Discovery BoxEzekiel 2:10--3:1 
Context2:10 He unrolled it before me, and it had writing on the front 1 and back; 2 written on it were laments, mourning, and woe.
3:1 He said to me, “Son of man, eat what you see in front of you 3 – eat this scroll – and then go and speak to the house of Israel.”
Ezekiel 3:10
Context3:10 And he said to me, “Son of man, take all my words that I speak to you to heart and listen carefully.
Ezekiel 4:15
Context4:15 So he said to me, “All right then, I will substitute cow’s manure instead of human excrement. You will cook your food over it.”
Ezekiel 8:8
Context8:8 He said to me, “Son of man, dig into the wall.” So I dug into the wall and discovered a doorway.
Ezekiel 8:14
Context8:14 Then he brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the Lord’s house. I noticed 4 women sitting there weeping for Tammuz. 5
Ezekiel 9:10-11
Context9:10 But as for me, my eye will not pity them nor will I spare 6 them; I hereby repay them for what they have done.” 7
9:11 Next I noticed the man dressed in linen with the writing kit at his side bringing back word: “I have done just as you commanded me.”
Ezekiel 11:2
Context11:2 The Lord 8 said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked advice in this city.
Ezekiel 14:5
Context14:5 I will do this in order to capture the hearts of the house of Israel, who have alienated themselves from me on account of all their idols.’
Ezekiel 20:49
Context20:49 Then I said, “O sovereign Lord! They are saying of me, ‘Does he not simply speak in eloquent figures of speech?’”
Ezekiel 23:36
Context23:36 The Lord said to me: “Son of man, are you willing to pronounce judgment 9 on Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominable deeds!
Ezekiel 24:1
Context24:1 The word of the Lord came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month 10 :
Ezekiel 29:1
Context29:1 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, 11 the word of the Lord came to me:
Ezekiel 29:17
Context29:17 In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, 12 the word of the Lord came to me:
Ezekiel 29:20
Context29:20 I have given him the land of Egypt as his compensation for attacking Tyre 13 , because they did it for me, declares the sovereign Lord.
Ezekiel 30:20
Context30:20 In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, 14 the word of the Lord came to me:
Ezekiel 31:1
Context31:1 In the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, 15 the word of the Lord came to me:
Ezekiel 32:1
Context32:1 In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first of the month, 16 the word of the Lord came to me:
Ezekiel 37:2
Context37:2 He made me walk all around among them. 17 I realized 18 there were a great many bones in the valley and they were very dry.
Ezekiel 39:26
Context39:26 They will bear their shame for all their unfaithful acts against me, when they live securely on their land with no one to make them afraid.
Ezekiel 40:17
Context40:17 Then he brought me to the outer court. I saw 19 chambers there, and a pavement made for the court all around; thirty chambers faced the pavement.
Ezekiel 40:28
Context40:28 Then he brought me to the inner court by the south gate. He measured the south gate; it had the same dimensions as the others.
Ezekiel 40:32
Context40:32 Then he brought me to the inner court on the east side. He measured the gate; it had the same dimensions as the others.
Ezekiel 41:1
Context41:1 Then he brought me to the outer sanctuary, and measured the jambs; the jambs were 10½ feet 20 wide on each side.
Ezekiel 41:4
Context41:4 Then he measured its length as 35 feet, 21 and its width as 35 feet, 22 before the outer sanctuary. He said to me, “This is the most holy place.”
Ezekiel 42:15
Context42:15 Now when he had finished measuring the interior of the temple, he led me out by the gate which faces east and measured all around.
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 44:1
Context44:1 Then he brought me back by way of the outer gate of the sanctuary which faces east, but it was shut.
Ezekiel 46:24
Context46:24 Then he said to me, “These are the houses for boiling, where the ministers of the temple boil the sacrifices of the people.”
1 tn Heb “on the face.”
2 sn Written on the front and back. While it was common for papyrus scrolls to have writing on both sides the same was not true for leather scrolls.
3 tn Heb “eat what you find.”
4 tn Given the context this could be understood as a shock, e.g., idiomatically “Good grief! I saw….”
5 sn The worship of Tammuz included the observation of the annual death and descent into the netherworld of the god Dumuzi. The practice was observed by women in the ancient Near East over a period of centuries.
6 tn The meaning of the Hebrew term is primarily emotional: “to pity,” which in context implies an action, as in being moved by pity in order to spare them from the horror of their punishment.
7 tn Heb “their way on their head I have placed.” The same expression occurs in 1 Kgs 8:32; Ezek 11:21; 16:43; 22:31.
8 tn Heb “and he”; the referent (the
9 tn Heb “will you judge.” Here the imperfect form of the verb is probably used with a desiderative nuance. Addressed to the prophet, “judge” means to warn of or pronounce God’s impending judgment. See 20:4; 22:2.
10 tn The date of this oracle was January 15, 588
11 tn January 7, 587
12 sn April 26, 571
13 tn Heb “for which he worked,” referring to the assault on Tyre (v. 18).
14 tn April 29, 587
15 sn June 21, 587
16 sn This would be March 3, 585
17 tn Heb “and he made me pass over them, around, around.”
18 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and is here translated as “I realized” because it results from Ezekiel’s recognition of the situation around him. In Hebrew, the exclamation is repeated in the following sentence.
19 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
20 tn Heb “six cubits” (i.e., 3.15 meters).
21 tn Heb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).
22 tn Heb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).
