Discovery BoxEzekiel 5:16 
Context5:16 I will shoot against them deadly, 1 destructive 2 arrows of famine, 3 which I will shoot to destroy you. 4 I will prolong a famine on you and will remove the bread supply. 5
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 16:39
Context16:39 I will give you into their hands and they will destroy your chambers and tear down your pavilions. They will strip you of your clothing and take your beautiful jewelry and leave you naked and bare.
Ezekiel 22:30
Context22:30 “I looked for a man from among them who would repair the wall and stand in the gap before me on behalf of the land, so that I would not destroy it, but I found no one. 6
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 7 the Cherethites 8 and destroy those who remain on the seacoast.
Ezekiel 26:12
Context26:12 They will steal your wealth and loot your merchandise. They will tear down your walls and destroy your luxurious 9 homes. Your stones, your trees, and your soil he will throw 10 into the water. 11
Ezekiel 30:11
Context30:11 He and his people with him,
the most terrifying of the nations, 12
will be brought there to destroy the land.
They will draw their swords against Egypt,
and fill the land with corpses.
Ezekiel 34:16
Context34:16 I will seek the lost and bring back the strays; I will bandage the injured and strengthen the sick, but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them – with judgment!
1 tn The Hebrew word carries the basic idea of “bad, displeasing, injurious,” but when used of weapons has the nuance “deadly” (see Ps 144:10).
2 tn Heb “which are/were to destroy.”
3 tn The language of this verse may have been influenced by Deut 32:23.
4 tn Or “which were to destroy those whom I will send to destroy you” (cf. NASB).
5 tn Heb, “break the staff of bread.” The bread supply is compared to a staff that one uses for support. See 4:16, as well as the covenant curse in Lev 26:26.
6 tn Heb “I did not find.”
7 tn In Hebrew the verb “and I will cut off” sounds like its object, “the Cherethites,” and draws attention to the statement.
8 sn This is a name for the Philistines, many of whom migrated to Palestine from Crete.
9 tn Heb “desirable.”
10 tn Heb “set.”
11 tn Heb “into the midst of the water.”
12 tn The Babylonians were known for their cruelty (2 Kgs 25:7).
