Ezekiel 14:16
Context14:16 Even if these three men were in it, as surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, they could not save their own sons or daughters; they would save only their own lives, and the land would become desolate.
Ezekiel 14:18
Context14:18 Even if these three men were in it, as surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, they could not save their own sons or daughters – they would save only their own lives.
Ezekiel 14:20
Context14:20 Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, they could not save their own son or daughter; they would save only their own lives by their righteousness.
Ezekiel 16:5
Context16:5 No eye took pity on you to do even one of these things for you to spare you; 1 you were thrown out into the open field 2 because you were detested on the day you were born.
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 23:42
Context23:42 The sound of a carefree crowd accompanied her, 3 including all kinds of men; 4 even Sabeans 5 were brought from the desert. The sisters 6 put bracelets on their wrists and beautiful crowns on their heads.
Ezekiel 34:25
Context34:25 “‘I will make a covenant of peace with them and will rid the land of wild beasts, so that they can live securely 7 in the wilderness and even sleep in the woods. 8
Ezekiel 44:7
Context44:7 When you bring foreigners, those uncircumcised in heart and in flesh, into my sanctuary, you desecrate 9 it – even my house – when you offer my food, the fat and the blood. You 10 have broken my covenant by all your abominable practices.
1 sn These verbs, “pity” and “spare,” echo the judgment oracles in 5:11; 7:4, 9; 8:18; 9:5, 10.
2 sn A similar concept is found in Deut 32:10.
3 tn Heb “(was) in her.”
4 tn Heb “and men from the multitude of mankind.”
5 tn An alternate reading is “drunkards.” Sheba is located in the area of modern day Yemen.
6 tn Heb “they”; the referents (the sisters) have been specified in the translation for the sake of clarity.
7 tn The phrase “live securely” occurs in Ezek 28:26; 38:8, 11, 14; 39:26 as an expression of freedom from fear. It is a promised blessing resulting from obedience (see Lev 26:5-6).
8 sn The woods were typically considered to be places of danger (Ps 104:20-21; Jer 5:6).
9 tn Heb “to desecrate.”
10 tc The Greek, Syriac, and Latin versions read “you.” The Masoretic text reads “they.”