4:4 “Also for your part lie on your left side and place the iniquity 1 of the house of Israel on it. For the number of days you lie on your side you will bear their iniquity.
21:29 while seeing false visions for you
and reading lying omens for you 2 –
to place that sword 3 on the necks of the profane wicked, 4
whose day has come,
the time of final punishment.
31:4 The water made it grow;
underground springs made it grow tall.
Rivers flowed all around the place it was planted,
while smaller channels watered all the trees of the field. 7
46:19 Then he brought me through the entrance, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers for the priests which faced north. There I saw 19 a place at the extreme western end.
1 tn Or “punishment” (also in vv. 5, 6).
2 tn Heb “in the seeing concerning you falsehood, in divining concerning you a lie.” This probably refers to the attempts of the Ammonites to ward off judgment through prophetic visions and divination.
3 tn Heb “you”; the referent (the sword mentioned in v. 28) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 sn The second half of the verse appears to state that the sword of judgment would fall upon the wicked, despite their efforts to prevent it.
5 sn This prophecy was fulfilled by Alexander the Great in 332
6 tn Heb “him”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.
7 tn Heb “Waters made it grow; the deep made it grow tall. It (the deep) was flowing with its rivers around the place it (the tree) was planted, it (the deep) sent out its channels to all the trees of the field.”
8 tn Or “spirit.” This is likely an allusion to Gen 2 and God’s breath which creates life.
9 sn See Isa 24:5; 55:3; 61:8; Jer 32:40; 50:5; Ezek 16:60, for other references to perpetual covenants.
10 tn Heb “give them.”
11 tn Heb “as the scouts scout.”
12 tn That is, the aforementioned bone.
13 sn Note the similar language in Lev 16:18.
14 tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
15 tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).
16 tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
17 tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).
18 tc The translation follows the LXX here. The MT reads “twenty.” See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:246.
19 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.