4:6 “When you have completed these days, then lie down a second time, but on your right side, and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah 40 days 1 – I have assigned one day for each year.
4:16 Then he said to me, “Son of man, I am about to remove the bread supply 2 in Jerusalem. 3 They will eat their bread ration anxiously, and they will drink their water ration in terror
9:3 Then the glory of the God of Israel went up from the cherub where it had rested to the threshold of the temple. 13 He called to the man dressed in linen who had the writing kit at his side.
11:5 Then the Spirit of the Lord came 16 upon me and said to me, “Say: This is what the Lord says: ‘This is what you are thinking, 17 O house of Israel; I know what goes through your minds. 18
11:13 Now, while I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I threw myself face down and cried out with a loud voice, “Alas, sovereign Lord! You are completely wiping out the remnant of Israel!” 19
18:30 “Therefore I will judge each person according to his conduct, 26 O house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord. Repent 27 and turn from all your wickedness; then it will not be an obstacle leading to iniquity. 28
28:23 I will send a plague into the city 32 and bloodshed into its streets;
the slain will fall within it, by the sword that attacks it 33 from every side.
Then they will know that I am the Lord.
28:24 “‘No longer will Israel suffer from the sharp briers 34 or painful thorns of all who surround and scorn them. 35 Then they will know that I am the sovereign Lord.
Because he said, “The Nile is mine and I made it,”
32:15 When I turn the land of Egypt into desolation
and the land is destitute of everything that fills it,
when I strike all those who live in it,
then they will know that I am the Lord.’
37:11 Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones are all the house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dry, our hope has perished; we are cut off.’
39:7 “‘I will make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; I will not let my holy name be profaned anymore. Then the nations will know that I am the Lord, the Holy One of Israel. 44
39:9 “‘Then those who live in the cities of Israel will go out and use the weapons for kindling 45 – the shields, 46 bows and arrows, war clubs and spears – they will burn them for seven years.
40:24 Then he led me toward the south. I saw 48 a gate on the south. He measured its jambs and its porches; they had the same dimensions as the others.
41:3 Then he went into the inner sanctuary and measured the jambs of the entrance as 3½ feet, 49 the entrance as 10½ feet, 50 and the width of the entrance as 12¼ feet 51
41:15 Then he measured the length of the building facing the courtyard at the rear of the temple, with its galleries on either side as 175 feet. 52
The interior of the outer sanctuary and the porch of the court, 53
42:1 Then he led me out to the outer court, toward the north, and brought me to the chamber which was opposite the courtyard and opposite the building on the north.
44:4 Then he brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the temple. As I watched, I noticed 54 the glory of the Lord filling the Lord’s temple, and I threw myself face down.
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 56 a place at the extreme western end.
46:21 Then he brought me out to the outer court and led me past the four corners of the court, and I noticed 57 that in every corner of the court there was a court.
47:3 When the man went out toward the east with a measuring line in his hand, he measured 1,750 feet, 58 and then he led me through water, which was ankle deep.
1 sn The number 40 may refer in general to the period of Judah’s exile using the number of years Israel was punished in the wilderness. In this case, however, one would need to translate, “you will bear the punishment of the house of Judah.”
2 tn Heb, “break the staff of bread.” The bread supply is compared to a staff that one uses for support.
3 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
4 sn The nations are subject to a natural law according to Gen 9; see also Amos 1:3-2:3; Jonah 1:2.
5 tn Heb “she defied my laws, becoming wicked more than the nations, and [she defied] my statutes [becoming wicked] more than the countries around her.”
6 sn One might conclude that the subject of the plural verbs is the nations/countries, but the context (vv. 5-6a) indicates that the people of Jerusalem are in view. The text shifts from using the feminine singular (referring to personified Jerusalem) to the plural (referring to Jerusalem’s residents). See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 1:73.
7 sn I will stretch out my hand against them is a common expression in the book of Ezekiel (14:9, 13; 16:27; 25:7; 35:3).
8 tc The Vulgate reads the name as “Riblah,” a city north of Damascus. The MT reads Diblah, a city otherwise unknown. The letters resh (ר) and dalet (ד) may have been confused in the Hebrew text. The town of Riblah was in the land of Hamath (2 Kgs 23:33) which represented the northern border of Israel (Ezek 47:14).
9 tn The meaning of the Hebrew term is primarily emotional: “to pity,” which in context implies an action, as in being moved by pity in order to spare them from the horror of their punishment.
10 tn The pronoun “you” is not in the Hebrew text, but is implied.
11 tn “I will set your behavior on your head.”
12 tn Heb “and your abominable practices will be among you.”
13 tn Heb “house.”
14 tn Heb “the cherub.”
15 tn The Hebrew text adds, “from among the cherubim.”
16 tn Heb “fell.”
17 tn The Hebrew verb commonly means “to say,” but may also mean “to think” (see also v. 3).
18 tn Heb “I know the steps of your spirits.”
19 tc The LXX reads this statement as a question. Compare this to the question in 9:8. It is possible that the interrogative particle has been omitted by haplography. However, an exclamatory statement as in the MT also makes sense and the LXX may have simply tried to harmonize this passage with 9:8.
20 tn Heb “from your hand(s).” This refers to their power over the people.
21 tn Heb “proverbs.”
22 tn The word translated “set” is the same Hebrew word translated as “provide” in the previous verse.
23 sn This escape refers to the exile of Ezekiel and others in 597
24 tc Some manuscripts and versions read “choice men,” while most manuscripts read “fugitives”; the difference arises from the reversal, or metathesis, of two letters, מִבְרָחָיו (mivrakhyv) for מִבְחָריו (mivkharyv).
25 tn Heb “fall.”
26 tn Heb “ways.”
27 tn The verbs and persons in this verse are plural whereas the individual has been the subject of the chapter.
28 tn Or “leading to punishment.”
29 tn Heb “will you judge.” Here the imperfect form of the verb is probably used with a desiderative nuance. Addressed to the prophet, “judge” means to warn of or pronounce God’s impending judgment upon the city. See 20:4.
30 tn The phrase “bloody city” is used of Nineveh in Nah 3:1.
31 tn Heb “her time”; this refers to the time of impending judgment (see the note on “doom” in v. 4).
32 tn Heb “into it”; the referent of the feminine pronoun has been specified in the translation for clarity.
33 tn Heb “by a sword against it.”
34 sn Similar language is used in reference to Israel’s adversaries in Num 33:55; Josh 23:13.
35 tn Heb “and there will not be for the house of Israel a brier that pricks and a thorn that inflicts pain from all the ones who surround them, the ones who scorn them.”
36 tn Heb “reminding of iniquity when they turned after them.”
37 tn Heb “I will cause a horn to sprout for the house of Israel.” The horn is used as a figure for military power in the OT (Ps 92:10). A similar expression is made about the Davidic dynasty in Ps 132:17.
38 tn Heb “I will grant you an open mouth.”
39 tn Heb “his blood will be on his own head.”
40 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
41 tn The exact physiological meaning of the term is uncertain. In addition to v. 8, the term occurs only in Gen 32:33; Job 10:11; 40:17; and Jer 48:4.
42 tn Or “a spirit.”
43 tn Or “spirit.” This is likely an allusion to Gen 2 and God’s breath which creates life.
44 sn The basic sense of the word “holy” is “set apart from that which is commonplace, special, unique.” The
45 tn Heb “burn and kindle the weapons.”
46 tn Two different types of shields are specified in the Hebrew text.
47 tn Heb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).
48 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
49 tn Heb “two cubits” (i.e., 1.05 meters).
50 tn Heb “six cubits” (i.e., 3.15 meters).
51 tn Heb “seven cubits” (i.e., 3.675 meters).
52 tn Heb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).
53 tc Some Hebrew
54 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
55 sn That is, the year of Jubilee (Lev 25:8-15).
56 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
57 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
58 tn Heb “one thousand cubits” (i.e., 525 meters); this phrase occurs three times in the next two verses.