Ezekiel 8:6

8:6 He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what they are doing – the great abominations that the people ¹  of Israel are practicing here, to drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see greater abominations than these!”

Ezekiel 17:3

17:3 Say to them: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: ² 

“‘A great eagle ³  with broad wings, long feathers, ⁴ 

with full plumage which was multi-hued, ⁵ 

came to Lebanon ⁶  and took the top of the cedar.

Ezekiel 17:7

17:7 “‘There was another great eagle ⁷ 

with broad wings and thick plumage.

Now this vine twisted its roots toward him

and sent its branches toward him

to be watered from the soil where it was planted.

Ezekiel 17:17

17:17 Pharaoh with his great army and mighty horde will not help ⁸  him in battle, when siege ramps are erected and siege-walls are built to kill many people.

Ezekiel 21:14

21:14 “And you, son of man, prophesy,

and clap your hands together.

Let the sword strike twice, even three times!

It is a sword for slaughter,

a sword for the great slaughter surrounding them.

Ezekiel 23:32

23:32 “This is what the sovereign Lord says: “You will drink your sister’s deep and wide cup; ⁹  you will be scorned and derided, for it holds a great deal.

Ezekiel 26:8

26:8 He will kill your daughters in the field with the sword. He will build a siege wall against you, erect a siege ramp against you, and raise a great shield against you.

Ezekiel 31:6

31:6 All the birds of the sky nested in its boughs;

under its branches all the beasts of the field gave birth,

in its shade all the great ¹⁰  nations lived.

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, ¹¹  all of them armed with swords.

Ezekiel 38:15

38:15 and come from your place, from the remote parts of the north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great company and a vast army.

Ezekiel 47:10

47:10 Fishermen will stand beside it; from Engedi to En-eglaim they will spread nets. They will catch many kinds of fish, like the fish of the Great Sea. ¹² 

Ezekiel 48:28

48:28 Next to the border of Gad, at the south side, the border will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath Kadesh, to the Stream of Egypt ¹³  and on to the Great Sea.

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¹ tn Heb “house.”

² tn The parable assumes the defection of Zedekiah to Egypt and his rejection of Babylonian lordship.

³ sn The great eagle symbolizes Nebuchadnezzar (17:12).

⁴ tn Hebrew has two words for wings; it is unknown whether they are fully synonymous or whether one term distinguishes a particular part of the wing such as the wing coverts (nearest the shoulder), secondaries (mid-feathers of the wing) or primaries (last and longest section of the wing).

⁵ tn This term was used in 16:10, 13, and 18 of embroidered cloth.

⁶ sn In the parable Lebanon apparently refers to Jerusalem (17:12).

⁷ sn The phrase another great eagle refers to Pharaoh Hophra.

⁸ tn Heb “deal with” or “work with.”

⁹ sn The image of a deep and wide cup suggests the degree of punishment; it will be extensive and leave the victim helpless.

¹⁰ tn Or “many.”

¹¹ sn The Hebrew text mentions two different types of shields here.

¹² sn The Great Sea refers to the Mediterranean Sea (also in vv. 15, 19, 20).

¹³ tn Traditionally “the Brook of Egypt,” although a number of recent translations have “the Wadi of Egypt” (cf. NAB, NIV, NRSV). The word “Egypt” is not in the Hebrew text, but is implied.