Ezekiel 4:16

4:16 Then he said to me, “Son of man, I am about to remove the bread supply 1  in Jerusalem. 2  They will eat their bread ration anxiously, and they will drink their water ration in terror

Ezekiel 5:10

5:10 Therefore fathers will eat their sons within you, Jerusalem, 3  and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments on you, and I will scatter any survivors 4  to the winds. 5 

Ezekiel 9:4

9:4 The Lord said to him, “Go through the city of Jerusalem 6  and put a mark 7  on the foreheads of the people who moan and groan over all the abominations practiced in it.”

Ezekiel 9:8

9:8 While they were striking them down, I was left alone, and I threw myself face down and cried out, “Ah, sovereign Lord! Will you destroy the entire remnant of Israel when you pour out your fury on Jerusalem?”

Ezekiel 14:21

14:21 “For this is what the sovereign Lord says: How much worse will it be when I send my four terrible judgments – sword, famine, wild animals, and plague – to Jerusalem 8  to kill both people and animals!

Ezekiel 15:6

15:6 “Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Like the wood of the vine is among the trees of the forest which I have provided as fuel for the fire – so I will provide the residents of Jerusalem 9  as fuel. 10 

Ezekiel 16:3

16:3 and say, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites; your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.

Ezekiel 21:23

21:23 But those in Jerusalem 11  will view it as a false omen. They have sworn solemn oaths, 12  but the king of Babylon 13  will accuse them of violations 14  in order to seize them. 15 

Ezekiel 23:4

23:4 Oholah was the name of the older and Oholibah 16  the name of her younger sister. They became mine, and gave birth to sons and daughters. 17  Oholah is Samaria and Oholibah is Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 26:2

26:2 “Son of man, because Tyre 18  has said about Jerusalem, 19  ‘Aha, the gateway of the peoples is broken; it has swung open to me. I will become rich, 20  now that she 21  has been destroyed,’

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, 22  a refugee came to me from Jerusalem 23  saying, “The city has been defeated!” 24 

Ezekiel 36:38

36:38 Like the sheep for offerings, like the sheep of Jerusalem 25  during her appointed feasts, so will the ruined cities be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

1 tn Heb, “break the staff of bread.” The bread supply is compared to a staff that one uses for support.

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3 tn In context “you” refers to the city of Jerusalem. To make this clear for the modern reader, “Jerusalem” has been supplied in the translation in apposition to “you.”

sn This cannibalism would occur as a result of starvation due to the city being besieged. It is one of the judgments threatened for a covenant law violation (Lev 26:29; see also Deut 28:53; Jer 19:9; Lam 2:20; Zech 11:9).

4 tn Heb “all of your survivors.”

5 tn Heb “to every wind.”

6 tn Heb “through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem.”

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7 tn The word translated “mark” is in Hebrew the letter ת (tav). Outside this context the only other occurrence of the word is in Job 31:35. In ancient Hebrew script this letter was written like the letter X.

sn For a similar concept in the Bible, see Rev 7:2-4; 13:16; 14:9, 11; 20:4; 22:4.

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10 tn The words “as fuel” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied.

11 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the people in Jerusalem) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

12 sn When the people of Judah realized the Babylonians’ intentions, they would object on grounds that they had made a treaty with the Babylonian king (see 17:13).

13 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king of Babylon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

14 tn Or “iniquity.”

15 tn Heb “and he will remind of guilt for the purpose of being captured.” The king would counter their objections by pointing out that they had violated their treaty with him (see 17:18).

16 tn The names Oholah and Oholibah are both derived from the word meaning “tent.” The meaning of Oholah is “her tent,” while Oholibah means “my tent is in her.”

17 sn In this allegory the Lord is depicted as being the husband of two wives. The OT law prohibited a man from marrying sisters (Lev 18:18), but the practice is attested in the OT (cf. Jacob). The metaphor is utilized here for illustrative purposes and does not mean that the Lord condoned such a practice or bigamy in general.

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

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20 tn Heb “I will be filled.”

21 sn That is, Jerusalem.

22 tn January 19, 585 b.c.

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24 tn Heb “smitten.”

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