Yehezkiel 5:2

5:2 Burn a third of it in the fire inside the city when the days of your siege are completed. Take a third and slash it with a sword all around the city. Scatter a third to the wind, and I will unleash a sword behind them.

Yehezkiel 5:17

5:17 I will send famine and wild beasts against you and they will take your children from you. ¹  Plague and bloodshed will overwhelm you, ²  and I will bring a sword against you. I, the Lord, have spoken!”

Yehezkiel 6:3

6:3 Say, ‘Mountains of Israel, ³  Hear the word of the sovereign Lord! ⁴  This is what the sovereign Lord says to the mountains and the hills, to the ravines and the valleys: I am bringing ⁵  a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places. ⁶ 

Yehezkiel 6:12

6:12 The one far away will die by pestilence, the one close by will fall by the sword, and whoever is left and has escaped these ⁷  will die by famine. I will fully vent my rage against them.

Yehezkiel 13:18

13:18 and say ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to those who sew bands ⁸  on all their wrists ⁹  and make headbands ¹⁰  for heads of every size to entrap people’s lives! ¹¹  Will you entrap my people’s lives, yet preserve your own lives?

Yehezkiel 16:8

16:8 “‘Then I passed by you and watched you, noticing ¹²  that you had reached the age for love. ¹³  I spread my cloak ¹⁴  over you and covered your nakedness. I swore a solemn oath to you and entered into a marriage covenant with you, declares the sovereign Lord, and you became mine.

Yehezkiel 16:33

16:33 All prostitutes receive payment, ¹⁵  but instead you give gifts to every one of your lovers. You bribe them to come to you from all around for your sexual favors!

Yehezkiel 16:52

16:52 So now, bear your disgrace, because you have given your sisters reason to justify their behavior. ¹⁶  Because the sins you have committed were more abominable than those of your sisters; they have become more righteous than you. So now, be ashamed and bear the disgrace of making your sisters appear righteous.

Yehezkiel 17:16

17:16 “‘As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, surely in the city ¹⁷  of the king who crowned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke – in the middle of Babylon he will die!

Yehezkiel 21:29

21:29 while seeing false visions for you

and reading lying omens for you ¹⁸  –

to place that sword ¹⁹  on the necks of the profane wicked, ²⁰ 

whose day has come,

the time of final punishment.

Yehezkiel 24:13

24:13 You mix uncleanness with obscene conduct. ²¹ 

I tried to cleanse you, ²²  but you are not clean.

You will not be cleansed from your uncleanness ²³ 

until I have exhausted my anger on you.

Yehezkiel 25:13

25:13 So this is what the sovereign Lord says: I will stretch out my hand against Edom, and I will kill the people and animals within her, ²⁴  and I will make her desolate; from Teman to Dedan they will die ²⁵  by the sword.

Yehezkiel 26:2

26:2 “Son of man, because Tyre ²⁶  has said about Jerusalem, ²⁷  ‘Aha, the gateway of the peoples is broken; it has swung open to me. I will become rich, ²⁸  now that she ²⁹  has been destroyed,’

Yehezkiel 28:18

28:18 By the multitude of your iniquities, through the sinfulness of your trade,

you desecrated your sanctuaries.

So I drew fire out from within you;

it consumed you,

and I turned you to ashes on the earth

before the eyes of all who saw you.

Yehezkiel 30:6

30:6 “‘This is what the Lord says:

Egypt’s supporters will fall;

her confident pride will crumble. ³⁰ 

From Migdol to Syene ³¹  they will die by the sword within her,

declares the sovereign Lord.

Yehezkiel 31:15-16

31:15 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: On the day it ³²  went down to Sheol I caused observers to lament. ³³  I covered it with the deep and held back its rivers; its plentiful water was restrained. I clothed Lebanon in black for it, and all the trees of the field wilted because of it. 31:16 I made the nations shake at the sound of its fall, when I threw it down to Sheol, along with those who descend to the pit. ³⁴  Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and the best of Lebanon, all that were well-watered, were comforted in the earth below.

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.”

Yehezkiel 38:17

38:17 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Are you the one of whom I spoke in former days by my servants ³⁵  the prophets of Israel, who prophesied in those days ³⁶  that I would bring you against them?

Yehezkiel 40:42

40:42 The four tables for the burnt offering were of carved stone, 32 inches ³⁷  long, 32 inches ³⁸  wide, and 21 inches ³⁹  high. They would put the instruments which they used to slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice on them.

Yehezkiel 43:11

43:11 When they are ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the design of the temple, its pattern, its exits and entrances, and its whole design – all its statutes, its entire design, and all its laws; write it all down in their sight, so that they may observe its entire design and all its statutes and do them.

Yehezkiel 43:13

The Altar

43:13 “And these are the measurements of the altar: ⁴⁰  Its base ⁴¹  is 1¾ feet ⁴²  high, ⁴³  and 1¾ feet ⁴⁴  wide, and its border nine inches ⁴⁵  on its edge. This is to be the height ⁴⁶  of the altar.

Yehezkiel 43:17

43:17 The ledge is 24½ feet ⁴⁷  long and 24½ feet wide on four sides; the border around it is 10½ inches, ⁴⁸  and its surrounding base 1¾ feet. ⁴⁹  Its steps face east.”

Yehezkiel 44:13

44:13 They will not come near me to serve me as priest, nor will they come near any of my holy things, the things which are most sacred. They will bear the shame of the abominable deeds they have committed.

Yehezkiel 44:24

44:24 “‘In a controversy they will act as judges; ⁵⁰  they will judge according to my ordinances. They will keep my laws and my statutes regarding all my appointed festivals and will observe ⁵¹  my Sabbaths.

Yehezkiel 45:19

45:19 The priest will take some of the blood of the sin offering and place it on the doorpost of the temple, on the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and on the doorpost of the gate of the inner court.

[5:17]  ¹ tn Heb “will bereave you.”

[5:17]  ² tn Heb “will pass through you.” This threat recalls the warning of Lev 26:22, 25 and Deut 32:24-25.

[6:3]  ³ tn The phrase “mountains of Israel” occurs only in the book of Ezekiel (6:2, 3; 19:9; 33:28; 34:13, 14; 35:12; 36:1, 4, 8; 37:22; 38:8; 39:2, 4, 17). The expression refers to the whole land of Israel.

[6:3]  sn The mountainous terrain of Israel would contrast with the exiles’ habitat in the river valley of Babylonia.

[6:3]  ⁴ tn The introductory formula “Hear the word of the sovereign Lord” parallels a pronouncement delivered by the herald of a king (2 Kgs 18:28).

[6:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “Look I, I am bringing.” The repetition of the pronoun draws attention to the speaker. The construction also indicates that the action is soon to come; the Lord is “about to bring a sword against” them.

[6:3]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew term refers to elevated platforms where pagan sacrifices were performed.

[6:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “the one who is left, the one who is spared.”

[13:18]  ⁸ sn The wristbands mentioned here probably represented magic bands or charms. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:413.

[13:18]  ⁹ tn Heb “joints of the hands.” This may include the elbow and shoulder joints.

[13:18]  ¹⁰ 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]  ¹¹ tn Heb “human lives” or “souls” (three times in v. 18 and twice in v. 19).

[16:8]  ¹² tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a participle.

[16:8]  ¹³ tn See similar use of this term in Ezek 23:17; Prov 7:16; Song of Songs 4:10; 7:13.

[16:8]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “wing” or “skirt.” The gesture symbolized acquiring a woman in early Arabia (similarly, see Deut 22:30; Ruth 3:9).

[16:33]  ¹⁵ tn The Hebrew word occurs only here in the OT.

[16:52]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “because you have interceded for your sisters with your sins.”

[17:16]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “place.”

[21:29]  ¹⁸ 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]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “you”; the referent (the sword mentioned in v. 28) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:29]  ²⁰ 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.

[24:13]  ²¹ tn Heb “in your uncleanness (is) obscene conduct.”

[24:13]  ²² tn Heb “because I cleansed you.” In this context (see especially the very next statement), the statement must refer to divine intention and purpose. Despite God’s efforts to cleanse his people, they resisted him and remained morally impure.

[24:13]  ²³ tn The Hebrew text adds the word “again.”

[25:13]  ²⁴ tn Heb “and I will cut off from her man and beast.”

[25:13]  ²⁵ tn Heb “fall.”

[26:2]  ²⁶ sn Tyre was located on the Mediterranean coast north of Israel.

[26:2]  ²⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[26:2]  ²⁸ tn Heb “I will be filled.”

[26:2]  ²⁹ sn That is, Jerusalem.

[30:6]  ³⁰ tn Heb “come down.”

[30:6]  ³¹ sn Syene is known as Aswan today.

[31:15]  ³² tn Or “he.”

[31:15]  ³³ tn Heb “I caused lamentation.” D. I. Block (Ezekiel [NICOT], 2:194-95) proposes an alternative root which would give the meaning “I gated back the waters,” i.e., shut off the water supply.

[31:16]  ³⁴ sn For the expression “going down to the pit,” see Ezek 26:20; 32:18, 24, 29.

[38:17]  ³⁵ tn Heb “by the hand of my servants.”

[38:17]  ³⁶ tn The Hebrew text adds “years” here, but this is probably a scribal gloss on the preceding phrase. See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:201.

[40:42]  ³⁷ tn Heb “one and a half cubits” (i.e., 78.75 cm).

[40:42]  ³⁸ tn Heb “one and a half cubits” (i.e., 78.75 cm).

[40:42]  ³⁹ tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).

[43:13]  ⁴⁰ tn Heb “the measurements of the altar by cubits, the cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth.” The measuring units here and in the remainder of this section are the Hebrew “long” cubit, consisting of a cubit (about 18 inches or 45 cm) and a handbreadth (about 3 inches or 7.5 cm), for a total of 21 inches (52.5 cm). Because modern readers are not familiar with the cubit as a unit of measurement, and due to the additional complication of the “long” cubit as opposed to the regular cubit, all measurements have been converted to American standard feet and inches, with the Hebrew measurements and the metric equivalents given in the notes. On the altar see Ezek 40:47.

[43:13]  ⁴¹ tn The Hebrew term normally means “bosom.” Here it refers to a hollow in the ground.

[43:13]  ⁴² tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).

[43:13]  ⁴³ tn The word “high” is not in the Hebrew text but is supplied in the translation for clarity.

[43:13]  ⁴⁴ tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).

[43:13]  ⁴⁵ tn Heb “one span.” A span was three handbreadths, or about nine inches (i.e., 22.5 cm).

[43:13]  ⁴⁶ tc Heb “bulge, protuberance, mound.” The translation follows the LXX.

[43:17]  ⁴⁷ tn Heb “fourteen”; the word “cubits” is not in the Hebrew text but is understood from the context; the phrase occurs again later in this verse. Fourteen cubits is about 7.35 meters.

[43:17]  ⁴⁸ tn Heb “half a cubit” (i.e., 26.25 cm).

[43:17]  ⁴⁹ tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).

[44:24]  ⁵⁰ sn For a historical illustration of the priest carrying out this function, see 2 Chr 19:9-11.

[44:24]  ⁵¹ tn Heb “sanctify, set apart.”