Ezekiel 7:5

7:5 “This is what the sovereign Lord says: A disaster 1  – a one-of-a-kind 2  disaster – is coming!

Ezekiel 18:3

18:3 “As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, 3  you will not quote this proverb in Israel anymore!

Ezekiel 18:32

18:32 For I take no delight in the death of anyone, 4  declares the sovereign Lord. Repent and live!

Ezekiel 30:2

30:2 “Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘Wail, “Alas, the day is here!” 5 

Ezekiel 32:11

32:11 “‘For this is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘The sword of the king of Babylon 6  will attack 7  you.

Ezekiel 32:14

32:14 Then I will make their waters calm, 8 

and will make their streams flow like olive oil, declares the sovereign Lord.

Ezekiel 34:11

34:11 “‘For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I myself will search for my sheep and seek them out.

Ezekiel 34:15

34:15 I myself will feed my sheep and I myself will make them lie down, declares the sovereign Lord.

Ezekiel 35:14

35:14 This is what the sovereign Lord says: While the whole earth rejoices, I will turn you into a desolation.

Ezekiel 36:7

36:7 So this is what the sovereign Lord says: I vow 9  that the nations around you will endure insults as well.

Ezekiel 36:14

36:14 therefore you will no longer devour people and no longer bereave your nation of children, declares the sovereign Lord.

Ezekiel 37:3

37:3 He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” I said to him, “Sovereign Lord, you know.”

Ezekiel 47:23

47:23 In whatever tribe the foreigner resides, there you will give him his inheritance,” declares the sovereign Lord.

1 tn The Hebrew term often refers to moral evil (see Ezek 6:10; 14:22), but in many contexts it refers to calamity or disaster, sometimes as punishment for evil behavior.

2 tc So most Hebrew mss; many Hebrew mss read “disaster after disaster” (cf. NAB, NCV, NRSV, NLT).

3 tn This expression occurs often in Ezekiel (5:11; 14:16, 18, 20; 16:48; 17:16, 19; 20:3, 31, 33; 33:11, 27; 34:8; 35:6, 11).

4 tn Heb “the death of the one dying.”

5 tn Heb “Alas for the day.”

6 sn The king of Babylon referred to here was Nebuchadnezzar (Ezek 21:19).

7 tn Heb “approach.”

8 tn Heb “sink,” that is, to settle and become clear, not muddied.

9 tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”