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 31:6
Context31:6 All the birds of the sky nested in its boughs;
under its branches all the beasts of the field gave birth,
in its shade all the great 4 nations lived.
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
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 tn Or “many.”
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).
