Discovery BoxEzekiel 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 1 has never entered my mouth.”
Ezekiel 5:17
Context5:17 I will send famine and wild beasts against you and they will take your children from you. 2 Plague and bloodshed will overwhelm you, 3 and I will bring a sword against you. I, the Lord, have spoken!”
Ezekiel 14:21
Context14:21 “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 4 to kill both people and animals!
Ezekiel 34:25
Context34:25 “‘I will make a covenant of peace with them and will rid the land of wild beasts, so that they can live securely 5 in the wilderness and even sleep in the woods. 6
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.
1 tn The Hebrew term refers to sacrificial meat not eaten by the appropriate time (Lev 7:18; 19:7).
2 tn Heb “will bereave you.”
3 tn Heb “will pass through you.” This threat recalls the warning of Lev 26:22, 25 and Deut 32:24-25.
4 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
5 tn The phrase “live securely” occurs in Ezek 28:26; 38:8, 11, 14; 39:26 as an expression of freedom from fear. It is a promised blessing resulting from obedience (see Lev 26:5-6).
6 sn The woods were typically considered to be places of danger (Ps 104:20-21; Jer 5:6).
