Yehezkiel 3:14

3:14 A wind lifted me up and carried me away. I went bitterly, ¹  my spirit full of fury, and the hand of the Lord rested powerfully ²  on me.

Yehezkiel 4:1

Ominous Object Lessons

4:1 “And you, son of man, take a brick ³  and set it in front of you. Inscribe ⁴  a city on it – Jerusalem.

Yehezkiel 16:31

16:31 When you built your chamber at the head of every street and put up your pavilion in every public square, you were not like a prostitute, because you scoffed at payment. ⁵ 

Yehezkiel 16:51

16:51 Samaria has not committed half the sins you have; you have done more abominable deeds than they did. ⁶  You have made your sisters appear righteous with all the abominable things you have done.

Yehezkiel 21:9

21:9 “Son of man, prophesy and say: ‘This is what the Lord says:

“‘A sword, a sword is sharpened,

and also polished.

Yehezkiel 26:8

26:8 He will kill your daughters in the field with the sword. He will build a siege wall against you, erect a siege ramp against you, and raise a great shield against you.

Yehezkiel 26:15

26:15 “This is what the sovereign Lord says to Tyre: Oh, how the coastlands will shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan, at the massive slaughter in your midst!

Yehezkiel 32:18

32:18 “Son of man, wail ⁷  over the horde of Egypt. Bring it down; ⁸  bring ⁹  her ¹⁰  and the daughters of powerful nations down to the lower parts of the earth, along with those who descend to the pit.

Yehezkiel 37:7

37:7 So I prophesied as I was commanded. There was a sound when I prophesied – I heard ¹¹  a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to bone.

Yehezkiel 38:9

38:9 You will advance; ¹²  you will come like a storm. You will be like a cloud covering the earth, you, all your troops, and the many other peoples with you.

Yehezkiel 39:18

39:18 You will eat the flesh of warriors ¹³  and drink the blood of the princes of the earth – the rams, lambs, goats, and bulls, all of them fattened animals of Bashan.

Yehezkiel 40:26

40:26 There were seven steps going up to it; its porches were in front of them. It had decorative palm trees on its jambs, one on either side.

Yehezkiel 40:31

40:31 Its porches faced the outer court, and decorative palm trees were on its jambs, and its stairway had eight steps.

Yehezkiel 40:34

40:34 Its porches faced the outer court, it had decorative palm trees on its jambs, and its stairway had eight steps.

Yehezkiel 40:39

40:39 In the porch of the gate were two tables on either side on which to slaughter the burnt offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering.

Yehezkiel 41:3-4

41:3 Then he went into the inner sanctuary and measured the jambs of the entrance as 3½ feet, ¹⁴  the entrance as 10½ feet, ¹⁵  and the width of the entrance as 12¼ feet ¹⁶  41:4 Then he measured its length as 35 feet, ¹⁷  and its width as 35 feet, ¹⁸  before the outer sanctuary. He said to me, “This is the most holy place.”

Yehezkiel 44:3

44:3 Only the prince may sit in it to eat a sacrificial meal ¹⁹  before the Lord; he will enter by way of the porch of the gate and will go out by the same way.”

[3:14]  ¹ tn The traditional interpretation is that Ezekiel embarked on his mission with bitterness and anger, either reflecting God’s attitude toward the sinful people or his own feelings about having to carry out such an unpleasant task. L. C. Allen (Ezekiel [WBC], 1:13) takes “bitterly” as a misplaced marginal note and understands the following word, normally translated “anger,” in the sense of fervor or passion. He translates, “I was passionately moved” (p. 4). Another option is to take the word translated “bitterly” as a verb meaning “strengthened” (attested in Ugaritic). See G. R. Driver, Canaanite Myths and Legends, 152.

[3:14]  ² tn Heb “the hand of the Lord was on me heavily.” The “hand of the Lord” is a metaphor for his power or influence; the modifier conveys intensity.

[3:14]  sn In Ezekiel God’s “hand” being on the prophet is regularly associated with communication or a vision from God (1:3; 3:14, 22; 8:1; 37:1; 40:1).

[4:1]  ³ sn Ancient Near Eastern bricks were 10 to 24 inches long and 6 to 13 1/2 inches wide.

[4:1]  ⁴ tn Or perhaps “draw.”

[16:31]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew term, which also occurs in vv. 34 and 41 of this chapter, always refers to the payment of a prostitute (Deut 23:19; Isa 23:17; Hos 9:1; Mic 1:7).

[16:51]  ⁶ tn Or “you have multiplied your abominable deeds beyond them.”

[32:18]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew verb is used as a response to death (Jer 9:17-19; Amos 5:16).

[32:18]  ⁸ sn Through this prophetic lament given by God himself, the prophet activates the judgment described therein. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:217, and L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:136-37.

[32:18]  ⁹ tn Heb “Bring him down, her and the daughters of the powerful nations, to the earth below.” The verb “bring down” appears in the Hebrew text only once. Because the verb takes several objects here, the repetition of the verb in the translation improves the English style.

[32:18]  ¹⁰ tn This apparently refers to personified Egypt.

[37:7]  ¹¹ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[38:9]  ¹² tn Heb “go up.”

[39:18]  ¹³ sn See Rev 19:17-18.

[41:3]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “two cubits” (i.e., 1.05 meters).

[41:3]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “six cubits” (i.e., 3.15 meters).

[41:3]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “seven cubits” (i.e., 3.675 meters).

[41:4]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).

[41:4]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).

[44:3]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “to eat bread.”