Yehezkiel 3:15

3:15 I came to the exiles at Tel Abib, ¹  who lived by the Kebar River. ²  I sat dumbfounded among them there, where they were living, for seven days. ³ 

Yehezkiel 3:24

3:24 Then a wind ⁴  came into me and stood me on my feet. The Lord ⁵  spoke to me and said, “Go shut yourself in your house.

Yehezkiel 8:1

A Desecrated Temple

8:1 In the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth of the month, ⁶  as I was sitting in my house with the elders of Judah sitting in front of me, the hand ⁷  of the sovereign Lord seized me. ⁸ 

Yehezkiel 14:1

Well-Deserved Judgment

14:1 Then some men from Israel’s elders came to me and sat down in front of me.

Yehezkiel 20:1

Israel’s Rebellion

20:1 In the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month, ⁹  some of the elders ¹⁰  of Israel came to seek ¹¹  the Lord, and they sat down in front of me.

Yehezkiel 33:31

33:31 They come to you in crowds, ¹²  and they sit in front of you as ¹³  my people. They hear your words, but do not obey ¹⁴  them. For they talk lustfully, ¹⁵  and their heart is set on ¹⁶  their own advantage. ¹⁷ 

[3:15]  ¹ sn The name “Tel Abib” is a transliteration of an Akkadian term meaning “mound of the flood,” i.e., an ancient mound. It is not to be confused with the modern city of Tel Aviv in Israel.

[3:15]  ² tn Or “canal.”

[3:15]  ³ sn A similar response to a divine encounter is found in Acts 9:8-9.

[3:24]  ⁴ tn See the note on “wind” in 2:2.

[3:24]  ⁵ tn Heb “he.”

[8:1]  ⁶ tc The LXX reads “In the sixth year, in the fifth month, on the fifth of the month.”

[8:1]  sn In the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth of the month would be September 17, 592 b.c., about fourteen months after the initial vision.

[8:1]  ⁷ tn Or “power.”

[8:1]  sn Hand in the OT can refer metaphorically to power, authority, or influence. In Ezekiel God’s hand being on the prophet is regularly associated with communication or a vision from God (3:14, 22; 8:1; 37:1; 40:1).

[8:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “fell upon me there,” that is, God’s influence came over him.

[20:1]  ⁹ sn The date would be August 14th, 591 b.c. The seventh year is the seventh year of Jehoiachin’s exile.

[20:1]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “men from the elders.”

[20:1]  ¹¹ tn See the note at 14:3.

[33:31]  ¹² tn Heb “as people come.” Apparently this is an idiom indicating that they come in crowds. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:264.

[33:31]  ¹³ tn The word “as” is supplied in the translation.

[33:31]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “do.”

[33:31]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “They do lust with their mouths.”

[33:31]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “goes after.”

[33:31]  ¹⁷ tn The present translation understands the term often used for “unjust gain” in a wider sense, following M. Greenberg, who also notes that the LXX uses a term which can describe either sexual or ritual pollution. See M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:687.