Yehezkiel 4:14

4:14 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.”

Yehezkiel 9:8

9:8 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?”

Yehezkiel 12:16

12:16 But I will let a small number of them survive the sword, famine, and pestilence, so that they can confess all their abominable practices to the nations where they go. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

Yehezkiel 13:18

13:18 and say ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to those who sew bands ²  on all their wrists ³  and make headbands ⁴  for heads of every size to entrap people’s lives! ⁵  Will you entrap my people’s lives, yet preserve your own lives?

Yehezkiel 13:20

13:20 “‘Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Take note ⁶  that I am against your wristbands with which you entrap people’s lives ⁷  like birds. I will tear them from your arms and will release the people’s lives, which you hunt like birds.

Yehezkiel 16:6

16:6 “‘I passed by you and saw you kicking around helplessly in your blood. I said to you as you lay there in your blood, “Live!” I said to you as you lay there in your blood, “Live!” ⁸ 

Yehezkiel 17:9

17:9 “‘Say to them: This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘Will it prosper?

Will he not rip out its roots

and cause its fruit to rot ⁹  and wither?

All its foliage ¹⁰  will wither.

No strong arm or large army

will be needed to pull it out by its roots. ¹¹ 

Yehezkiel 21:29

21:29 while seeing false visions for you

and reading lying omens for you ¹²  –

to place that sword ¹³  on the necks of the profane wicked, ¹⁴ 

whose day has come,

the time of final punishment.

Yehezkiel 23:25

23:25 I will direct ¹⁵  my jealous anger against you, and they will deal with you in rage. They will cut off your nose and your ears, ¹⁶  and your survivors will die ¹⁷  by the sword. They will seize your sons and daughters, and your survivors will be consumed by fire.

Yehezkiel 24:21

24:21 Say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Realize I am about to desecrate my sanctuary – the source of your confident pride, ¹⁸  the object in which your eyes delight, ¹⁹  and your life’s passion. ²⁰  Your very own sons and daughters whom you have left behind will die ²¹  by the sword.

Yehezkiel 29:5

29:5 I will leave you in the wilderness,

you and all the fish of your waterways;

you will fall in the open field and will not be gathered up or collected. ²² 

I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the skies.

Yehezkiel 30:24

30:24 I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and I will place my sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan like the fatally wounded before the king of Babylon. ²³ 

Yehezkiel 32:10

32:10 I will shock many peoples with you,

and their kings will shiver with horror because of you.

When I brandish my sword before them,

every moment each one will tremble for his life, on the day of your fall.

Yehezkiel 37:12

37:12 Therefore prophesy, and tell them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to open your graves and will raise you from your graves, my people. I will bring you to the land of Israel.

Yehezkiel 40:16

40:16 There were closed windows toward the alcoves and toward their jambs within the gate all around, and likewise for the porches. There were windows all around the inside, and on each jamb were decorative palm trees. ²⁴ 

Yehezkiel 41:15

41:15 Then he measured the length of the building facing the courtyard at the rear of the temple, with its galleries on either side as 175 feet. ²⁵ 

The interior of the outer sanctuary and the porch of the court, ²⁶ 

Yehezkiel 47:9

47:9 Every living creature which swarms where the river ²⁷  flows will live; there will be many fish, for these waters flow there. It will become fresh ²⁸  and everything will live where the river flows.

Yehezkiel 47:18

47:18 On the east side, between Hauran and Damascus, and between Gilead and the land of Israel, will be the Jordan. You will measure from the border to the eastern sea. This is the east side.

[4:14]  ¹ tn The Hebrew term refers to sacrificial meat not eaten by the appropriate time (Lev 7:18; 19:7).

[13:18]  ² sn The wristbands mentioned here probably represented magic bands or charms. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:413.

[13:18]  ³ tn Heb “joints of the hands.” This may include the elbow and shoulder joints.

[13:18]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew term occurs in the Bible only here and in v. 21. It has also been understood as a veil or type of head covering. D. I. Block (Ezekiel [NICOT], 1:414) suggests that given the context of magical devices, the expected parallel to the magical arm bands, and the meaning of this Hebrew root (סָפַח [safakh, “to attach” or “join”]), it may refer to headbands or necklaces on which magical amulets were worn.

[13:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “human lives” or “souls” (three times in v. 18 and twice in v. 19).

[13:20]  ⁶ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[13:20]  ⁷ tn Heb “human lives” or “souls.”

[16:6]  ⁸ tc The translation reflects the Hebrew text, which repeats the statement, perhaps for emphasis. However, a few medieval Hebrew manuscripts, the Old Greek, and the Syriac do not include the repetition. The statement could have been accidentally repeated or the second occurrence could have been accidentally omitted. Based on the available evidence it is difficult to know which is more likely.

[17:9]  ⁹ tn The Hebrew root occurs only here in the OT and appears to have the meaning of “strip off.” In application to fruit the meaning may be “cause to rot.”

[17:9]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “all the טַרְפֵּי (tarpey) of branches.” The word טַרְפֵּי occurs only here in the Bible; its precise meaning is uncertain.

[17:9]  ¹¹ tn Or “there will be no strong arm or large army when it is pulled up by the roots.”

[21:29]  ¹² tn Heb “in the seeing concerning you falsehood, in divining concerning you a lie.” This probably refers to the attempts of the Ammonites to ward off judgment through prophetic visions and divination.

[21:29]  ¹³ tn Heb “you”; the referent (the sword mentioned in v. 28) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:29]  ¹⁴ sn The second half of the verse appears to state that the sword of judgment would fall upon the wicked, despite their efforts to prevent it.

[23:25]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “give.”

[23:25]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “they will remove.”

[23:25]  sn This method of punishment is attested among ancient Egyptian and Hittite civilizations. See W. Zimmerli, Ezekiel (Hermeneia), 1:489.

[23:25]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “fall.”

[24:21]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “the pride of your strength” means “your strong pride.”

[24:21]  ¹⁹ sn Heb “the delight of your eyes.” Just as Ezekiel was deprived of his beloved wife (v. 16, the “desire” of his “eyes”) so the Lord would be forced to remove the object of his devotion, the temple, which symbolized his close relationship to his covenant people.

[24:21]  ²⁰ tn Heb “the object of compassion of your soul.” The accentuation in the traditional Hebrew text indicates that the descriptive phrases (“the source of your confident pride, the object in which your eyes delight, and your life’s passion”) modify the preceding “my sanctuary.”

[24:21]  ²¹ tn Heb “fall.”

[29:5]  ²² tc Some Hebrew mss, the Targum, and the LXX read “buried.”

[30:24]  ²³ tn Heb “him”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[40:16]  ²⁴ sn Decorative palm trees were also a part of Solomon’s temple (1 Kgs 6:29, 32, 35).

[41:15]  ²⁵ tn Heb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).

[41:15]  ²⁶ tc Some Hebrew mss read “and its outer court.”

[47:9]  ²⁷ tn Heb “two rivers,” perhaps under the influence of Zech 14:8. The translation follows the LXX and other ancient versions in reading the singular, which is demanded by the context (see vv. 5-7, 9b, 12).

[47:9]  ²⁸ tn Heb “will be healed.”