Discovery BoxEzekiel 2:8 
Context2:8 As for you, son of man, listen to what I am saying to you: Do not rebel like that rebellious house! Open your mouth and eat what I am giving you.”
Ezekiel 3:9
Context3:9 I have made your forehead harder than flint – like diamond! 1 Do not fear them or be terrified of the looks they give you, 2 for they are a rebellious house.”
Ezekiel 3:19
Context3:19 But as for you, if you warn the wicked and he does not turn from his wicked deed and from his wicked lifestyle, he will die for his iniquity but you will have saved your own life. 3
Ezekiel 3:21
Context3:21 However, if you warn the righteous person not to sin, and he 4 does not sin, he will certainly live because he was warned, and you will have saved your own life.”
Ezekiel 3:27
Context3:27 But when I speak with you, I will loosen your tongue 5 and you must say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says.’ Those who listen will listen, but the indifferent will refuse, 6 for they are a rebellious house.
Ezekiel 4:6
Context4:6 “When you have completed these days, then lie down a second time, but on your right side, and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah 40 days 7 – I have assigned one day for each year.
Ezekiel 5:17
Context5:17 I will send famine and wild beasts against you and they will take your children from you. 8 Plague and bloodshed will overwhelm you, 9 and I will bring a sword against you. I, the Lord, have spoken!”
Ezekiel 9:8
Context9:8 While they were striking them down, I was left alone, and I threw myself face down and cried out, “Ah, sovereign Lord! Will you destroy the entire remnant of Israel when you pour out your fury on Jerusalem?”
Ezekiel 10:2
Context10:2 The Lord 10 said to the man dressed in linen, “Go between the wheelwork 11 underneath the cherubim. 12 Fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city.” He went as I watched.
Ezekiel 11:5
Context11:5 Then the Spirit of the Lord came 13 upon me and said to me, “Say: This is what the Lord says: ‘This is what you are thinking, 14 O house of Israel; I know what goes through your minds. 15
Ezekiel 12:25
Context12:25 For I, the Lord, will speak. Whatever word I speak will be accomplished. It will not be delayed any longer. Indeed in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak the word and accomplish it, declares the sovereign Lord.’”
Ezekiel 16:13
Context16:13 You were adorned with gold and silver, while your clothing was of fine linen, silk, and embroidery. You ate the finest flour, honey, and olive oil. You became extremely beautiful and attained the position of royalty.
Ezekiel 16:17
Context16:17 You also took your beautiful jewelry, made of my gold and my silver I had given to you, and made for yourself male images and engaged in prostitution 16 with them.
Ezekiel 16:49
Context16:49 “‘See here – this was the iniquity 17 of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters had majesty, abundance of food, and enjoyed carefree ease, but they did not help 18 the poor and needy.
Ezekiel 16:51
Context16:51 Samaria has not committed half the sins you have; you have done more abominable deeds than they did. 19 You have made your sisters appear righteous with all the abominable things you have done.
Ezekiel 16:57
Context16:57 before your evil was exposed? Now you have become an object of scorn to the daughters of Aram 20 and all those around her and to the daughters of the Philistines – those all around you who despise you.
Ezekiel 18:29-30
Context18:29 Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The Lord’s conduct is unjust!’ Is my conduct unjust, O house of Israel? Is it not your conduct that is unjust?
18:30 “Therefore I will judge each person according to his conduct, 21 O house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord. Repent 22 and turn from all your wickedness; then it will not be an obstacle leading to iniquity. 23
Ezekiel 20:7
Context20:7 I said to them, “Each of you must get rid of the detestable idols you keep before you, 24 and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.”
Ezekiel 20:27
Context20:27 “Therefore, speak to the house of Israel, son of man, and tell them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: In this way too your fathers blasphemed me when they were unfaithful to me.
Ezekiel 20:36
Context20:36 Just as I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgment with you, declares the sovereign Lord.
Ezekiel 20:41
Context20:41 When I bring you out from the nations and gather you from the lands where you are scattered, I will accept you along with your soothing aroma. I will display my holiness among you in the sight of the nations.
Ezekiel 20:44
Context20:44 Then you will know that I am the Lord, when I deal with you for the sake of my reputation and not according to your wicked conduct and corrupt deeds, O house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord.’”
Ezekiel 21:12
Context21:12 Cry out and moan, son of man,
for it is wielded against my people;
against all the princes of Israel.
They are delivered up to the sword, along with my people.
Therefore, strike your thigh. 25
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 22:12
Context22:12 They take bribes within you to shed blood. You engage in usury and charge interest; 26 you extort money from your neighbors. You have forgotten me, 27 declares the sovereign Lord. 28
Ezekiel 23:29
Context23:29 They will treat you with hatred, take away all you have labored for, 29 and leave you naked and bare. Your nakedness will be exposed, just as when you engaged in prostitution and obscene conduct. 30
Ezekiel 23:32
Context23:32 “This is what the sovereign Lord says: “You will drink your sister’s deep and wide cup; 31 you will be scorned and derided, for it holds a great deal.
Ezekiel 23:35
Context23:35 “Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Because you have forgotten me and completely disregarded me, 32 you must bear now the punishment 33 for your obscene conduct and prostitution.”
Ezekiel 24:13
Context24:13 You mix uncleanness with obscene conduct. 34
I tried to cleanse you, 35 but you are not clean.
You will not be cleansed from your uncleanness 36
until I have exhausted my anger on you.
Ezekiel 24:16
Context24:16 “Son of man, realize that I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you with a jolt, 37 but you must not mourn or weep or shed tears.
Ezekiel 26:8
Context26:8 He will kill your daughters in the field with the sword. He will build a siege wall against you, erect a siege ramp against you, and raise a great shield against you.
Ezekiel 27:9
Context27:9 The elders of Gebal 38 and her skilled men were within you, mending cracks; 39
all the ships of the sea and their mariners were within you to trade for your merchandise. 40
Ezekiel 28:16
Context28:16 In the abundance of your trade you were filled with violence, 41 and you sinned;
so I defiled you and banished you 42 from the mountain of God –
the guardian cherub expelled you 43 from the midst of the stones of fire.
Ezekiel 29:10
Context29:10 I am against 44 you and your waterways. I will turn the land of Egypt into an utter desolate ruin from Migdol 45 to Syene, 46 as far as the border with Ethiopia.
Ezekiel 32:10
Context32:10 I will shock many peoples with you,
and their kings will shiver with horror because of you.
When I brandish my sword before them,
every moment each one will tremble for his life, on the day of your fall.
Ezekiel 32:12
Context32:12 By the swords of the mighty warriors I will cause your hordes to fall –
all of them are the most terrifying among the nations.
They will devastate the pride of Egypt,
and all its hordes will be destroyed.
Ezekiel 33:2
Context33:2 “Son of man, speak to your people, 47 and say to them, ‘Suppose I bring a sword against the land, and the people of the land take one man from their borders and make him their watchman.
Ezekiel 33:9
Context33:9 But if you warn the wicked man to change his behavior, 48 and he refuses to change, 49 he will die for his iniquity, but you have saved your own life.
Ezekiel 33:25
Context33:25 Therefore say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: You eat the meat with the blood still in it, 50 pray to 51 your idols, and shed blood. Do you really think you will possess 52 the land?
Ezekiel 33:30-31
Context33:30 “But as for you, son of man, your people 53 (who are talking about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses) say to one another, 54 ‘Come hear the word that comes 55 from the Lord.’ 33:31 They come to you in crowds, 56 and they sit in front of you as 57 my people. They hear your words, but do not obey 58 them. For they talk lustfully, 59 and their heart is set on 60 their own advantage. 61
Ezekiel 36:15
Context36:15 I will no longer subject you to 62 the nations’ insults; no longer will you bear the shame of the peoples, and no longer will you bereave 63 your nation, declares the sovereign Lord.’”
Ezekiel 36:26
Context36:26 I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will remove the heart of stone 64 from your body and give you a heart of flesh. 65
Ezekiel 37:14
Context37:14 I will place my breath 66 in you and you will live; I will give you rest in your own land. Then you will know that I am the Lord – I have spoken and I will act, declares the Lord.’”
Ezekiel 37:25
Context37:25 They will live in the land I gave to my servant Jacob, in which your fathers lived; they will live in it – they and their children and their grandchildren forever. David my servant will be prince over them forever.
Ezekiel 38:9
Context38:9 You will advance; 67 you will come like a storm. You will be like a cloud covering the earth, you, all your troops, and the many other peoples with you.
Ezekiel 38:15
Context38:15 and come from your place, from the remote parts of the north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great company and a vast army.
Ezekiel 39:4
Context39:4 You will fall dead on the mountains of Israel, you and all your troops and the people who are with you. I give you as food to every kind of bird and every wild beast.
Ezekiel 44:7
Context44:7 When you bring foreigners, those uncircumcised in heart and in flesh, into my sanctuary, you desecrate 68 it – even my house – when you offer my food, the fat and the blood. You 69 have broken my covenant by all your abominable practices.
Ezekiel 45:9
Context45:9 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Enough, you princes of Israel! Put away violence and destruction, and do what is just and right. Put an end to your evictions of my people, 70 declares the sovereign Lord.
1 tn The Hebrew term translated “diamond” is parallel to “iron” in Jer 17:1. The Hebrew uses two terms which are both translated at times as “flint,” but here one is clearly harder than the other. The translation “diamond” attempts to reflect this distinction in English.
2 tn Heb “of their faces.”
3 tn Verses 17-19 are repeated in Ezek 33:7-9.
4 tn Heb “the righteous man.”
5 tn Heb “open your mouth.”
6 tn Heb “the listener will listen, the refuser will refuse.” Because the word for listening can also mean obeying, the nuance may be that the obedient will listen, or that the one who listens will obey. Also, although the verbs are not jussive as pointed in the MT, some translate them with a volitive sense: “the one who listens – let that one listen, the one who refuses – let that one refuse.”
7 sn The number 40 may refer in general to the period of Judah’s exile using the number of years Israel was punished in the wilderness. In this case, however, one would need to translate, “you will bear the punishment of the house of Judah.”
8 tn Heb “will bereave you.”
9 tn Heb “will pass through you.” This threat recalls the warning of Lev 26:22, 25 and Deut 32:24-25.
10 tn Heb “and he”; the referent (the
11 tn The Hebrew term often refers to chariot wheels (Isa 28:28; Ezek 23:24; 26:10).
12 tc The LXX, Syriac, Vulgate, and Targum
13 tn Heb “fell.”
14 tn The Hebrew verb commonly means “to say,” but may also mean “to think” (see also v. 3).
15 tn Heb “I know the steps of your spirits.”
16 tn Or perhaps “and worshiped them,” if the word “prostitution” is understood in a figurative rather than a literal sense (cf. CEV, NLT).
17 tn Or “guilt.”
18 tn Heb “strengthen the hand of.”
19 tn Or “you have multiplied your abominable deeds beyond them.”
20 tc So MT, LXX, and Vulgate; many Hebrew
21 tn Heb “ways.”
22 tn The verbs and persons in this verse are plural whereas the individual has been the subject of the chapter.
23 tn Or “leading to punishment.”
24 tn Heb “each one, the detestable things of his eyes, throw away.” The Pentateuch does not refer to the Israelites worshiping idols in Egypt, but Josh 24:14 appears to suggest that they did so.
25 sn This physical action was part of an expression of grief. Cp. Jer. 31:19.
26 tn Heb “usury and interest you take.” See 18:13, 17. This kind of economic exploitation violated the law given in Lev 25:36.
27 sn Forgetting the Lord is also addressed in Deut 6:12; 8:11, 14; Jer 3:21; 13:25; Ezek 23:35; Hos 2:15; 8:14; 13:6.
28 tn The second person verb forms are feminine singular in Hebrew, indicating that the personified city is addressed here as representing its citizens.
29 tn The Hebrew term means “labor,” but by extension it can also refer to that for which one works.
30 tn Heb “The nakedness of your prostitution will be exposed, and your obscene conduct and your harlotry.”
31 sn The image of a deep and wide cup suggests the degree of punishment; it will be extensive and leave the victim helpless.
32 tn Heb “and you cast me behind your back.” The expression pictures her rejection of the Lord (see 1 Kgs 14:9).
33 tn The word “punishment” is not in the Hebrew text but is demanded by the context.
34 tn Heb “in your uncleanness (is) obscene conduct.”
35 tn Heb “because I cleansed you.” In this context (see especially the very next statement), the statement must refer to divine intention and purpose. Despite God’s efforts to cleanse his people, they resisted him and remained morally impure.
36 tn The Hebrew text adds the word “again.”
37 tn Heb “a strike.”
38 sn Another Phoenician coastal city located between Sidon and Arvad.
39 tn Heb “strengthening damages.” Here “to strengthen” means to repair. The word for “damages” occurs several times in 1 Kgs 12 about some type of damage to the temple, which may have referred to or included cracks. Since the context describes Tyre in its glory, we do not expect this reference to damages to be of significant scale, even if there are repairmen. This may refer to using pitch to seal the seams of the ship, which had to be done periodically and could be considered routine maintenance rather than repair of damage.
40 sn The reference to “all the ships of the sea…within you” suggests that the metaphor is changing; previously Tyre had been described as a magnificent ship, but now the description shifts back to an actual city. The “ships of the sea” were within Tyre’s harbor. Verse 11 refers to “walls” and “towers” of the city.
41 tn Heb “they filled your midst with violence.”
42 tn Heb “I defiled you.” The presence of the preposition “from” following the verb indicates that a verb of motion is implied as well. See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:91.
43 tn Heb “and I expelled you, O guardian cherub.” The Hebrew text takes the verb as first person and understands “guardian cherub” as a vocative, in apposition to the pronominal suffix on the verb. However, if the emendation in verse 14a is accepted (see the note above), then one may follow the LXX here as well and emend the verb to a third person perfect. In this case the subject of the verb is the guardian cherub. See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:91.
44 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.
45 sn This may refer to a site in the Egyptian Delta which served as a refuge for Jews (Jer 44:1; 46:14).
46 sn Syene is known today as Aswan.
47 tn Heb “sons of your people.”
48 tn Heb “from his way to turn from it.”
49 tn Heb “and he does not turn from his way.”
50 sn This practice was a violation of Levitical law (see Lev 19:26).
51 tn Heb “lift up your eyes.”
52 tn Heb “Will you possess?”
53 tn Heb “sons of your people.”
54 tn Heb “one to one, a man to his brother.”
55 tn Heb “comes out.”
56 tn Heb “as people come.” Apparently this is an idiom indicating that they come in crowds. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:264.
57 tn The word “as” is supplied in the translation.
58 tn Heb “do.”
59 tn Heb “They do lust with their mouths.”
60 tn Heb “goes after.”
61 tn The present translation understands the term often used for “unjust gain” in a wider sense, following M. Greenberg, who also notes that the LXX uses a term which can describe either sexual or ritual pollution. See M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:687.
62 tn Heb “cause you to hear.”
63 tc The MT reads תַכְשִׁלִי (takhshiliy), a metathesis for תַשְׁכִלִי (tashkhiliy) from the root שָׁכַל (shakhal) which is used in each of the previous verses.
64 sn That is, a heart which symbolizes a will that is stubborn and unresponsive (see 1 Sam 25:37). In Rabbinic literature a “stone” was associated with an evil inclination (b. Sukkah 52a).
65 sn That is, a heart which symbolizes a will that is responsive and obedient to God.
66 tn Or “spirit.” This is likely an allusion to Gen 2 and God’s breath which creates life.
67 tn Heb “go up.”
68 tn Heb “to desecrate.”
69 tc The Greek, Syriac, and Latin versions read “you.” The Masoretic text reads “they.”
70 sn Evictions of the less fortunate by the powerful are described in 1 Kgs 21:1-16; Jer 22:1-5, 13-17; Ezek 22:25.
