Ezekiel 6:7
6:7 The slain will fall among you and then you will know that I am the Lord. 1
Ezekiel 11:6
11:6 You have killed many people in this city; you have filled its streets with corpses.’
Ezekiel 11:8
11:8 You fear the sword, so the sword I will bring against you,’ declares the sovereign Lord.
Ezekiel 28:3
28:3 Look, you are wiser than Daniel; 2
no secret is hidden from you. 3
Ezekiel 28:6
28:6 “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says:
Because you think you are godlike, 4
Ezekiel 37:18
37:18 When your people 5 say to you, ‘Will you not tell us what these things mean?’
1 sn The phrase you will know that I am the Lord concludes over sixty oracles in the book of Ezekiel and indicates the ultimate goal of God’s action. The phrase is often used in the book of Exodus as well (Exod 7:5; 14:4, 18). By Ezekiel’s day the people had forgotten that the Lord (Yahweh) was their covenant God and had turned to other gods. They had to be reminded that Yahweh alone deserved to be worshiped because only he possessed the power to meet their needs. Through judgment and eventually deliverance, Israel would be reminded that Yahweh alone held their destiny in his hands.
2 sn Or perhaps “Danel” (so TEV), referring to a ruler known from Canaanite legend. See the note on “Daniel” in 14:14. A reference to Danel (preserved in legend at Ugarit, near the northern end of the Phoenician coast) makes more sense here when addressing Tyre than in 14:14.
3 sn The tone here is sarcastic, reflecting the ruler’s view of himself.
4 tn Heb “because of your making your heart like the heart of gods.”
5 tn Heb “the sons of your people.”