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!”
13:10 “‘This is because they have led my people astray saying, “All is well,” 4 when things are not well. When anyone builds a wall without mortar, 5 they coat it with whitewash.
14:17 “Or suppose I were to bring a sword against that land and say, ‘Let a sword pass through the land,’ and I were to kill both people and animals.
14:21 “For this is what the sovereign Lord says: How much worse will it be when I send my four terrible judgments – sword, famine, wild animals, and plague – to Jerusalem 10 to kill both people and animals!
26:7 “For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Take note that 14 I am about to bring King Nebuchadrezzar 15 of Babylon, king of kings, against Tyre from the north, with horses, chariots, and horsemen, an army and hordes of people.
30:11 He and his people with him,
the most terrifying of the nations, 16
will be brought there to destroy the land.
They will draw their swords against Egypt,
and fill the land with corpses.
33:30 “But as for you, son of man, your people 17 (who are talking about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses) say to one another, 18 ‘Come hear the word that comes 19 from the Lord.’ 33:31 They come to you in crowds, 20 and they sit in front of you as 21 my people. They hear your words, but do not obey 22 them. For they talk lustfully, 23 and their heart is set on 24 their own advantage. 25
35:5 “‘You have shown unrelenting hostility and poured the people of Israel onto the blades of a sword 26 at the time of their calamity, at the time of their final punishment.
36:37 “This is what the sovereign Lord says: I will allow the house of Israel to ask me to do this for them: 27 I will multiply their people like sheep. 28 36:38 Like the sheep for offerings, like the sheep of Jerusalem 29 during her appointed feasts, so will the ruined cities be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”
38:14 “Therefore, prophesy, son of man, and say to Gog: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: On that day when my people Israel are living securely, you will take notice 32
39:7 “‘I will make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; I will not let my holy name be profaned anymore. Then the nations will know that I am the Lord, the Holy One of Israel. 33
45:9 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Enough, you princes of Israel! Put away violence and destruction, and do what is just and right. Put an end to your evictions of my people, 35 declares the sovereign Lord.
1 tn Heb “house.”
2 tn Heb “through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem.”
map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
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 Or “peace.”
5 tn The Hebrew word only occurs here in the Bible. According to L. C. Allen (Ezekiel [WBC], 1:202-3) it is also used in the Mishnah of a wall of rough stones without mortar. This fits the context here comparing the false prophetic messages to a nice coat of whitewash on a structurally unstable wall.
6 tn Heb “from your hand(s).” This refers to their power over the people.
7 tn Heb “proverbs.”
8 sn I will be their God. See Exod 6:7; Lev 26:12; Jer 7:23; 11:4.
9 tn Heb “break its staff of bread.”
10 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
11 tn Heb “deal with” or “work with.”
12 tn Heb “and the foreigner they have oppressed without justice.”
13 tn Heb “know.”
14 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) draws attention to something.
15 tn Heb “Nebuchadrezzar” is a variant and more correct spelling of Nebuchadnezzar, as the Babylonian name Nabu-kudurri-usur has an an “r” rather than an “n.”
16 tn The Babylonians were known for their cruelty (2 Kgs 25:7).
17 tn Heb “sons of your people.”
18 tn Heb “one to one, a man to his brother.”
19 tn Heb “comes out.”
20 tn Heb “as people come.” Apparently this is an idiom indicating that they come in crowds. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:264.
21 tn The word “as” is supplied in the translation.
22 tn Heb “do.”
23 tn Heb “They do lust with their mouths.”
24 tn Heb “goes after.”
25 tn The present translation understands the term often used for “unjust gain” in a wider sense, following M. Greenberg, who also notes that the LXX uses a term which can describe either sexual or ritual pollution. See M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:687.
26 tn Or “gave over…to the power of the sword.” This phrase also occurs in Jer 18:21 and Ps 63:10.
27 tn The Niphal verb may have a tolerative function here, “Again (for) this I will allow myself to be sought by the house of Israel to act for them.” Or it may be reflexive: “I will reveal myself to the house of Israel by doing this also.”
28 sn Heb “I will multiply them like sheep, human(s).”
29 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
30 tn Heb “to turn your hand against.”
31 tn The Hebrew term occurs elsewhere only in Judg 9:37. Perhaps it means “high point, top.”
32 tn The Hebrew text is framed as a rhetorical question: “will you not take notice?”
33 sn The basic sense of the word “holy” is “set apart from that which is commonplace, special, unique.” The
34 sn Tobiah, an Ammonite (Neh 13:8), was dismissed from the temple.
35 sn Evictions of the less fortunate by the powerful are described in 1 Kgs 21:1-16; Jer 22:1-5, 13-17; Ezek 22:25.
36 tn Heb “strayed off.”