I will give you back the country of Israel.’

Ezekiel 23:11

23:11 “Her sister Oholibah watched this, ²  but she became more corrupt in her lust than her sister had been, and her acts of prostitution were more numerous than those of her sister.

Ezekiel 24:6

24:6 “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says:

Woe to the city of bloodshed,

the pot whose rot ³  is in it,

whose rot has not been removed ⁴  from it!

Empty it piece by piece.

No lot has fallen on it. ⁵ 

Ezekiel 26:2

26:2 “Son of man, because Tyre ⁶  has said about Jerusalem, ⁷  ‘Aha, the gateway of the peoples is broken; it has swung open to me. I will become rich, ⁸  now that she ⁹  has been destroyed,’

Ezekiel 30:21

30:21 “Son of man, I have broken the arm ¹⁰  of Pharaoh king of Egypt. ¹¹  Look, it has not been bandaged for healing or set with a dressing so that it might become strong enough to grasp a sword.

Ezekiel 33:21

The Fall of Jerusalem

33:21 In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month, on the fifth of the month, ¹²  a refugee came to me from Jerusalem ¹³  saying, “The city has been defeated!” ¹⁴ 

Ezekiel 34:12

34:12 As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his scattered sheep, so I will seek out my flock. I will rescue them from all the places where they have been scattered on a cloudy, dark day. ¹⁵ 

Ezekiel 35:12

35:12 Then you will know that I, the Lord, have heard all the insults you spoke against the mountains of Israel, saying, “They are desolate, they have been given to us for food.”

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¹ tn The Hebrew term refers to sacrificial meat not eaten by the appropriate time (Lev 7:18; 19:7).

² tn The word “this” is not in the original text.

³ tn Or “rust.”

⁴ tn Heb “has not gone out.”

⁵ tn Here “lot” may refer to the decision made by casting lots; it is not chosen at all.

⁶ sn Tyre was located on the Mediterranean coast north of Israel.

⁷ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁸ tn Heb “I will be filled.”

⁹ sn That is, Jerusalem.

¹⁰ sn The expression “breaking the arm” indicates the removal of power (Ps 10:15; 37:17; Job 38:15; Jer 48:25).

¹¹ sn This may refer to the event recorded in Jer 37:5.

¹² tn January 19, 585 b.c.

¹³ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

¹⁴ tn Heb “smitten.”

¹⁵ sn The imagery may reflect the overthrow of the Israelites by the Babylonians in 587/6 b.c.