Yehezkiel 17:12

17:12 “Say to the rebellious house of Israel: ¹  ‘Don’t you know what these things mean?’ ²  Say: ‘See here, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem ³  and took her king and her officials prisoner and brought them to himself in Babylon.

Yehezkiel 28:13

28:13 You were in Eden, the garden of God. ⁴ 

Every precious stone was your covering,

the ruby, topaz, and emerald,

the chrysolite, onyx, and jasper,

the sapphire, turquoise, and beryl; ⁵ 

your settings and mounts were made of gold.

On the day you were created they were prepared.

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 37:26

37:26 I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be a perpetual covenant with them. ⁶  I will establish them, ⁷  increase their numbers, and place my sanctuary among them forever.

Yehezkiel 39:9

39:9 “‘Then those who live in the cities of Israel will go out and use the weapons for kindling ⁸  – the shields, ⁹  bows and arrows, war clubs and spears – they will burn them for seven years.

Yehezkiel 41:8

41:8 I saw that the temple had a raised platform all around; the foundations of the side chambers were a full measuring stick ¹⁰  of 10½ feet ¹¹  high.

Yehezkiel 48:15

48:15 “The remainder, one and two-thirds miles ¹²  in width and eight and a quarter miles ¹³  in length, will be for common use by the city, for houses and for open space. The city will be in the middle of it;

[17:12]  ¹ tn The words “of Israel” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation as a clarification of the referent.

[17:12]  sn The book of Ezekiel frequently refers to the Israelites as a rebellious house (Ezek 2:5, 6, 8; 3:9, 26-27; 12:2-3, 9, 25; 17:12; 24:3).

[17:12]  ² sn The narrative description of this interpretation of the riddle is given in 2 Kgs 24:11-15.

[17:12]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[28:13]  ⁴ sn The imagery of the lament appears to draw upon an extrabiblical Eden tradition about the expulsion of the first man (see v. 14 and the note there) from the garden due to his pride. The biblical Eden tradition speaks of cherubs placed as guardians at the garden entrance following the sin of Adam and Eve (Gen 3:24), but no guardian cherub like the one described in verse 14 is depicted or mentioned in the biblical account. Ezekiel’s imagery also appears to reflect Mesopotamian and Canaanite mythology at certain points. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:119-20.

[28:13]  ⁵ tn The exact identification of each gemstone is uncertain. The list should be compared to that of the priest in Exod 28:17-20, which lists twelve stones in rows of three. The LXX apparently imports the Exod 28 list. See reference to the types of stones in L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:91.

[37:26]  ⁶ sn See Isa 24:5; 55:3; 61:8; Jer 32:40; 50:5; Ezek 16:60, for other references to perpetual covenants.

[37:26]  ⁷ tn Heb “give them.”

[39:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “burn and kindle the weapons.”

[39:9]  ⁹ tn Two different types of shields are specified in the Hebrew text.

[41:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “reed.”

[41:8]  ¹¹ tn Heb “six cubits” (i.e., 3.15 meters).

[48:15]  ¹² tn Heb “five thousand cubits” (i.e., 2.625 kilometers).

[48:15]  ¹³ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).