Ezekiel 6:10

6:10 They will know that I am the Lord; my threats to bring this catastrophe on them were not empty.’ 1 

Ezekiel 12:9

12:9 “Son of man, has not the house of Israel, that rebellious house, said to you, ‘What are you doing?’

Ezekiel 16:29

16:29 Then you multiplied your promiscuity to the land of merchants, Babylonia, 2  but you were not satisfied there either.

Ezekiel 18:3

18:3 “As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, 3  you will not quote this proverb in Israel anymore!

Ezekiel 18:8

18:8 does not engage in usury or charge interest, 4  but refrains 5  from wrongdoing, promotes true justice 6  between men,

Ezekiel 18:28

18:28 Because he considered 7  and turned from all the sins he had done, he will surely live; he will not die.

Ezekiel 24:12

24:12 It has tried my patience; 8 

yet its thick rot is not removed 9  from it.

Subject its rot to the fire! 10 

Ezekiel 24:19

24:19 Then the people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these things you are doing mean for us?”

Ezekiel 24:22

24:22 Then you will do as I have done: You will not cover your lip or eat food brought by others. 11 

Ezekiel 32:9

32:9 I will disturb 12  many peoples,

when I bring about your destruction among the nations,

among countries you do not know.

Ezekiel 44:20

44:20 “‘They must not shave their heads 13  nor let their hair grow long; 14  they must only trim their heads.

1 tn Heb “not in vain did I speak to do to them this catastrophe.” The wording of the last half of v. 10 parallels God’s declaration after the sin of the golden calf (Exod 32:14).

2 tn Heb “Chaldea.” The name of the tribal group ruling Babylon (“Chaldeans”) and the territory from which they originated (“Chaldea”) is used as metonymy for the whole empire of Babylon.

3 tn This expression occurs often in Ezekiel (5:11; 14:16, 18, 20; 16:48; 17:16, 19; 20:3, 31, 33; 33:11, 27; 34:8; 35:6, 11).

4 sn This law was given in Lev 25:36.

5 tn Heb, “turns back his hand.”

6 tn Heb “justice of truth.”

7 tn Heb “he saw.”

8 tn Heb “(with) toil she has wearied.” The meaning of the statement is unclear in the Hebrew text; some follow the LXX and delete it. The first word in the statement (rendered “toil” in the literal translation above) occurs only here in the OT, and the verb “she has wearied” lacks a stated object. Elsewhere the Hiphil of the verb refers to wearying someone or trying someone’s patience. The feminine subject is apparently the symbolic pot.

9 tn Heb “does not go out.”

10 tn Heb “in fire its rust.” The meaning of the expression is unclear. The translation understands the statement as a command to burn the rust away. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:768.

11 tn See v. 17.

12 tn Heb “I will provoke the heart of.”

13 sn The shaving of the head was associated with mourning (Ezek 7:18).

14 sn Letting the hair grow was associated with the taking of a vow (Num 6:5; Acts 21:23-26).