Discovery BoxEzekiel 16:36 
Context16:36 This is what the sovereign Lord says: Because your lust 1 was poured out and your nakedness was uncovered in your prostitution with your lovers, and because of all your detestable idols, and because of the blood of your children you have given to them,
Ezekiel 22:4
Context22:4 you are guilty because of the blood you shed and defiled by the idols you made. You have hastened the day of your doom; 2 the end of your years has come. 3 Therefore I will make 4 you an object of scorn to the nations, an object to be mocked by all lands.
Ezekiel 39:17
Context39:17 “As for you, son of man, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Tell every kind of bird and every wild beast: ‘Assemble and come! Gather from all around to my slaughter 5 which I am going to make for you, a great slaughter on the mountains of Israel! You will eat flesh and drink blood.
Ezekiel 43:18
Context43:18 Then he said to me: “Son of man, this is what the sovereign Lord says: These are the statutes of the altar: On the day it is built to offer up burnt offerings on it and to sprinkle blood on it, 6
Ezekiel 44:15
Context44:15 “‘But the Levitical priests, the descendants of Zadok 7 who kept the charge of my sanctuary when the people of Israel went astray from me, will approach me to minister to me; they will stand before me to offer me the fat and the blood, declares the sovereign Lord.
Ezekiel 45:19
Context45:19 The priest will take some of the blood of the sin offering and place it on the doorpost of the temple, on the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and on the doorpost of the gate of the inner court.
1 tn The Hebrew word occurs only here in the OT.
2 tn Heb “you have brought near your days.” The expression “bring near your days” appears to be an adaptation of the idiom “days draw near,” which is used to indicate that an event, such as death, is imminent (see Gen 27:41; 47:29; Deut 31:14; 1 Kgs 2:1; Ezek 12:23). Here “your days” probably refers to the days of the personified city’s life, which was about to come to an end through God’s judgment.
3 tn Heb “and you have come to your years.” This appears to mean that she has arrived at the time when her years (i.e., life) would end, though it may mean that her years of punishment will begin. Because “day” and “time” are so closely associated in the immediate context (see 21:25, 29) some prefer to emend the text and read “you have brought near your time.” See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:31, as well as the translator’s note on verse 3.
4 tn The Hebrew verb is a prophetic perfect, emphasizing that the action is as good as done from the speaker’s perspective.
5 tn Or “sacrifice” (so also in the rest of this verse).
6 sn For the “sprinkling of blood,” see Lev 1:5, 11; 8:19; 9:12.
7 sn Zadok was a descendant of Aaron through Eleazar (1 Chr 6:50-53), who served as a priest during David’s reign (2 Sam 8:17).
