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 9:4

9:4 The Lord said to him, “Go through the city of Jerusalem ²  and put a mark ³  on the foreheads of the people who moan and groan over all the abominations practiced in it.”

Ezekiel 10:7

10:7 Then one of the cherubim ⁴  stretched out his hand ⁵  toward the fire which was among the cherubim. He took some and put it into the hands of the man dressed in linen, who took it and left.

Ezekiel 11:19

11:19 I will give them one heart and I will put a new spirit within them; ⁶  I will remove the hearts of stone from their bodies ⁷  and I will give them tender hearts, ⁸ 

Ezekiel 16:31

16:31 When you built your chamber at the head of every street and put up your pavilion in every public square, you were not like a prostitute, because you scoffed at payment. ⁹ 

Ezekiel 16:41

16:41 They will burn down your houses and execute judgments on you in front of many women. Thus I will put a stop to your prostitution, and you will no longer give gifts to your clients. ¹⁰ 

Ezekiel 19:9

19:9 They put him in a collar with hooks; ¹¹ 

they brought him to the king of Babylon;

they brought him to prison ¹² 

so that his voice would not be heard

any longer on the mountains of Israel.

Ezekiel 23:27

23:27 So I will put an end to your obscene conduct and your prostitution which you have practiced in the land of Egypt. ¹³  You will not seek their help ¹⁴  or remember Egypt anymore.

Ezekiel 23:42

23:42 The sound of a carefree crowd accompanied her, ¹⁵  including all kinds of men; ¹⁶  even Sabeans ¹⁷  were brought from the desert. The sisters ¹⁸  put bracelets on their wrists and beautiful crowns on their heads.

Ezekiel 24:17

24:17 Groan in silence for the dead, ¹⁹  but do not perform mourning rites. ²⁰  Bind on your turban ²¹  and put your sandals on your feet. Do not cover your lip ²²  and do not eat food brought by others.” ²³ 

Ezekiel 29:4

29:4 I will put hooks in your jaws

and stick the fish of your waterways to your scales.

I will haul you up from the midst of your waterways,

and all the fish of your waterways will stick to your scales.

Ezekiel 36:26

36:26 I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will remove the heart of stone ²⁴  from your body and give you a heart of flesh. ²⁵ 

Ezekiel 38:4

38:4 I will turn you around, put hooks into your jaws, and bring you out with all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them fully armed, a great company with shields of different types, ²⁶  all of them armed with swords.

Ezekiel 40:42

40:42 The four tables for the burnt offering were of carved stone, 32 inches ²⁷  long, 32 inches ²⁸  wide, and 21 inches ²⁹  high. They would put the instruments which they used to slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice on them.

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

² tn Heb “through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem.”

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³ tn The word translated “mark” is in Hebrew the letter ת (tav). Outside this context the only other occurrence of the word is in Job 31:35. In ancient Hebrew script this letter was written like the letter X.

sn For a similar concept in the Bible, see Rev 7:2-4; 13:16; 14:9, 11; 20:4; 22:4.

⁴ tn Heb “the cherub.”

⁵ tn The Hebrew text adds, “from among the cherubim.”

⁶ tc The MT reads “you”; many Hebrew mss along with the LXX and other ancient versions read “within them.”

⁷ tn Heb “their flesh.”

⁸ tn Heb “heart of flesh.”

⁹ tn The Hebrew term, which also occurs in vv. 34 and 41 of this chapter, always refers to the payment of a prostitute (Deut 23:19; Isa 23:17; Hos 9:1; Mic 1:7).

¹⁰ tn The words “to your clients” are not in the Hebrew text but are implied.

¹¹ tn Or “They put him in a neck stock with hooks.” The noun סּוּגַר (sugar), translated “collar,” occurs only here in the Bible. L. C. Allen and D. I. Block point out a Babylonian cognate that refers to a device for transporting prisoners of war that held them by their necks (D. I. Block, Ezekiel [NICOT], 1:597, n. 35; L. C. Allen, Ezekiel [WBC], 1:284). Based on the Hebrew root, the traditional rendering had been “cage” (cf. ASV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

¹² tc The term in the MT occurs only here and in Eccl 9:12 where it refers to a net for catching fish. The LXX translates this as “prison,” which assumes a confusion of dalet and resh took place in the MT.

¹³ tn Heb “I will cause your obscene conduct to cease from you and your harlotry from the land of Egypt.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “lift your eyes to them.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “(was) in her.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “and men from the multitude of mankind.”

¹⁷ tn An alternate reading is “drunkards.” Sheba is located in the area of modern day Yemen.

¹⁸ tn Heb “they”; the referents (the sisters) have been specified in the translation for the sake of clarity.

¹⁹ tn Or “Groan silently. As to the dead….” Cf. M. Greenberg’s suggestion that דֹּם מֵתִים (dom metim) be taken together and דֹּם be derived from ָדּמַם (damam, “to moan, murmur”). See M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:508.

²⁰ tn Heb “(For) the dead mourning you shall not conduct.” In the Hebrew text the word translated “dead” is plural, indicating that mourning rites are in view. Such rites would involve outward demonstrations of one’s sorrow, including wailing and weeping.

²¹ sn The turban would normally be removed for mourning (Josh 7:6; 1 Sam 4:12).

²² sn Mourning rites included covering the lower part of the face. See Lev 13:45.

²³ tn Heb “the bread of men.” The translation follows the suggestion accepted by M. Greenberg (Ezekiel [AB], 2:509) that this refers to a meal brought by comforters to the one mourning. Some repoint the consonantal text to read “the bread of despair” (see L. C. Allen, Ezekiel [WBC], 2:56), while others, with support from the Targum and Vulgate, emend the consonantal text to read “the bread of mourners” (see D. I. Block, Ezekiel [NICOT], 1:784).

²⁴ sn That is, a heart which symbolizes a will that is stubborn and unresponsive (see 1 Sam 25:37). In Rabbinic literature a “stone” was associated with an evil inclination (b. Sukkah 52a).

²⁵ sn That is, a heart which symbolizes a will that is responsive and obedient to God.

²⁶ sn The Hebrew text mentions two different types of shields here.

²⁷ tn Heb “one and a half cubits” (i.e., 78.75 cm).

²⁸ tn Heb “one and a half cubits” (i.e., 78.75 cm).

²⁹ tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).