Ezekiel 4:8

4:8 Look here, I will tie you up with ropes, so you cannot turn from one side to the other until you complete the days of your siege. 1 

Ezekiel 13:8

13:8 “‘Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Because you have spoken false words and forecast delusion, look, 2  I am against you, 3  declares the sovereign Lord.

Ezekiel 22:19

22:19 Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: ‘Because all of you 4  have become slag, look out! – I am about to gather you in the middle of Jerusalem. 5 

Ezekiel 25:8

A Prophecy Against Moab

25:8 “This is what the sovereign Lord says: ‘Moab 6  and Seir say, “Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations.”

Ezekiel 29:8

29:8 “‘Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will kill 7  every person and every animal.

Ezekiel 34:17

34:17 “‘As for you, my sheep, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to judge between one sheep and another, between rams and goats.

Ezekiel 34:20

34:20 “‘Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says to them: Look, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.

Ezekiel 37:5

37:5 This is what the sovereign Lord says to these bones: Look, I am about to infuse breath 8  into you and you will live.

Ezekiel 38:3

38:3 and say: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, 9  I am against you, Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.

1 sn The action surely refers to a series of daily acts rather than to a continuous period.

2 tn The word h!nn@h indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

3 tn Or “I challenge you.” The phrase “I am against you” may be a formula for challenging someone to combat or a duel. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:201-2, and P. Humbert, “Die Herausforderungsformel ‘h!nn#n' ?l?K>,’” ZAW 45 (1933): 101-8.

4 tn The Hebrew second person pronoun is masculine plural here and in vv. 19b-21, indicating that the people are being addressed.

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

6 sn Moab was located immediately south of Ammon.

7 tn Heb “I will cut off from you.”

8 tn Heb “I am about to bring a spirit.”

9 tn Or “I challenge you.” The phrase “I am against you” may be a formula for challenging someone to combat or a duel. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:201-2, and P. Humbert, “Die Herausforderungsformel ‘h!nn#n' ?l?K>,’” ZAW 45 (1933): 101-8.