Ezekiel 8:3

8:3 He stretched out the form ¹  of a hand and grabbed me by a lock of hair on my head. Then a wind ²  lifted me up between the earth and sky and brought me to Jerusalem ³  by means of divine visions, to the door of the inner gate which faces north where the statue ⁴  which provokes to jealousy was located.

Ezekiel 8:16

8:16 Then he brought me to the inner court of the Lord’s house. Right there ⁵  at the entrance to the Lord’s temple, between the porch and the altar, ⁶  were about twenty-five ⁷  men with their backs to the Lord’s temple, ⁸  facing east – they were worshiping the sun ⁹  toward the east!

Ezekiel 11:1

The Fall of Jerusalem

11:1 A wind ¹⁰  lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the Lord’s temple that faces the east. There, at the entrance of the gate, I noticed twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, officials of the people. ¹¹ 

Ezekiel 17:12

17:12 “Say to the rebellious house of Israel: ¹²  ‘Don’t you know what these things mean?’ ¹³  Say: ‘See here, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem ¹⁴  and took her king and her officials prisoner and brought them to himself in Babylon.

Ezekiel 20:28

20:28 I brought them to the land which I swore ¹⁵  to give them, but whenever they saw any high hill or leafy tree, they offered their sacrifices there and presented the offerings that provoke me to anger. They offered their soothing aroma there and poured out their drink offerings.

Ezekiel 31:18

31:18 Which of the trees of Eden was like you in majesty and loftiness? You will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the lower parts of the earth; you will lie among the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword! This is what will happen to Pharaoh and all his hordes, declares the sovereign Lord.’”

Ezekiel 38:8

38:8 After many days you will be summoned; in the latter years you will come to a land restored from the ravages of war, ¹⁶  with many peoples gathered on the mountains of Israel that had long been in ruins. Its people ¹⁷  were brought out from the peoples, and all of them will be living securely.

Ezekiel 40:1

Vision of the New Temple

40:1 In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city ¹⁸  was struck down, on this very day, ¹⁹  the hand ²⁰  of the Lord was on me, and he brought me there. ²¹ 

Ezekiel 40:4

40:4 The man said to me, “Son of man, watch closely, listen carefully, and pay attention ²²  to everything I show you, for you have been brought here so that I can show it to you. ²³  Tell the house of Israel everything you see.”

Ezekiel 40:48

40:48 Then he brought me to the porch of the temple and measured the jambs of the porch as 8¾ feet ²⁴  on either side, and the width of the gate was 24½ feet ²⁵  and the sides ²⁶  were 5¼ feet ²⁷  on each side.

Ezekiel 47:1

Water from the Temple

47:1 Then he brought me back to the entrance of the temple. I noticed ²⁸  that water was flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was flowing down from under the right side of the temple, from south of the altar.

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¹ tn The Hebrew term is normally used as an architectural term in describing the pattern of the tabernacle or temple or a representation of it (see Exod 25:8; 1 Chr 28:11).

² tn Or “spirit.” See note on “wind” in 2:2.

³ map For the location of Jerusalem see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁴ tn Or “image.”

⁵ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something.

⁶ sn The priests prayed to God between the porch and the altar on fast days (Joel 2:17). This is the location where Zechariah was murdered (Matt 23:35).

⁷ tc The LXX reads “twenty” instead of twenty-five, perhaps because of the association of the number twenty with the Mesopotamian sun god Shamash.

tn Or “exactly twenty-five.”

⁸ sn The temple faced east.

⁹ tn Or “the sun god.”

sn The worship of astral entities may have begun during the reign of Manasseh (2 Kgs 21:5).

¹⁰ tn Or “spirit.” See note on “wind” in 2:2.

¹¹ sn The phrase officials of the people occurs in Neh 11:1; 1 Chr 21:2; 2 Chr 24:23.

¹² tn The words “of Israel” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation as a clarification of the referent.

sn The book of Ezekiel frequently refers to the Israelites as a rebellious house (Ezek 2:5, 6, 8; 3:9, 26-27; 12:2-3, 9, 25; 17:12; 24:3).

¹³ sn The narrative description of this interpretation of the riddle is given in 2 Kgs 24:11-15.

¹⁴ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

¹⁵ tn Heb “which I lifted up my hand.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “from the sword.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “it.”

¹⁸ sn That is, Jerusalem.

¹⁹ tn April 19, 573 b.c.

²⁰ tn Or “power.”

sn Hand in the OT can refer metaphorically to power, authority, or influence. In Ezekiel God’s hand being on the prophet is regularly associated with communication or a vision from God (3:14, 22; 8:1; 37:1; 40:1).

²¹ sn That is, to the land of Israel (see v. 2).

²² tn Heb “look with your eyes, hear with your ears, and set your mind on.”

²³ tn Heb “in order to show (it) to you.”

²⁴ tn Heb “five cubits” (i.e., 2.625 meters).

²⁵ tn The LXX reads “fourteen cubits” (i.e., 7.35 meters). See following note.

²⁶ tc The translation follows the LXX. The MT reads “the width of the gate was three cubits,” the omission due to haplography.

tn Or “sidewalls.”

²⁷ tn Heb “three cubits” (i.e., 1.575 meters).

²⁸ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.