Ezekiel 5:3
Context5:3 But take a few strands of hair 1 from those and tie them in the ends of your garment. 2
Ezekiel 18:32
Context18:32 For I take no delight in the death of anyone, 3 declares the sovereign Lord. Repent and live!
Ezekiel 21:20
Context21:20 Mark out the routes for the sword to take: “Rabbah of the Ammonites” and “Judah with Jerusalem in it.” 4
Ezekiel 24:5
Context24:5 Take the choice bone of the flock,
heap up bones under it;
boil rapidly,
and boil its bones in it.
1 tn Heb “from there a few in number.” The word “strands” has been supplied in the translation for clarification.
2 sn Objects could be carried in the end of a garment (Hag 2:12).
3 tn Heb “the death of the one dying.”
4 tc The MT reads “Judah in fortified Jerusalem,” a geographic impossibility. The translation follows the LXX, which assumes בְּתוֹכָהּ (bÿtokhah, “in it”) for בְּצוּרָה (bÿtsurah, “fortified”).
sn As the Babylonians approached from the north, one road would branch off to the left and lead down the east side of the Jordan River to Ammon. The other road would veer to the right and lead down west of the Jordan to Jerusalem.