⁴ sn Ezekiel’s God-imposed muteness was lifted (see 3:26).

² tn Or “to Ezekiel son of Buzi the priest.”

¹ sn Ezekiel’s contemporary, Jeremiah, also stressed the importance of obedience to the Sabbath law (Jer 17).

² tn Or “territory”; see D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:715.

³ sn Earlier Ezekiel had observed God leaving the temple to the east (11:23).

¹ tn Or “railings.” See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:218.

¹ tn Or “winged”; see L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:91.

¹ tn Heb “the stumbling block of their iniquity.” This phrase is unique to the prophet Ezekiel.

² sn Ezekiel had another vision at this location, recounted in Ezek 37.

¹ sn The prophet’s name, Ezekiel, means in Hebrew “May God strengthen.”

² sn Through this prophetic lament given by God himself, the prophet activates the judgment described therein. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:217, and L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:136-37.

² tn Heb “O inhabitant.” The translation follows the LXX and understands a different Hebrew verb, meaning “cease,” behind the consonantal text. See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel [WBC], 2:72, and D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:43.

³ tc The translation follows the LXX here. The MT reads “twenty.” See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:246.

³ tc The Syriac, Vulgate, and Targum read the plural. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:618.

¹ tn The expression introduces the three major visions of Ezekiel (1:1; 8:3; 40:2).

¹ tn The other occurrences of the phrase “the hand of the Lord” in Ezekiel are in the context of prophetic visions.

¹ tn The expression “throw my net” is common in Ezekiel (12:13; 17:20; 19:8).

² tn For a discussion of possible nuances of this phrase, see M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:580-81.

² sn This method of punishment is attested among ancient Egyptian and Hittite civilizations. See W. Zimmerli, Ezekiel (Hermeneia), 1:489.

² tn Or “lofty place” (NRSV). See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 1:229, and B. Lang, Frau Weisheit, 137.