Yehezkiel 6:11

6:11 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Clap your hands, stamp your feet, and say, “Ah!” because of all the evil, abominable practices of the house of Israel, for they will fall by the sword, famine, and pestilence. ¹ 

Yehezkiel 21:28

21:28 “As for you, son of man, prophesy and say, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says concerning the Ammonites and their coming humiliation; ²  say:

“‘A sword, a sword drawn for slaughter,

polished to consume, ³  to flash like lightning –

Yehezkiel 24:6

24:6 “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says:

Woe to the city of bloodshed,

the pot whose rot ⁴  is in it,

whose rot has not been removed ⁵  from it!

Empty it piece by piece.

No lot has fallen on it. ⁶ 

Yehezkiel 30:6

30:6 “‘This is what the Lord says:

Egypt’s supporters will fall;

her confident pride will crumble. ⁷ 

From Migdol to Syene ⁸  they will die by the sword within her,

declares the sovereign Lord.

Yehezkiel 32:21

32:21 The bravest of the warriors will speak to him from the midst of Sheol along with his allies, saying: ‘The uncircumcised have come down; they lie still, killed by the sword.’

Yehezkiel 32:25

32:25 Among the dead they have made a bed for her, along with all her hordes around her grave. ⁹  All of them are uncircumcised, killed by the sword, for their terror had spread in the land of the living. They bear their shame along with those who descend to the pit; they are placed among the dead.

Yehezkiel 32:30

32:30 “All the leaders of the north are there, along with all the Sidonians; despite their might they have gone down in shameful terror with the dead. They lie uncircumcised with those killed by the sword, and bear their shame with those who descend to the pit.

Yehezkiel 32:32

32:32 Indeed, I terrified him in the land of the living, yet he will lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with those killed by the sword, Pharaoh and all his hordes, declares the sovereign Lord.”

[6:11]  ¹ sn By the sword and by famine and by pestilence. A similar trilogy of punishments is mentioned in Lev 26:25-26. See also Jer 14:12; 21:9; 27:8, 13; 29:18).

[21:28]  ² tn Heb “their reproach.”

[21:28]  ³ tn Heb “to contain, endure.” Since the Hebrew text as it stands makes little, if any, sense, most emend the text to read either “to consume” or “for destruction.” For discussion of options see D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:693.

[24:6]  ⁴ tn Or “rust.”

[24:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “has not gone out.”

[24:6]  ⁶ tn Here “lot” may refer to the decision made by casting lots; it is not chosen at all.

[30:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “come down.”

[30:6]  ⁸ sn Syene is known as Aswan today.

[32:25]  ⁹ tn Heb “around him her graves,” but the expression is best emended to read “around her grave” (see vv. 23-24).