Discovery BoxEzekiel 3:27 
Context3:27 But when I speak with you, I will loosen your tongue 1 and you must say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says.’ Those who listen will listen, but the indifferent will refuse, 2 for they are a rebellious house.
Ezekiel 4:14
Context4:14 And I said, “Ah, sovereign Lord, I have never been ceremonially defiled before. I have never eaten a carcass or an animal torn by wild beasts; from my youth up, unclean meat 3 has never entered my mouth.”
Ezekiel 5:11
Context5:11 “Therefore, as surely as I live, says the sovereign Lord, because you defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable idols and with all your abominable practices, I will withdraw; my eye will not pity you, nor will I spare 4 you.
Ezekiel 6:11
Context6:11 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Clap your hands, stamp your feet, and say, “Ah!” because of all the evil, abominable practices of the house of Israel, for they will fall by the sword, famine, and pestilence. 5
Ezekiel 7:2
Context7:2 “You, son of man – this is what the sovereign Lord says to the land of Israel: An end! The end is coming on the four corners of the land! 6
Ezekiel 8:1
Context8:1 In the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth of the month, 7 as I was sitting in my house with the elders of Judah sitting in front of me, the hand 8 of the sovereign Lord seized me. 9
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 11:7
Context11:7 Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: ‘The corpses you have dumped 10 in the midst of the city 11 are the meat, and this city 12 is the cooking pot, but I will take you out of it. 13
Ezekiel 11:13
Context11:13 Now, while I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I threw myself face down and cried out with a loud voice, “Alas, sovereign Lord! You are completely wiping out the remnant of Israel!” 14
Ezekiel 11:17
Context11:17 “Therefore say: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: When I regather you from the peoples and assemble you from the lands where you have been dispersed, I will give you back the country of Israel.’
Ezekiel 12:23
Context12:23 Therefore tell them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: I hereby end this proverb; they will not recite it in Israel any longer.’ But say to them, ‘The days are at hand when every vision will be fulfilled. 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 13:13
Context13:13 “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: In my rage I will make a violent wind break out. In my anger there will be a deluge of rain and hailstones in destructive fury.
Ezekiel 14:11
Context14:11 so that the house of Israel will no longer go astray from me, nor continue to defile themselves by all their sins. They will be my people and I will be their God, 16 declares the sovereign Lord.’”
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 14:20-21
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.
14:21 “For this is what the sovereign Lord says: How much worse will it be when I send my four terrible judgments – sword, famine, wild animals, and plague – to Jerusalem 17 to kill both people and animals!
Ezekiel 14:23
Context14:23 They will console you when you see their behavior and their deeds, because you will know that it was not without reason that I have done everything which I have done in it, declares the sovereign Lord.”
Ezekiel 15:6
Context15:6 “Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Like the wood of the vine is among the trees of the forest which I have provided as fuel for the fire – so I will provide the residents of Jerusalem 18 as fuel. 19
Ezekiel 16:3
Context16:3 and say, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites; your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.
Ezekiel 16:19
Context16:19 As for my food that I gave you – the fine flour, olive oil, and honey I fed you – you placed it before them as a soothing aroma. That is exactly what happened, declares the sovereign Lord.
Ezekiel 17:3
Context17:3 Say to them: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: 20
“‘A great eagle 21 with broad wings, long feathers, 22
with full plumage which was multi-hued, 23
came to Lebanon 24 and took the top of the cedar.
Ezekiel 17:16
Context17:16 “‘As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, surely in the city 25 of the king who crowned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke – in the middle of Babylon he will die!
Ezekiel 18:30
Context18:30 “Therefore I will judge each person according to his conduct, 26 O house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord. Repent 27 and turn from all your wickedness; then it will not be an obstacle leading to iniquity. 28
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 20:33
Context20:33 As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, with a powerful hand and an outstretched arm, 29 and with an outpouring of rage, I will be king over you.
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 20:44
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 21:24
Context21:24 “Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: ‘Because you have brought up 30 your own guilt by uncovering your transgressions and revealing your sins through all your actions, for this reason you will be taken by force. 31
Ezekiel 21:28
Context21:28 “As for you, son of man, prophesy and say, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says concerning the Ammonites and their coming humiliation; 32 say:
“‘A sword, a sword drawn for slaughter,
polished to consume, 33 to flash like lightning –
Ezekiel 22:3
Context22:3 Then say, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: O city, who spills blood within herself (which brings on her doom), 34 and who makes herself idols (which results in impurity),
Ezekiel 22:12
Context22:12 They take bribes within you to shed blood. You engage in usury and charge interest; 35 you extort money from your neighbors. You have forgotten me, 36 declares the sovereign Lord. 37
Ezekiel 22:28
Context22:28 Her prophets coat their messages with whitewash. 38 They see false visions and announce lying omens for them, saying, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says,’ when the Lord has not spoken.
Ezekiel 22:31
Context22:31 So I have poured my anger on them, and destroyed them with the fire of my fury. I hereby repay them for what they have done, 39 declares the sovereign Lord.”
Ezekiel 23:22
Context23:22 “Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look here, 40 I am about to stir up against you the lovers with whom you were disgusted; I will bring them against you from every side:
Ezekiel 23:28
Context23:28 “For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look here, 41 I am about to deliver you over to 42 those whom you hate, to those with whom you were disgusted.
Ezekiel 23:32
Context23:32 “This is what the sovereign Lord says: “You will drink your sister’s deep and wide cup; 43 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, 44 you must bear now the punishment 45 for your obscene conduct and prostitution.”
Ezekiel 24:3
Context24:3 Recite a proverb to this rebellious house 46 and say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:
“‘Set on the pot, 47 set it on,
pour water in it too;
Ezekiel 24:6
Context24:6 “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says:
Woe to the city of bloodshed,
the pot whose rot 48 is in it,
whose rot has not been removed 49 from it!
Empty it piece by piece.
No lot has fallen on it. 50
Ezekiel 24:14
Context24:14 “‘I the Lord have spoken; judgment 51 is coming and I will act! I will not relent, or show pity, or be sorry! 52 I will judge you 53 according to your conduct 54 and your deeds, declares the sovereign Lord.’”
Ezekiel 24:24
Context24:24 Ezekiel will be an object lesson for you; you will do all that he has done. When it happens, then you will know that I am the sovereign Lord.’
Ezekiel 25:14
Context25:14 I will exact my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel. They will carry out in Edom my anger and rage; they will experience 55 my vengeance, declares the sovereign Lord.’”
Ezekiel 25:16
Context25:16 So this is what the sovereign Lord says: Take note, I am about to stretch out my hand against the Philistines. I will kill 56 the Cherethites 57 and destroy those who remain on the seacoast.
Ezekiel 26:3
Context26:3 therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, 58 I am against you, 59 O Tyre! I will bring up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves.
Ezekiel 26:5
Context26:5 She will be a place where fishing nets are spread, surrounded by the sea. For I have spoken, declares the sovereign Lord. She will become plunder for the nations,
Ezekiel 26:7
Context26:7 “For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Take note that 60 I am about to bring King Nebuchadrezzar 61 of Babylon, king of kings, against Tyre from the north, with horses, chariots, and horsemen, an army and hordes of people.
Ezekiel 26:14-15
Context26:14 I will make you a bare rock; you will be a place where fishing nets are spread. You will never be built again, 62 for I, the Lord, have spoken, declares the sovereign Lord.
26:15 “This is what the sovereign Lord says to Tyre: Oh, how the coastlands will shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan, at the massive slaughter in your midst!
Ezekiel 26:19
Context26:19 “For this is what the sovereign Lord says: When I make you desolate like the uninhabited cities, when I bring up the deep over you and the surging 63 waters overwhelm you,
Ezekiel 27:3
Context27:3 Say to Tyre, who sits at the entrance 64 of the sea, 65 merchant to the peoples on many coasts, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:
“‘O Tyre, you have said, “I am perfectly beautiful.”
Ezekiel 28:12
Context28:12 “Son of man, sing 66 a lament for the king of Tyre, and say to him, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:
“‘You were the sealer 67 of perfection,
full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
Ezekiel 28:24
Context28:24 “‘No longer will Israel suffer from the sharp briers 68 or painful thorns of all who surround and scorn them. 69 Then they will know that I am the sovereign Lord.
Ezekiel 29:16
Context29:16 It will never again be Israel’s source of confidence, but a reminder of how they sinned by turning to Egypt for help. 70 Then they will know that I am the sovereign Lord.’”
Ezekiel 30:6
Context30:6 “‘This is what the Lord says:
Egypt’s supporters will fall;
her confident pride will crumble. 71
From Migdol to Syene 72 they will die by the sword within her,
declares the sovereign Lord.
Ezekiel 30:22
Context30:22 Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, 73 I am against 74 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and I will break his arms, the strong arm and the broken one, and I will make the sword drop from his hand.
Ezekiel 32:3
Context32:3 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:
“‘I will throw my net over you 75 in the assembly of many peoples;
and they will haul you up in my dragnet.
Ezekiel 32:16
Context32:16 This is a lament; they will chant it.
The daughters of the nations will chant it.
They will chant it over Egypt and over all her hordes,
declares the sovereign Lord.”
Ezekiel 32:32
Context32:32 Indeed, I terrified him in the land of the living, yet he will lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with those killed by the sword, Pharaoh and all his hordes, declares the sovereign Lord.”
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, 76 pray to 77 your idols, and shed blood. Do you really think you will possess 78 the land?
Ezekiel 35:3
Context35:3 Say to it, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:
“‘Look, I am against you, Mount Seir;
I will stretch out my hand against you
and turn you into a desolate ruin.
Ezekiel 35:6
Context35:6 Therefore, as surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, I will subject you to bloodshed, and bloodshed will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, bloodshed will pursue you.
Ezekiel 36:15
Context36:15 I will no longer subject you to 79 the nations’ insults; no longer will you bear the shame of the peoples, and no longer will you bereave 80 your nation, declares the sovereign Lord.’”
Ezekiel 36:37
Context36:37 “This is what the sovereign Lord says: I will allow the house of Israel to ask me to do this for them: 81 I will multiply their people like sheep. 82
Ezekiel 37:12
Context37:12 Therefore prophesy, and tell them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to open your graves and will raise you from your graves, my people. I will bring you to the land of Israel.
Ezekiel 37:21
Context37:21 Then tell them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to take the Israelites from among the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from round about and bring them to their land.
Ezekiel 38:14
Context38:14 “Therefore, prophesy, son of man, and say to Gog: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: On that day when my people Israel are living securely, you will take notice 83
Ezekiel 38:17
Context38:17 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Are you the one of whom I spoke in former days by my servants 84 the prophets of Israel, who prophesied in those days 85 that I would bring you against them?
Ezekiel 39:1
Context39:1 “As for you, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal!
Ezekiel 39:25
Context39:25 “Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Now I will restore 86 the fortunes of Jacob, and I will have mercy on the entire house of Israel. I will be zealous for my holy name.
Ezekiel 43:19
Context43:19 you will give a young bull for a sin offering to the Levitical priests who are descended from Zadok, who approach me to minister to me, declares the sovereign Lord.
Ezekiel 43:27
Context43:27 When the prescribed period is over, 87 on the eighth day and thereafter the priests will offer up on the altar your burnt offerings and your peace offerings; 88 I will accept you, declares the sovereign Lord.”
Ezekiel 44:9
Context44:9 This is what the sovereign Lord says: No foreigner, who is uncircumcised in heart and flesh among all the foreigners who are among the people of Israel, will enter into my sanctuary. 89
Ezekiel 44:12
Context44:12 Because they used to minister to them before their idols, and became a sinful obstacle 90 to the house of Israel, consequently I have made a vow 91 concerning them, declares the sovereign Lord, that they will be responsible 92 for their sin.
Ezekiel 45:15
Context45:15 and one sheep from each flock of two hundred, from the watered places of Israel, for a grain offering, burnt offering, and peace offering, to make atonement for them, declares the sovereign Lord.
Ezekiel 45:18
Context45:18 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: In the first month, on the first day of the month, you must take an unblemished young bull and purify the sanctuary.
Ezekiel 46:16
Context46:16 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: If the prince should give a gift to one of his sons as 93 his inheritance, it will belong to his sons, it is their property by inheritance.
Ezekiel 47:13
Context47:13 This is what the sovereign Lord says: “Here 94 are the borders 95 you will observe as you allot the land to the twelve tribes of Israel. (Joseph will have two portions.) 96
1 tn Heb “open your mouth.”
2 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.”
3 tn The Hebrew term refers to sacrificial meat not eaten by the appropriate time (Lev 7:18; 19:7).
4 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.
5 sn By the sword and by famine and by pestilence. A similar trilogy of punishments is mentioned in Lev 26:25-26. See also Jer 14:12; 21:9; 27:8, 13; 29:18).
6 tn Or “earth.” Elsewhere the expression “four corners of the earth” figuratively refers to the whole earth (Isa 11:12).
7 tc The LXX reads “In the sixth year, in the fifth month, on the fifth of the month.”
sn In the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth of the month would be September 17, 592
8 tn Or “power.”
sn Hand in the OT can refer metaphorically to power, authority, or influence. In Ezekiel God’s hand being on the prophet is regularly associated with communication or a vision from God (3:14, 22; 8:1; 37:1; 40:1).
9 tn Heb “fell upon me there,” that is, God’s influence came over him.
10 tn Heb “placed.”
11 tn Heb “in its midst.”
13 tc Many of the versions read “I will bring you out” (active) rather than “he brought out” (the reading of MT).
14 tc The LXX reads this statement as a question. Compare this to the question in 9:8. It is possible that the interrogative particle has been omitted by haplography. However, an exclamatory statement as in the MT also makes sense and the LXX may have simply tried to harmonize this passage with 9:8.
15 tn Heb “the days draw near and the word of every vision (draws near).”
16 sn I will be their God. See Exod 6:7; Lev 26:12; Jer 7:23; 11:4.
17 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
18 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
19 tn The words “as fuel” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied.
20 tn The parable assumes the defection of Zedekiah to Egypt and his rejection of Babylonian lordship.
21 sn The great eagle symbolizes Nebuchadnezzar (17:12).
22 tn Hebrew has two words for wings; it is unknown whether they are fully synonymous or whether one term distinguishes a particular part of the wing such as the wing coverts (nearest the shoulder), secondaries (mid-feathers of the wing) or primaries (last and longest section of the wing).
23 tn This term was used in 16:10, 13, and 18 of embroidered cloth.
24 sn In the parable Lebanon apparently refers to Jerusalem (17:12).
25 tn Heb “place.”
26 tn Heb “ways.”
27 tn The verbs and persons in this verse are plural whereas the individual has been the subject of the chapter.
28 tn Or “leading to punishment.”
29 sn This phrase occurs frequently in Deuteronomy (Deut 4:34; 5:15; 7:19; 11:2; 26:8).
30 tn Heb “caused to be remembered.”
31 tn Heb “Because you have brought to remembrance your guilt when your transgressions are uncovered so that your sins are revealed in all your deeds – because you are remembered, by the hand you will be seized.”
32 tn Heb “their reproach.”
33 tn Heb “to contain, endure.” Since the Hebrew text as it stands makes little, if any, sense, most emend the text to read either “to consume” or “for destruction.” For discussion of options see D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:693.
34 tn Heb “her time”; this refers to the time of impending judgment (see the note on “doom” in v. 4).
35 tn Heb “usury and interest you take.” See 18:13, 17. This kind of economic exploitation violated the law given in Lev 25:36.
36 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.
37 tn The second person verb forms are feminine singular in Hebrew, indicating that the personified city is addressed here as representing its citizens.
38 tn Heb “her prophets coat for themselves with whitewash.” The expression may be based on Ezek 13:10-15.
39 tn Heb “their way on their head I have placed.”
40 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
41 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
42 tn Heb “I am giving you into the hand of.”
43 sn The image of a deep and wide cup suggests the degree of punishment; it will be extensive and leave the victim helpless.
44 tn Heb “and you cast me behind your back.” The expression pictures her rejection of the Lord (see 1 Kgs 14:9).
45 tn The word “punishment” is not in the Hebrew text but is demanded by the context.
46 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).
47 sn See Ezek 11:3-12.
48 tn Or “rust.”
49 tn Heb “has not gone out.”
50 tn Here “lot” may refer to the decision made by casting lots; it is not chosen at all.
51 tn Heb “it”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.
52 tn Or perhaps, “change my mind.”
53 tc Some medieval Hebrew
54 tn Heb “ways.”
55 tn Heb “know.”
56 tn In Hebrew the verb “and I will cut off” sounds like its object, “the Cherethites,” and draws attention to the statement.
57 sn This is a name for the Philistines, many of whom migrated to Palestine from Crete.
58 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) draws attention to something and has been translated here as a verb.
59 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.
60 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) draws attention to something.
61 tn Heb “Nebuchadrezzar” is a variant and more correct spelling of Nebuchadnezzar, as the Babylonian name Nabu-kudurri-usur has an an “r” rather than an “n.”
62 sn This prophecy was fulfilled by Alexander the Great in 332
63 tn Heb “many.”
64 tn Heb “entrances.” The plural noun may reflect the fact that Tyre had two main harbors.
65 sn Rome, another economic power, is described in a similar way in Rev 17:1.
66 tn Heb “lift up.”
67 tn For a discussion of possible nuances of this phrase, see M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:580-81.
68 sn Similar language is used in reference to Israel’s adversaries in Num 33:55; Josh 23:13.
69 tn Heb “and there will not be for the house of Israel a brier that pricks and a thorn that inflicts pain from all the ones who surround them, the ones who scorn them.”
70 tn Heb “reminding of iniquity when they turned after them.”
71 tn Heb “come down.”
72 sn Syene is known as Aswan today.
73 tn The word h!nn@h indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
74 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.
75 tn The expression “throw my net” is common in Ezekiel (12:13; 17:20; 19:8).
76 sn This practice was a violation of Levitical law (see Lev 19:26).
77 tn Heb “lift up your eyes.”
78 tn Heb “Will you possess?”
79 tn Heb “cause you to hear.”
80 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.
81 tn The Niphal verb may have a tolerative function here, “Again (for) this I will allow myself to be sought by the house of Israel to act for them.” Or it may be reflexive: “I will reveal myself to the house of Israel by doing this also.”
82 sn Heb “I will multiply them like sheep, human(s).”
83 tn The Hebrew text is framed as a rhetorical question: “will you not take notice?”
84 tn Heb “by the hand of my servants.”
85 tn The Hebrew text adds “years” here, but this is probably a scribal gloss on the preceding phrase. See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:201.
86 tn Heb “cause to return.”
87 tn Heb “and they will complete the days.”
88 sn The people also could partake of the food of the peace offering (Lev 3).
89 sn Tobiah, an Ammonite (Neh 13:8), was dismissed from the temple.
90 tn Heb “a stumbling block of iniquity.” This is a unique phrase of the prophet Ezekiel (cf. also Ezek 7:19; 14:3, 4, 7; 18:30).
91 tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”
92 tn Heb “will bear.”
93 tn The Hebrew text has no preposition; the LXX reads “from” (see v. 17).
94 tc This translation follows the reading זֶה (zeh) instead of גֵּה (geh), a nonexistent word, as supported by the LXX.
95 tn Or “territory”; see D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:715.
96 tc The grammar is awkward, though the presence of these words is supported by the versions. L. C. Allen (Ezekiel [WBC], 2:274) suggests that it is an explanatory gloss.
sn One portion for Ephraim, the other for Manasseh (Gen 48:17-20).
