Discovery BoxEzekiel 1:10 
Context1:10 Their faces had this appearance: Each of the four had the face of a man, with the face of a lion on the right, the face of an ox on the left and also the face of an eagle. 1
Ezekiel 1:26
Context1:26 Above the platform over their heads was something like a sapphire shaped like a throne. High above on the throne was a form that appeared to be a man.
Ezekiel 2:3
Context2:3 He said to me, “Son of man, I am sending you to the house 2 of Israel, to rebellious nations 3 who have rebelled against me; both they and their fathers have revolted 4 against me to this very day.
Ezekiel 2:8
Context2:8 As for you, son of man, listen to what I am saying to you: Do not rebel like that rebellious house! Open your mouth and eat what I am giving you.”
Ezekiel 3:3
Context3:3 He said to me, “Son of man, feed your stomach and fill your belly with this scroll I am giving to you.” So I ate it, 5 and it was sweet like honey in my mouth.
Ezekiel 3:17
Context3:17 “Son of man, I have appointed you a watchman 6 for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you must give them a warning from me.
Ezekiel 4:16
Context4:16 Then he said to me, “Son of man, I am about to remove the bread supply 7 in Jerusalem. 8 They will eat their bread ration anxiously, and they will drink their water ration in terror
Ezekiel 7:2
Context7:2 “You, son of man – this is what the sovereign Lord says to the land of Israel: An end! The end is coming on the four corners of the land! 9
Ezekiel 8:2
Context8:2 As I watched, I noticed 10 a form that appeared to be a man. 11 From his waist downward was something like fire, 12 and from his waist upward something like a brightness, 13 like an amber glow. 14
Ezekiel 8:5-6
Context8:5 He said to me, “Son of man, look up toward 15 the north.” So I looked up toward the north, and I noticed to the north of the altar gate was this statue of jealousy at the entrance.
8:6 He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what they are doing – the great abominations that the people 16 of Israel are practicing here, to drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see greater abominations than these!”
Ezekiel 9:3
Context9:3 Then the glory of the God of Israel went up from the cherub where it had rested to the threshold of the temple. 17 He called to the man dressed in linen who had the writing kit at his side.
Ezekiel 10:2
Context10:2 The Lord 18 said to the man dressed in linen, “Go between the wheelwork 19 underneath the cherubim. 20 Fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city.” He went as I watched.
Ezekiel 10:7
Context10:7 Then one of the cherubim 21 stretched out his hand 22 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 10:14
Context10:14 Each of the cherubim 23 had four faces: The first was the face of a cherub, 24 the second that of a man, the third that of a lion, and the fourth that of an eagle.
Ezekiel 12:2
Context12:2 “Son of man, you are living in the midst of a rebellious house. 25 They have eyes to see, but do not see, and ears to hear, but do not hear, 26 because they are a rebellious house.
Ezekiel 14:3
Context14:3 “Son of man, these men have erected their idols in their hearts and placed the obstacle leading to their iniquity 27 right before their faces. Should I really allow them to seek 28 me?
Ezekiel 14:13
Context14:13 “Son of man, suppose a country sins against me by being unfaithful, and I stretch out my hand against it, cut off its bread supply, 29 cause famine to come on it, and kill both people and animals.
Ezekiel 16:15
Context16:15 “‘But you trusted in your beauty and capitalized on your fame by becoming a prostitute. You offered your sexual favors to every man who passed by so that your beauty 30 became his.
Ezekiel 20:27
Context20:27 “Therefore, speak to the house of Israel, son of man, and tell them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: In this way too your fathers blasphemed me when they were unfaithful to me.
Ezekiel 21:12
Context21:12 Cry out and moan, son of man,
for it is wielded against my people;
against all the princes of Israel.
They are delivered up to the sword, along with my people.
Therefore, strike your thigh. 31
Ezekiel 21:14
Context21:14 “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 21:28
Context21:28 “As for you, son of man, prophesy and say, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says concerning the Ammonites and their coming humiliation; 32 say:
“‘A sword, a sword drawn for slaughter,
polished to consume, 33 to flash like lightning –
Ezekiel 22:2
Context22:2 “As for you, son of man, are you willing to pronounce judgment, 34 are you willing to pronounce judgment on the bloody city? 35 Then confront her with all her abominable deeds!
Ezekiel 22:18
Context22:18 “Son of man, the house of Israel has become slag to me. All of them are like bronze, tin, iron, and lead in the furnace; 36 they are the worthless slag of silver.
Ezekiel 22:30
Context22:30 “I looked for a man from among them who would repair the wall and stand in the gap before me on behalf of the land, so that I would not destroy it, but I found no one. 37
Ezekiel 24:16
Context24:16 “Son of man, realize that I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you with a jolt, 38 but you must not mourn or weep or shed tears.
Ezekiel 26:2
Context26:2 “Son of man, because Tyre 39 has said about Jerusalem, 40 ‘Aha, the gateway of the peoples is broken; it has swung open to me. I will become rich, 41 now that she 42 has been destroyed,’
Ezekiel 28:9
Context28:9 Will you still say, “I am a god,” before the one who kills you –
though you are a man and not a god –
when you are in the power of those who wound you?
Ezekiel 28:12
Context28:12 “Son of man, sing 43 a lament for the king of Tyre, and say to him, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:
“‘You were the sealer 44 of perfection,
full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
Ezekiel 30:21
Context30:21 “Son of man, I have broken the arm 45 of Pharaoh king of Egypt. 46 Look, it has not been bandaged for healing or set with a dressing so that it might become strong enough to grasp a sword.
Ezekiel 32:18
Context32:18 “Son of man, wail 47 over the horde of Egypt. Bring it down; 48 bring 49 her 50 and the daughters of powerful nations down to the lower parts of the earth, along with those who descend to the pit.
Ezekiel 33:7
Context33:7 “As for you, son of man, I have made you a watchman 51 for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you must warn them on my behalf.
Ezekiel 33:9
Context33:9 But if you warn the wicked man to change his behavior, 52 and he refuses to change, 53 he will die for his iniquity, but you have saved your own life.
Ezekiel 33:30
Context33:30 “But as for you, son of man, your people 54 (who are talking about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses) say to one another, 55 ‘Come hear the word that comes 56 from the Lord.’
Ezekiel 36:17
Context36:17 “Son of man, when the house of Israel was living on their own land, they defiled it by their behavior 57 and their deeds. In my sight their behavior was like the uncleanness of a woman having her monthly period.
Ezekiel 37:11
Context37:11 Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones are all the house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dry, our hope has perished; we are cut off.’
Ezekiel 38:14
Context38:14 “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 58
Ezekiel 39:1
Context39:1 “As for you, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal!
Ezekiel 40:3
Context40:3 When he brought me there, I saw 59 a man whose appearance was like bronze, with a linen cord and a measuring stick in his hand. He was standing in the gateway.
Ezekiel 40:5
Context40:5 I saw 60 a wall all around the outside of the temple. 61 In the man’s hand was a measuring stick 10½ feet 62 long. He measured the thickness of the wall 63 as 10½ feet, 64 and its height as 10½ feet.
Ezekiel 47:3
Context47:3 When the man went out toward the east with a measuring line in his hand, he measured 1,750 feet, 65 and then he led me through water, which was ankle deep.
1 tc The MT has an additional word at the beginning of v. 11, וּפְנֵיהֶם (ufÿnehem, “and their faces”), which is missing from the LXX. As the rest of the verse only applies to wings, “their faces” would have to somehow be understood in the previous clause. But this would be very awkward and is doubly problematic since “their faces” are already introduced as the topic at the beginning of v. 10. The Hebrew scribe appears to have copied the phrase “and their faces and their wings” from v. 8, where it introduces the content of 9-11. Only “and (as for) their wings” belongs here.
2 tc The Hebrew reads “sons of,” while the LXX reads “house,” implying the more common phrase in Ezekiel. Either could be abbreviated with the first letter ב (bet). In preparation for the characterization “house of rebellion,” in vv. 5, 6, and 8, “house” is preferred (L. C. Allen, Ezekiel [WBC], 1:10 and W. Zimmerli, Ezekiel [Hermeneia], 2:564-65).
3 tc Heb “to the rebellious nations.” The phrase “to the rebellious nations” is omitted in the LXX. Elsewhere in Ezekiel the singular word “nation” is used for Israel (36:13-15; 37:22). Here “nations” may have the meaning of “tribes” or refer to the two nations of Israel and Judah.
4 tc This word is omitted from the LXX.
tn The Hebrew term used here is the strongest word available for expressing a covenant violation. The word is used in the diplomatic arena to express a treaty violation (2 Kgs 1:1; 3:5, 7).
5 tc Heb “I ate,” a first common singular preterite plus paragogic he (ה). The ancient versions read “I ate it,” which is certainly the meaning in the context, and indicates they read the he as a third feminine singular pronominal suffix. The Masoretes typically wrote a mappiq in the he for the pronominal suffix but apparently missed this one.
sn I ate it. A similar idea of consuming God’s word is found in Jer 15:16 and Rev 10:10, where it is also compared to honey and may be specifically reminiscent of this text.
6 tn The literal role of a watchman is described in 2 Sam 18:24; 2 Kgs 9:17.
7 tn Heb, “break the staff of bread.” The bread supply is compared to a staff that one uses for support.
8 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
9 tn Or “earth.” Elsewhere the expression “four corners of the earth” figuratively refers to the whole earth (Isa 11:12).
10 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb (so also throughout the chapter).
11 tc The MT reads “fire” rather than “man,” the reading of the LXX. The nouns are very similar in Hebrew.
12 tc The MT reads “what appeared to be his waist and downwards was fire.” The LXX omits “what appeared to be,” reading “from his waist to below was fire.” Suggesting that “like what appeared to be” belongs before “fire,” D. I. Block (Ezekiel [NICOT], 1:277) points out the resulting poetic symmetry of form with the next line as followed in the translation here.
13 tc The LXX omits “like a brightness.”
15 tn Heb “lift your eyes (to) the way of.”
16 tn Heb “house.”
17 tn Heb “house.”
18 tn Heb “and he”; the referent (the
19 tn The Hebrew term often refers to chariot wheels (Isa 28:28; Ezek 23:24; 26:10).
20 tc The LXX, Syriac, Vulgate, and Targum
21 tn Heb “the cherub.”
22 tn The Hebrew text adds, “from among the cherubim.”
23 tn Heb “each one”; the referent (the cherubim) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
24 sn The living creature described here is thus slightly different from the one described in Ezek 1:10, where a bull’s face appeared instead of a cherub’s. Note that some English versions harmonize the two descriptions and read the same here as in 1:10 (cf. NAB, NLT “an ox”; TEV, CEV “a bull”). This may be justified based on v. 22, which states the creatures’ appearance was the same.
25 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).
26 sn This verse is very similar to Isa 6:9-10.
27 tn Heb “the stumbling block of their iniquity.” This phrase is unique to the prophet Ezekiel.
28 tn Or “I will not reveal myself to them.” The Hebrew word is used in a technical sense here of seeking an oracle from a prophet (2 Kgs 1:16; 3:11; 8:8).
29 tn Heb “break its staff of bread.”
30 tn Heb “it” (so KJV, ASV); the referent (the beauty in which the prostitute trusted, see the beginning of the verse) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
31 sn This physical action was part of an expression of grief. Cp. Jer. 31:19.
32 tn Heb “their reproach.”
33 tn Heb “to contain, endure.” Since the Hebrew text as it stands makes little, if any, sense, most emend the text to read either “to consume” or “for destruction.” For discussion of options see D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:693.
34 tn Heb “will you judge.” Here the imperfect form of the verb is probably used with a desiderative nuance. Addressed to the prophet, “judge” means to warn of or pronounce God’s impending judgment upon the city. See 20:4.
35 tn The phrase “bloody city” is used of Nineveh in Nah 3:1.
36 tn For similar imagery, see Isa 1:21-26; Jer 6:27-30.
37 tn Heb “I did not find.”
38 tn Heb “a strike.”
39 sn Tyre was located on the Mediterranean coast north of Israel.
40 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
41 tn Heb “I will be filled.”
42 sn That is, Jerusalem.
43 tn Heb “lift up.”
44 tn For a discussion of possible nuances of this phrase, see M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:580-81.
45 sn The expression “breaking the arm” indicates the removal of power (Ps 10:15; 37:17; Job 38:15; Jer 48:25).
46 sn This may refer to the event recorded in Jer 37:5.
47 tn The Hebrew verb is used as a response to death (Jer 9:17-19; Amos 5:16).
48 sn Through this prophetic lament given by God himself, the prophet activates the judgment described therein. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:217, and L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:136-37.
49 tn Heb “Bring him down, her and the daughters of the powerful nations, to the earth below.” The verb “bring down” appears in the Hebrew text only once. Because the verb takes several objects here, the repetition of the verb in the translation improves the English style.
50 tn This apparently refers to personified Egypt.
51 sn Jeremiah (Jer 6:17) and Habakkuk (Hab 2:1) also served in the role of a watchman.
52 tn Heb “from his way to turn from it.”
53 tn Heb “and he does not turn from his way.”
54 tn Heb “sons of your people.”
55 tn Heb “one to one, a man to his brother.”
56 tn Heb “comes out.”
57 tn Heb “way.”
58 tn The Hebrew text is framed as a rhetorical question: “will you not take notice?”
59 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
60 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
61 tn Heb “house.”
62 tn Heb “a measuring stick of six cubits, [each] a cubit and a handbreadth.” The measuring units here and in the remainder of this section are the Hebrew “long” cubit, consisting of a cubit (about 18 inches or 45 cm) and a handbreadth (about 3 inches or 7.5 cm), for a total of 21 inches (52.5 cm). Therefore the measuring stick in the man’s hand was 10.5 feet (3.15 meters) long. Because modern readers are not familiar with the cubit as a unit of measurement, and due to the additional complication of the “long” cubit as opposed to the regular cubit, all measurements have been converted to American standard feet and inches, with the Hebrew measurements and the metric equivalents given in the notes.
63 tn Heb “building.”
64 tn Heb “one rod [or “reed”]” (also a second time in this verse, twice in v. 6, three times in v. 7, and once in v. 8).
65 tn Heb “one thousand cubits” (i.e., 525 meters); this phrase occurs three times in the next two verses.
