Discovery BoxEzekiel 1:8 
Context1:8 They had human hands 1 under their wings on their four sides. As for the faces and wings of the four of them,
Ezekiel 1:16
Context1:16 The appearance of the wheels and their construction 2 was like gleaming jasper, 3 and all four wheels looked alike. Their structure was like a wheel within a wheel. 4
Ezekiel 7:18
Context7:18 They will wear sackcloth, terror will cover them; shame will be on all their faces, and all of their heads will be shaved bald. 5
Ezekiel 7:20
Context7:20 They rendered the beauty of his ornaments into pride, 6 and with it they made their abominable images – their detestable idols. Therefore I will render it filthy to them.
Ezekiel 10:16
Context10:16 When the cherubim moved, the wheels moved beside them; when the cherubim spread 7 their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels did not move from their side.
Ezekiel 11:22
Context11:22 Then the cherubim spread 8 their wings with their wheels alongside them while the glory of the God of Israel hovered above them.
Ezekiel 14:14
Context14:14 Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, 9 and Job, were in it, they would save only their own lives by their righteousness, declares the sovereign Lord.
Ezekiel 16:47
Context16:47 Have you not copied their behavior 10 and practiced their abominable deeds? In a short time 11 you became even more depraved in all your conduct than they were!
Ezekiel 19:7
Context19:7 He broke down 12 their strongholds 13 and devastated their cities.
The land and everything in it was frightened at the sound of his roaring.
Ezekiel 20:16
Context20:16 I did this 14 because they rejected my regulations, did not follow my statutes, and desecrated my Sabbaths; for their hearts followed their idols. 15
Ezekiel 20:24
Context20:24 I did this 16 because they did not observe my regulations, they rejected my statutes, they desecrated my Sabbaths, and their eyes were fixed on 17 their fathers’ idols.
Ezekiel 23:15
Context23:15 wearing belts on their waists and flowing turbans on their heads, all of them looking like officers, the image of Babylonians 18 whose native land is Chaldea.
Ezekiel 23:20
Context23:20 She lusted after their genitals – as large as those of donkeys, 19 and their seminal emission was as strong as that of stallions.
Ezekiel 23:45
Context23:45 But upright men will punish them appropriately for their adultery and bloodshed, 20 because they are adulteresses and blood is on their hands.
Ezekiel 36:12
Context36:12 I will lead people, my people Israel, across you; they will possess you and you will become their inheritance. No longer will you bereave them of their children.
Ezekiel 36:19
Context36:19 I scattered them among the nations; they were dispersed throughout foreign countries. In accordance with their behavior and their deeds I judged them.
Ezekiel 43:9
Context43:9 Now they must put away their spiritual prostitution and the pillars of their kings far from me, and then I will live among them forever.
Ezekiel 44:10
Context44:10 “‘But the Levites who went far from me, straying off from me after their idols when Israel went astray, will be responsible for 21 their sin.
Ezekiel 44:18
Context44:18 Linen turbans will be on their heads and linen undergarments will be around their waists; they must not bind themselves with anything that causes sweat.
1 tc The MT reads “his hand” while many Hebrew
2 tc This word is omitted from the LXX.
3 tn Heb “Tarshish stone.” The meaning of this term is uncertain. The term has also been translated “topaz” (NEB); “beryl” (KJV, NASB, NRSV); or “chrysolite” (RSV, NIV).
4 tn Or “like a wheel at right angles to another wheel.” Some envision concentric wheels here, while others propose “a globe-like structure in which two wheels stand at right angles” (L. C. Allen, Ezekiel [WBC], 1:33-34). The description given in v. 17 favors the latter idea.
5 tn Heb “baldness will be on their heads.”
6 tc The MT reads “he set up the beauty of his ornament as pride.” The verb may be repointed as plural without changing the consonantal text. The Syriac reads “their ornaments” (plural), implying עֶדְיָם (’edyam) rather than עֶדְיוֹ (’edyo) and meaning “they were proud of their beautiful ornaments.” This understands “ornaments” in the common sense of women’s jewelry, which then were used to make idols. The singular suffix “his ornaments” would refer to using items from the temple treasury to make idols. D. I. Block points out the foreshadowing of Ezek 16:17 which, with Rashi and the Targum, supports the understanding that this is a reference to temple items. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:265.
7 tn Heb “lifted.”
8 tn Heb “lifted.”
9 sn Traditionally this has been understood as a reference to the biblical Daniel, though he was still quite young when Ezekiel prophesied. One wonders if he had developed a reputation as an intercessor by this point. For this reason some prefer to see a reference to a ruler named Danel, known in Canaanite legend for his justice and wisdom. In this case all three of the individuals named would be non-Israelites, however the Ugaritic Danel is not known to have qualities of faith in the Lord that would place him in the company of the other men. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:447-50.
10 tn Heb “walked in their ways.”
11 tn The Hebrew expression has a temporal meaning as illustrated by the use of the phrase in 2 Chr 12:7.
12 tc The Hebrew text reads “knew,” but is apparently the result of a ר-ד (dalet-resh) confusion. For a defense of the emendation, see L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 1:284. However, Allen retains the reading “widows” as the object of the verb, which he understands in the sense of “do harm to,” and translates the line: “He did harm to women by making them widows” (p. 282). The line also appears to be lacking a beat for the meter of the poem.
13 tc The Hebrew text reads “widows” instead of “strongholds,” apparently due to a confusion of ר (resh) and ל (lamed). L. C. Allen (Ezekiel [WBC], 1:284) favors the traditional text, understanding “widows” in the sense of “women made widows.” D. I. Block, (Ezekiel [NICOT], 1:602) also defends the Hebrew text, arguing that the image is that of a dominant male lion who takes over the pride and by copulating with the females lays claim to his predecessor’s “widows.”
14 tn The words “I did this” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied for stylistic reasons. Verses 15-16 are one long sentence in the Hebrew text. The translation divides this sentence into two for stylistic reasons.
15 tn Heb “for after their idols their heart was going.” The use of the active participle (“was going”) in the Hebrew text draws attention to the ongoing nature of their idolatrous behavior.
16 tn The words “I did this” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied for stylistic reasons. Verses 23-24 are one long sentence in the Hebrew text. The translation divides this sentence into two for stylistic reasons.
17 tn Or “they worshiped” (NCV, TEV, CEV); Heb “their eyes were on” or “were after” (cf. v. 16).
18 tn Heb “the sons of Babel.”
19 tn Heb “She lusted after their concubines (?) whose flesh was the flesh of donkeys.” The phrase “their concubines” is extremely problematic here. The pronoun is masculine plural, suggesting that the Egyptian men are in view, but how concubines would fit into the picture envisioned here is not clear. Some suggest that Ezekiel uses the term in an idiomatic sense of “paramour,” but this still fails to explain how the pronoun relates to the noun. It is more likely that the term refers here to the Egyptians’ genitals. The relative pronoun that follows introduces a more specific description of their genitals.
20 tn Heb “and upright men will judge them (with) the judgment of adulteresses and the judgment of those who shed blood.”
21 tn Heb “will bear.”
