Discovery BoxEzekiel 11:15-16 
Context11:15 “Son of man, your brothers, 1 your relatives, 2 and the whole house of Israel, all of them are those to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem 3 have said, ‘They have gone 4 far away from the Lord; to us this land has been given as a possession.’
11:16 “Therefore say: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Although I have removed them far away among the nations and have dispersed them among the countries, I have been a little 5 sanctuary for them among the lands where they have gone.’
Ezekiel 20:38
Context20:38 I will eliminate from among you the rebels and those who revolt 6 against me. I will bring them out from the land where they have been residing, but they will not come to the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 31:14
Context31:14 For this reason no watered trees will grow so tall; their tops will not reach into the clouds, nor will the well-watered ones grow that high. 7 For all of them have been appointed to die in the lower parts of the earth; 8 they will be among mere mortals, 9 with those who descend to the pit.
Ezekiel 33:22
Context33:22 Now the hand of the Lord had been on me 10 the evening before the refugee reached me, but the Lord 11 opened my mouth by the time the refugee arrived 12 in the morning; he opened my mouth and I was no longer unable to speak. 13
Ezekiel 33:24
Context33:24 “Son of man, the ones living in these ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land, but we are many; surely the land has been given to us for a possession.’ 14
Ezekiel 34:2
Context34:2 “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds 15 of Israel; prophesy, and say to them – to the shepherds: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should not shepherds feed the flock?
Ezekiel 36:23
Context36:23 I will magnify 16 my great name that has been profaned among the nations, that you have profaned among them. The nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the sovereign Lord, when I magnify myself among you in their sight.
Ezekiel 38:8
Context38:8 After many days you will be summoned; in the latter years you will come to a land restored from the ravages of war, 17 with many peoples gathered on the mountains of Israel that had long been in ruins. Its people 18 were brought out from the peoples, and all of them will be living securely.
Ezekiel 40:4
Context40:4 The man said to me, “Son of man, watch closely, listen carefully, and pay attention 19 to everything I show you, for you have been brought here so that I can show it to you. 20 Tell the house of Israel everything you see.”
1 tc The MT reads “your brothers, your brothers” either for empahsis (D. I. Block, Ezekiel [NICOT], 1:341, n. 1; 346) or as a result of dittography.
2 tc The MT reads גְאֻלָּתֶךָ (gÿ’ullatekha, “your redemption-men”), referring to the relatives responsible for deliverance in times of hardship (see Lev 25:25-55). The LXX and Syriac read “your fellow exiles,” assuming an underlying Hebrew text of גָלוּתֶךָ (galutekha) or having read the א (aleph) as an internal mater lectionis for holem.
3 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
4 tc The MT has an imperative form (“go far!”), but it may be read with different vowels as a perfect verb (“they have gone far”).
5 tn Or “have been partially a sanctuary”; others take this as temporal (cf. NASB, NIV, NRSV “a little while”).
7 tn Heb “and they will not stand to them in their height, all the drinkers of water.”
8 tn Heb “for death, to the lower earth.”
9 tn Heb “the sons of men.”
10 tn The other occurrences of the phrase “the hand of the
11 tn Heb “he”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.
12 tn Heb “by the time of the arrival to me.” For clarity the translation specifies the refugee as the one who arrived.
13 sn Ezekiel’s God-imposed muteness was lifted (see 3:26).
14 sn Outside of its seven occurrences in Ezekiel the term translated “possession” appears only in Exod 6:8 and Deut 33:4.
15 tn The term shepherd is applied to kings in the ancient Near East. In the OT the
16 tn Or “sanctify,” Heb “make holy.”
17 tn Heb “from the sword.”
18 tn Heb “it.”
19 tn Heb “look with your eyes, hear with your ears, and set your mind on.”
20 tn Heb “in order to show (it) to you.”
