Ezekiel 7:24

7:24 I will bring the most wicked of the nations and they will take possession of their houses. I will put an end to the arrogance of the strong, and their sanctuaries ¹  will be desecrated.

Ezekiel 20:6

20:6 On that day I swore ²  to bring them out of the land of Egypt to a land which I had picked out ³  for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, ⁴  the most beautiful of all lands.

Ezekiel 20:15

20:15 I also swore ⁵  to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them to the land I had given them – a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands.

Ezekiel 28:7

28:7 I am about to bring foreigners ⁶  against you, the most terrifying of nations.

They will draw their swords against the grandeur made by your wisdom, ⁷ 

and they will defile your splendor.

Ezekiel 29:15

29:15 It will be the most insignificant of the kingdoms; it will never again exalt itself over the nations. I will make them so small that they will not rule over the nations.

Ezekiel 30:11

30:11 He and his people with him,

the most terrifying of the nations, ⁸ 

will be brought there to destroy the land.

They will draw their swords against Egypt,

and fill the land with corpses.

Ezekiel 32:12

32:12 By the swords of the mighty warriors I will cause your hordes to fall –

all of them are the most terrifying among the nations.

They will devastate the pride of Egypt,

and all its hordes will be destroyed.

Ezekiel 43:12

43:12 “This is the law of the temple: The entire area on top of the mountain all around will be most holy. Indeed, this is the law of the temple.

Ezekiel 44:13

44:13 They will not come near me to serve me as priest, nor will they come near any of my holy things, the things which are most sacred. They will bear the shame of the abominable deeds they have committed.

Ezekiel 45:3

45:3 From this measured area you will measure a length of eight and a quarter miles ⁹  and a width of three and one-third miles; ¹⁰  in it will be the sanctuary, the most holy place.

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¹ sn Or “their holy places” (KJV, ASV, NASB, NCV, NRSV).

² tn Heb “I lifted up my hand to them.”

³ tn Or “searched out.” The Hebrew word is used to describe the activity of the spies in “spying out” the land of Canaan (Num 13-14); cf. KJV “I had espied for them.”

⁴ sn The phrase “a land flowing with milk and honey,” a figure of speech describing the land’s abundant fertility, occurs in v. 15 as well as Exod 3:8, 17; 13:5; 33:3; Lev 20:24; Num 13:27; Deut 6:3; 11:9; 26:9; 27:3; Josh 5:6; Jer 11:5; 32:23 (see also Deut 1:25; 8:7-9).

⁵ tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”

⁶ sn This is probably a reference to the Babylonians.

⁷ tn Heb “they will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom.”

⁸ tn The Babylonians were known for their cruelty (2 Kgs 25:7).

⁹ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

¹⁰ tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).