Ezekiel 6:9
6:9 Then your survivors will remember me among the nations where they are exiled. They will realize 1 how I was crushed by their unfaithful 2 heart which turned from me and by their eyes which lusted after their idols. They will loathe themselves 3 because of the evil they have done and because of all their abominable practices.
Ezekiel 23:24
23:24 They will attack 4 you with weapons, 5 chariots, wagons, and with a huge army; 6 they will array themselves against you on every side with large shields, small shields, and helmets. I will assign them the task of judgment; 7 they will punish you according to their laws.
Ezekiel 26:16
26:16 All the princes of the sea will vacate 8 their thrones. They will remove their robes and strip off their embroidered clothes; they will clothe themselves with trembling. They will sit on the ground; they will tremble continually and be shocked at what has happened to you. 9
Ezekiel 32:4
32:4 I will leave you on the ground,
I will fling you on the open field,
I will allow 10 all the birds of the sky to settle 11 on you,
and I will permit 12 all the wild animals 13 to gorge themselves on you.
Ezekiel 34:2
34:2 “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds 14 of Israel; prophesy, and say to them – to the shepherds: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should not shepherds feed the flock?
Ezekiel 34:8
34:8 As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, my sheep have become prey and have become food for all the wild beasts. There was no shepherd, and my shepherds did not search for my flock, but fed themselves and did not feed my sheep,
Ezekiel 34:10
34:10 This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand my sheep from their hand. I will no longer let them be shepherds; 15 the shepherds will not feed themselves anymore. I will rescue my sheep from their mouth, so that they will no longer be food for them.
Ezekiel 37:23
37:23 They will not defile themselves with their idols, their detestable things, and all their rebellious deeds. I will save them from all their unfaithfulness 16 by which they sinned. I will purify them; they will become my people and I will become their God.
1 tn The words “they will realize” are not in the Hebrew text; they are added here for stylistic reasons since this clause assumes the previous verb “to remember” or “to take into account.”
2 tn Heb “how I was broken by their adulterous heart.” The image of God being “broken” is startling, but perfectly natural within the metaphorical framework of God as offended husband. The idiom must refer to the intense grief that Israel’s unfaithfulness caused God. For a discussion of the syntax and semantics of the Hebrew text, see M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 1:134.
3 tn Heb adds “in their faces.”
4 tn Heb “come against.”
5 tn This is the only occurrence of this term in the OT. The precise meaning is uncertain.
6 tn Heb “an assembly of peoples.”
7 tn Heb “I will place before them judgment.”
8 tn Heb “descend from.”
9 tn Heb “and they will be astonished over you.”
10 tn Or “cause.”
11 tn Heb “live.”
12 tn Or “cause.”
13 tn Heb “the beasts of the field,” referring to wild as opposed to domesticated animals.
14 tn The term shepherd is applied to kings in the ancient Near East. In the OT the Lord is often addressed as shepherd of Israel (Gen 49:24; Ps 8:1). The imagery of shepherds as Israel’s leaders is also employed (Jer 23:1-2).
15 tn Heb “I will cause them to cease from feeding sheep.”
16 tc Heb “their dwellings.” The text as it stands does not make sense. Based on the LXX, a slight emendation of two vowels, including a mater, yields the reading “from their turning,” a reference here to their turning from God and deviating from his commandments. See BDB 1000 s.v. מְשׁוּבָה, and D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:407.