Discovery BoxEzekiel 2:5 
Context2:5 And as for them, 1 whether they listen 2 or not – for they are a rebellious 3 house 4 – they will know that a prophet has been among them.
Ezekiel 3:15
Context3:15 I came to the exiles at Tel Abib, 5 who lived by the Kebar River. 6 I sat dumbfounded among them there, where they were living, for seven days. 7
Ezekiel 3:25
Context3:25 As for you, son of man, they will put ropes on you and tie you up with them, so you cannot go out among them.
Ezekiel 4:13
Context4:13 And the Lord said, “This is how the people of Israel will eat their unclean food among the nations 8 where I will banish them.”
Ezekiel 5:8
Context5:8 “Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: I – even I – am against you, 9 and I will execute judgment 10 among you while the nations watch. 11
Ezekiel 5:14
Context5:14 “I will make you desolate and an object of scorn among the nations around you, in the sight of everyone who passes by.
Ezekiel 15:2
Context15:2 “Son of man, of all the woody branches among the trees of the forest, what happens to the wood of the vine? 12
Ezekiel 16:14
Context16:14 Your fame 13 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. 14
Ezekiel 16:53
Context16:53 “‘I will restore their fortunes, the fortunes of Sodom and her daughters, and the fortunes of Samaria and her daughters (along with your fortunes among them),
Ezekiel 18:18
Context18:18 As for his father, because he practices extortion, robs his brother, and does what is not good among his people, he will die for his iniquity.
Ezekiel 20:23
Context20:23 I also swore 15 to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands. 16
Ezekiel 22:7
Context22:7 They have treated father and mother with contempt 17 within you; they have oppressed the foreigner among you; they have wronged the orphan and the widow 18 within you.
Ezekiel 22:9
Context22:9 Slanderous men shed blood within you. 19 Those who live within you eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains; 20 they commit obscene acts among you. 21
Ezekiel 22:13
Context22:13 “‘See, I strike my hands together 22 at the dishonest profit you have made, and at the bloodshed 23 they have done among you.
Ezekiel 23:10
Context23:10 They exposed her nakedness, seized her sons and daughters, and killed her with the sword. She became notorious 24 among women, and they executed judgments against her.
Ezekiel 25:10
Context25:10 I will hand it over, 25 along with the Ammonites, 26 to the tribes 27 of the east, so that the Ammonites will no longer be remembered among the nations.
Ezekiel 27:19
Context27:19 and casks of wine 28 from Izal 29 they exchanged for your products. Wrought iron, cassia, and sweet cane were among your merchandise.
Ezekiel 27:24
Context27:24 They traded with you choice garments, purple clothes and embroidered work, and multicolored carpets, bound and reinforced with cords; these were among your merchandise.
Ezekiel 31:17
Context31:17 Those who lived in its shade, its allies 30 among the nations, also went down with it to Sheol, to those killed by the sword.
Ezekiel 32:20
Context32:20 They will fall among those killed by the sword. The sword is drawn; they carry her and all her hordes away.
Ezekiel 34:24
Context34:24 I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David will be prince 31 among them; I, the Lord, have spoken!
Ezekiel 36:19
Context36:19 I scattered them among the nations; they were dispersed throughout foreign countries. In accordance with their behavior and their deeds I judged them.
Ezekiel 36:30
Context36:30 I will multiply the fruit of the trees and the produce of the fields, so that you will never again suffer the disgrace of famine among the nations.
Ezekiel 37:2
Context37:2 He made me walk all around among them. 32 I realized 33 there were a great many bones in the valley and they were very dry.
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.
1 tn Heb “they”; the phrase “And as for them” has been used in the translation for clarity.
2 tn The Hebrew word implies obedience rather than mere hearing or paying attention.
3 tn This Hebrew adjective is also used to describe the Israelites in Num 17:25 and Isa 30:9.
4 sn The book of Ezekiel frequently refers to the Israelites as a rebellious house (Ezek 2:5, 6, 8; 3:9, 26-27; 12:2-3, 9, 25; 17:12; 24:3).
5 sn The name “Tel Abib” is a transliteration of an Akkadian term meaning “mound of the flood,” i.e., an ancient mound. It is not to be confused with the modern city of Tel Aviv in Israel.
6 tn Or “canal.”
7 sn A similar response to a divine encounter is found in Acts 9:8-9.
8 sn Unclean food among the nations. Lands outside of Israel were considered unclean (Josh 22:19; Amos 7:17).
9 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. The Hebrew text switches to a second feminine singular form here, indicating that personified Jerusalem is addressed (see vv. 5-6a). The address to Jerusalem continues through v. 15. In vv. 16-17 the second masculine plural is used, as the people are addressed.
10 tn The Hebrew text uses wordplay here to bring out the appropriate nature of God’s judgment. “Execute” translates the same Hebrew verb translated “carried out” (literally meaning “do”) in v. 7, while “judgment” in v. 8 and “regulations” in v. 7 translate the same Hebrew noun (meaning “regulations” or in some cases “judgments” executed on those who break laws). The point seems to be this: God would “carry out judgments” against those who refused to “carry out” his “laws.”
11 tn Heb “in the sight of the nations.”
sn This is one of the ironies of the passage. The Lord set Israel among the nations for honor and praise as they would be holy and obey God’s law as told in Ezek 5:5 and Deut 26:16-19. The practice of these laws and statutes would make the peoples consider Israel wise. (See Deut 4:5-8, where the words for laws and statutes are the same as those used here). Since Israel did not obey, they are made a different kind of object lesson to the nations, not by their obedience but in their punishment as told in Ezek 5:8 and Deut 29:24-29. Yet Deut 30 goes on to say that when they remember the cursings and blessings of the covenant and repent, God will restore them from the nations to which they have been scattered.
12 tn Most modern translations take the statement as a comparison (“how is vine wood better than any forest wood?”) based on the preposition מִן (min). But a comparison should have a word as an adjective or stative verb designating a quality, i.e., a word for “good/better” is lacking. The preposition is translated above in its partitive sense.
sn Comparing Israel to the wood of the vine may focus on Israel’s inferiority to the other nations. For the vine imagery in relation to Israel and the people of God, see Ps 80:8-13; John 15:1-7; Rom 11:17-22.
13 tn Heb “name.”
14 sn The description of the nation Israel in vv. 10-14 recalls the splendor of the nation’s golden age under King Solomon.
15 tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”
16 sn Though the Pentateuch does not seem to know of this episode, Ps 106:26-27 may speak of God’s oath to exile the people before they had entered Canaan.
17 tn Heb “treated lightly, cursed.”
18 tn Widows and orphans are often coupled together in the OT (Deut 14:29; 16:11, 14; 24:19-21; 26:12-13; Jer 7:6; 22:3). They represented all who were poor and vulnerable to economic exploitation.
19 tn Heb “men of slander are in you in order to shed blood.”
20 tn Heb “and on the mountains they eat within you.” The mountains mentioned here were the site of pagan sacrifices. See 18:6.
21 sn This statement introduces vv. 10-11 and refers in general terms to the sexual sins described there. For the legal background of vv. 10-11, see Lev 18:7-20; 20:10-21; Deut 22:22-23, 30; 27:22.
22 sn This gesture apparently expresses mourning and/or anger (see 6:11; 21:14, 17).
23 tn Heb “the blood which was in you.”
24 tn Heb “name.”
25 tn Heb “I will give it for a possession.”
26 tn Heb “the sons of Ammon” (twice in this verse).
27 tn Heb “the sons.”
28 tc The MT leaves v. 18 as an incomplete sentence and begins v. 19 with “and Dan and Javan (Ionia) from Uzal.” The LXX mentions “wine.” The translation follows an emendation assuming some confusions of vav and yod. See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:82.
29 sn According to L. C. Allen (Ezekiel [WBC], 2:82), Izal was located between Haran and the Tigris and was famous for its wine.
30 tn Heb “its arm.”
31 sn The messianic king (“David”) is called both “king” and “prince” in 37:24-25. The use of the term “prince” for this king facilitates the contrast between this ideal ruler and the Davidic “princes” denounced in earlier prophecies (see 7:27; 12:10, 12; 19:1; 21:25; 22:6, 25).
32 tn Heb “and he made me pass over them, around, around.”
33 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.
