Ezekiel 6:2

6:2 “Son of man, turn toward ¹  the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them:

Ezekiel 21:17

21:17 I too will clap my hands together,

I will exhaust my rage;

I the Lord have spoken.”

Ezekiel 22:10

22:10 They have sex with their father’s wife within you; ²  they violate women during their menstrual period within you. ³ 

Ezekiel 23:31

23:31 You have followed the ways of your sister, so I will place her cup of judgment ⁴  in your hand.

Ezekiel 24:26

24:26 On that day a fugitive will come to you to report the news. ⁵ 

Ezekiel 25:2

25:2 “Son of man, turn toward ⁶  the Ammonites ⁷  and prophesy against them.

Ezekiel 30:15

30:15 I will pour out my anger upon Pelusium, ⁸ 

the stronghold of Egypt;

I will cut off ⁹  the hordes of Thebes.

Ezekiel 34:22

34:22 I will save my sheep; they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another.

Ezekiel 35:2

35:2 “Son of man, turn toward ¹⁰  Mount Seir, ¹¹  and prophesy against it.

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¹ tn Heb “set your face against.” The expression occurs at the beginning of Ezekiel’s prophetic oracles in Ezek 13:17; 20:46; 21:2; 25:2; 28:21; 29:2; 35:2; 38:2.

sn Based on comparison to a similar expression in Ugaritic, the phrase may imply that Ezekiel was to actually go to these locations to deliver his message.

² tn Heb “the nakedness of a father one uncovers within you.” The ancient versions read the verb as plural (“they uncover”). If the singular is retained, it must be taken as indefinite and representative of the entire group. The idiomatic expression “uncover the nakedness” refers here to sexual intercourse (cf. Lev 18:6). To uncover a father’s nakedness could include sexual relations with one’s own mother (Lev 18:7), but more likely it refers to having intercourse with another wife of one’s father, such as a stepmother (Lev 18:8; cf. Gen 35:22; 49:4).

³ tn Heb “(one who is) unclean due to the impurity they humble within you.” The use of the verb “to humble” suggests that these men forced themselves upon women during menstruation. Having sexual relations with a woman during her period was forbidden by the Law (Lev 18:19; 20:18).

⁴ tn Heb “her cup.” A cup of intoxicating strong drink is used, here and elsewhere, as a metaphor for judgment because both leave one confused and reeling. (See Jer 25:15, 17, 28; Hab 2:16.) The cup of wrath is a theme also found in the NT (Mark 14:36).

⁵ tn Heb “to make the ears hear.”

⁶ tn Heb “set your face toward.”

⁷ tn Heb “the sons of Ammon.” Ammon was located to the east of Israel.

⁸ tn Heb “Sin” (so KJV, NASB), a city commonly identified with Pelusium, a fortress on Egypt’s northeastern frontier.

⁹ tn Or “kill.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “set your face against.”

¹¹ sn Mount Seir is to be identified with Edom (Ezek 35:15), home of Esau’s descendants (Gen 25:21-30).