Yehezkiel 24:3

24:3 Recite a proverb to this rebellious house ¹  and say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘Set on the pot, ²  set it on,

pour water in it too;

Yehezkiel 36:25

36:25 I will sprinkle you with pure water ³  and you will be clean from all your impurities. I will purify you from all your idols.

Yehezkiel 47:19

47:19 On the south side it will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath Kadesh, the river, ⁴  to the Great Sea. This is the south side.

[24:3]  ¹ 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).

[24:3]  ² sn See Ezek 11:3-12.

[36:25]  ³ sn The Lord here uses a metaphor from the realm of ritual purification. For the use of water in ritual cleansing, see Exod 30:19-20; Lev 14:51; Num 19:18; Heb 10:22.

[47:19]  ⁴ tn Or “valley.” The syntax is difficult. Some translate “to the river,” others “from the river”; in either case the preposition is supplied for the sake of English.