Yehezkiel 3:27

3:27 But when I speak with you, I will loosen your tongue ¹  and you must say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says.’ Those who listen will listen, but the indifferent will refuse, ²  for they are a rebellious house.

Yehezkiel 12:19

12:19 Then say to the people of the land, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says about the inhabitants of Jerusalem and of the land of Israel: They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water in fright, for their land will be stripped bare of all it contains because of the violence of all who live in it.

Yehezkiel 20:31

20:31 When you present your sacrifices ³  – when you make your sons pass through the fire – you defile yourselves with all your idols to this very day. Will I allow you to seek me, ⁴  O house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, I will not allow you to seek me! ⁵ 

Yehezkiel 20:39

20:39 “‘As for you, O house of Israel, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Each of you go and serve your idols, ⁶  if you will not listen to me. ⁷  But my holy name will not be profaned ⁸  again by your sacrifices ⁹  and your idols.

Yehezkiel 31:15

31:15 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: On the day it ¹⁰  went down to Sheol I caused observers to lament. ¹¹  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.

Yehezkiel 33:11

33:11 Say to them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but prefer that the wicked change his behavior ¹²  and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil deeds! ¹³  Why should you die, O house of Israel?’

Yehezkiel 33:27

33:27 “This is what you must say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: As surely as I live, those living in the ruins will die ¹⁴  by the sword, those in the open field I will give to the wild beasts for food, and those who are in the strongholds and caves will die of disease.

Yehezkiel 39:10

39:10 They will not need to take ¹⁵  wood from the field or cut down trees from the forests, because they will make fires with the weapons. They will take the loot from those who looted them and seize the plunder of those who plundered them, ¹⁶  declares the sovereign Lord.

[3:27]  ¹ tn Heb “open your mouth.”

[3:27]  ² tn Heb “the listener will listen, the refuser will refuse.” Because the word for listening can also mean obeying, the nuance may be that the obedient will listen, or that the one who listens will obey. Also, although the verbs are not jussive as pointed in the MT, some translate them with a volitive sense: “the one who listens – let that one listen, the one who refuses – let that one refuse.”

[20:31]  ³ tn Or “gifts.”

[20:31]  ⁴ tn Or “Will I reveal myself to you?”

[20:31]  ⁵ tn Or “I will not reveal myself to you.”

[20:39]  ⁶ sn Compare the irony here to Amos 4:4 and Jer 44:25.

[20:39]  ⁷ tn Heb “and after, if you will not listen to me.” The translation leaves out “and after” for smoothness. The text is difficult. M. Greenberg (Ezekiel [AB], 1:374) suggests that it may mean “but afterwards, if you will not listen to me…” with an unspoken threat.

[20:39]  ⁸ sn A similar concept may be found in Lev 18:21; 20:3.

[20:39]  ⁹ tn Or “gifts.”

[31:15]  ¹⁰ tn Or “he.”

[31:15]  ¹¹ 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.

[33:11]  ¹² tn Heb “turn from his way.”

[33:11]  ¹³ tn Heb “ways.” This same word is translated “behavior” earlier in the verse.

[33:27]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “fall.”

[39:10]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “they will not carry.”

[39:10]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “loot their looters and plunder their plunderers.”