Discovery BoxEzekiel 13:7-8 
Context13:7 Have you not seen a false vision and announced a lying omen when you say, “the Lord declares,” although I myself never spoke?
13:8 “‘Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Because you have spoken false words and forecast delusion, look, 1 I am against you, 2 declares the sovereign Lord.
Ezekiel 13:16
Context13:16 those prophets of Israel who would prophesy about Jerusalem 3 and would see visions of peace for it, when there was no peace,” declares the sovereign Lord.’
Ezekiel 14:14
Context14:14 Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, 4 and Job, were in it, they would save only their own lives by their righteousness, declares the sovereign Lord.
Ezekiel 16:14
Context16:14 Your fame 5 spread among the nations because of your beauty; your beauty was perfect because of the splendor which I bestowed on you, declares the sovereign Lord. 6
Ezekiel 16:30
Context16:30 “‘How sick is your heart, declares the sovereign Lord, when you perform all of these acts, the deeds of a bold prostitute.
Ezekiel 16:48
Context16:48 As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, your sister Sodom and her daughters never behaved as wickedly as you and your daughters have behaved.
Ezekiel 16:63
Context16:63 Then you will remember, be ashamed, and remain silent 7 when I make atonement for all you have done, 8 declares the sovereign Lord.’”
Ezekiel 18:9
Context18:9 and follows my statutes and observes my regulations by carrying them out. 9 That man 10 is righteous; he will certainly live, 11 declares the sovereign Lord.
Ezekiel 18:23
Context18:23 Do I actually delight in the death of the wicked, declares the sovereign Lord? Do I not prefer that he turn from his wicked conduct and live?
Ezekiel 21:13
Context21:13 “‘For testing will come, and what will happen when the scepter, which the sword despises, is no more? 12 declares the sovereign Lord.’
Ezekiel 23:34
Context23:34 You will drain it dry, 13 gnaw its pieces, 14 and tear out your breasts, 15 for I have spoken, declares the sovereign Lord.
Ezekiel 26:21
Context26:21 I will bring terrors on you, and you will be no more! Though you are sought after, you will never be found again, declares the sovereign Lord.”
Ezekiel 28:10
Context28:10 You will die the death of the uncircumcised 16 by the hand of foreigners;
for I have spoken, declares the sovereign Lord.’”
Ezekiel 29:20
Context29:20 I have given him the land of Egypt as his compensation for attacking Tyre 17 , because they did it for me, declares the sovereign Lord.
Ezekiel 32:8
Context32:8 I will darken all the lights in the sky over you,
and I will darken your land,
declares the sovereign Lord.
Ezekiel 32:31
Context32:31 “Pharaoh will see them and be consoled over all his hordes who were killed by the sword, Pharaoh and all his army, declares the sovereign Lord.
Ezekiel 34:30-31
Context34:30 Then they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them, 18 and that they are my people, the house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord. 19 34:31 And you, my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are my people, 20 and I am your God, declares the sovereign Lord.’”
Ezekiel 36:32
Context36:32 Understand that 21 it is not for your sake I am about to act, declares the sovereign Lord. Be ashamed and embarrassed by your behavior, O house of Israel.
Ezekiel 38:18
Context38:18 On that day, when Gog invades 22 the land of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord, my rage will mount up in my anger.
Ezekiel 38:21
Context38:21 I will call for a sword to attack 23 Gog 24 on all my mountains, declares the sovereign Lord; every man’s sword will be against his brother.
Ezekiel 39:8
Context39:8 Realize that it is coming and it will be done, declares the sovereign Lord. It is the day I have spoken about.
Ezekiel 39:13
Context39:13 All the people of the land will bury them, and it will be a memorial 25 for them on the day I magnify myself, declares the sovereign Lord.
Ezekiel 39:20
Context39:20 You will fill up at my table with horses and charioteers, 26 with warriors and all the soldiers,’ declares the sovereign Lord.
Ezekiel 39:29
Context39:29 I will no longer hide my face from them, when I pour out my Spirit on the house of Israel, 27 declares the sovereign Lord.”
Ezekiel 44:27
Context44:27 On the day he enters the sanctuary, into the inner court to serve in the sanctuary, he must offer his sin offering, declares the sovereign Lord.
Ezekiel 48:29
Context48:29 This is the land which you will allot to the tribes of Israel, and these are their portions, declares the sovereign Lord.
1 tn The word h!nn@h indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
2 tn Or “I challenge you.” The phrase “I am against you” may be a formula for challenging someone to combat or a duel. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:201-2, and P. Humbert, “Die Herausforderungsformel ‘h!nn#n' ?l?K>,’” ZAW 45 (1933): 101-8.
3 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
4 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.
5 tn Heb “name.”
6 sn The description of the nation Israel in vv. 10-14 recalls the splendor of the nation’s golden age under King Solomon.
7 tn Heb “and your mouth will not be open any longer.”
8 tn Heb “when I make atonement for you for all which you have done.”
9 tc The MT reads לַעֲשׂוֹת אֱמֶת (la’asot ’emet, “to do with integrity”), while the LXX reads “to do them,” presupposing לַעֲשׂוֹת אֹתָם (la’asot ’otam). The ם (mem) and ת (tav) have been reversed in the MT. The LXX refelcts the original, supported by similar phrasing in Ezekiel 11:20; 20:19.
10 tn Heb “he.”
11 tn Heb “living, he will live.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.
12 tn Heb “For testing (will come) and what if also a scepter, it despises, will not be?” The translation understands the subject of the verb “despises,” which is a feminine form in the Hebrew text, to be the sword (which is a feminine noun) mentioned in the previous verses. The text is very difficult and any rendering is uncertain.
13 tn Heb “You will drink it and drain (it).”
14 tn D. I. Block compares this to the idiom of “licking the plate” (Ezekiel [NICOT], 1:754, n. 137). The text is difficult as the word translated “gnaw” is rare. The noun is used of the shattered pieces of pottery and so could envision a broken cup. But the Piel verb form is used in only one other place (Num 24:8), where it is a denominative from the noun “bone” and seems to mean to “break (bones).” Why it would be collocated with “sherds” is not clear. For this reason some emend the phrase to read “consume its dregs” (see L. C. Allen, Ezekiel [WBC], 2:44) or emend the verb to read “swallow,” as if the intoxicated Oholibah breaks the cup and then eats the very sherds in an effort to get every last drop of the beverage that dampens them.
15 sn The severe action is more extreme than beating the breasts in anguish (Isa 32:12; Nah 2:7). It is also ironic for these are the very breasts she so blatantly offered to her lovers (vv. 3, 21).
16 sn The Phoenicians practiced circumcision, so the language here must be figurative, indicating that they would be treated in a disgraceful manner. Uncircumcised peoples were viewed as inferior, unclean, and perhaps even sub-human. See 31:18 and 32:17-32, as well as the discussion in D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:99.
17 tn Heb “for which he worked,” referring to the assault on Tyre (v. 18).
18 sn A promise given to Abraham (Gen 15:7) and his descendants (Gen 15:8; Exod 6:7).
19 sn The blessings described in vv. 25-30 are those promised for obedience in Lev 26:4-13.
20 tn Heb, “the sheep of my pasture, you are human.” See 36:37-38 for a similar expression. The possessive pronoun “my” is supplied in the translation to balance “I am your God” in the next clause.
21 tn Heb “Let it be known.”
22 tn Heb “goes up against.”
23 tn Heb “against.”
24 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Gog, cf. v. 18) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
25 tn Heb “name.”
26 tn Heb “chariots.”
27 sn See Ezek 11:19; 37:14.
