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! 1
Ezekiel 13:5
Context13:5 You have not gone up in the breaks in the wall, nor repaired a wall for the house of Israel that it would stand strong in the battle on the day of the Lord.
Ezekiel 22:19
Context22:19 Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: ‘Because all of you 2 have become slag, look out! – I am about to gather you in the middle of Jerusalem. 3
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 29:8
Context29:8 “‘Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will kill 4 every person and every animal.
Ezekiel 32:15
Context32:15 When I turn the land of Egypt into desolation
and the land is destitute of everything that fills it,
when I strike all those who live in it,
then they will know that I am the Lord.’
Ezekiel 38:3
Context38:3 and say: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, 5 I am against you, Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.
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 6
Ezekiel 38:21
Context38:21 I will call for a sword to attack 7 Gog 8 on all my mountains, declares the sovereign Lord; every man’s sword will be against his brother.
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 39:6
Context39:6 I will send fire on Magog and those who live securely in the coastlands; then they will know that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 39:20
Context39:20 You will fill up at my table with horses and charioteers, 9 with warriors and all the soldiers,’ declares the sovereign Lord.
Ezekiel 47:13
Context47:13 This is what the sovereign Lord says: “Here 10 are the borders 11 you will observe as you allot the land to the twelve tribes of Israel. (Joseph will have two portions.) 12
1 tn Or “earth.” Elsewhere the expression “four corners of the earth” figuratively refers to the whole earth (Isa 11:12).
2 tn The Hebrew second person pronoun is masculine plural here and in vv. 19b-21, indicating that the people are being addressed.
3 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
4 tn Heb “I will cut off from you.”
5 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.
6 tn The Hebrew text is framed as a rhetorical question: “will you not take notice?”
7 tn Heb “against.”
8 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Gog, cf. v. 18) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
9 tn Heb “chariots.”
10 tc This translation follows the reading זֶה (zeh) instead of גֵּה (geh), a nonexistent word, as supported by the LXX.
11 tn Or “territory”; see D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:715.
12 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).