13:17 “As for you, son of man, turn toward 4 the daughters of your people who are prophesying from their imagination. 5 Prophesy against them
18:14 “But suppose he in turn has a son who notices all the sins his father commits, considers them, and does not follow his father’s example. 6
1 sn The action surely refers to a series of daily acts rather than to a continuous period.
2 sn My treasured place probably refers to the temple (however, cf. NLT “my treasured land”).
3 sn Since the pronouns “it” are both feminine, they do not refer to the masculine “my treasured place”; instead they probably refer to Jerusalem or the land, both of which are feminine in Hebrew.
4 tn Heb “set your face against.”
5 tn Heb “from their heart.”
6 tn Heb “and he sees and does not do likewise.”
7 tn Heb “set your face toward.” This expression occurs as well in Ezek 6:2; 13:17.
8 tn Or “the way toward the south,” or “the way toward Teman.” Teman is in the south and may be a location or the direction.
9 tn Or “toward Darom.” Darom may mean the south or a region just north of southern city of Beer Sheba. See M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:417-18.
10 tn The Hebrew term can also mean “forest,” but a meaning of uncultivated wasteland fits the Negev region far better. See M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:418.
11 sn The judgments of vv. 27-29 echo the judgments of Lev 26:22, 25.
12 tc The translation reads with some manuscripts לְשִׁמְמָה וּמְשַׁמָּה (lÿshimmah umÿshammah, “desolate ruin”) as in verse 3 and often in Ezekiel. The majority reading reverses the first mem (מ) with the shin (שׁ) resulting in the repetition of the word desolate: לְשִׁמְמָה וּשְׁמָמָה (lÿshimmah ushÿmamah).
13 tn Or “kill.”
14 tn Heb “set your face against.”
15 sn This may refer to a Lydian king in western Asia Minor in the seventh century
16 sn One of the sons of Japheth according to Gen 10:2; 1 Chr 1:5.
17 tn Heb “the prince, the chief of Meshech and Tubal.” Some translate “the prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal,” but it is more likely that the Hebrew noun in question is a common noun in apposition to “prince,” rather than a proper name. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:434-35. As Block demonstrates, attempts by some popular writers to identify these proper names with later geographical sites in Russia are anachronistic. See as well E. Yamauchi, Foes From the Northern Frontier, 19-27.
sn Meshech and Tubal were two nations in Cappadocia of Asia Minor. They were also sons of Japheth (Gen 10:2; 1 Chr 1:5).