Yehezkiel 3:7

3:7 But the house of Israel is unwilling to listen to you, ¹  because they are not willing to listen to me, ²  for the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted. ³ 

Yehezkiel 3:19

3:19 But as for you, if you warn the wicked and he does not turn from his wicked deed and from his wicked lifestyle, he will die for his iniquity but you will have saved your own life. ⁴ 

Yehezkiel 5:9

5:9 I will do to you what I have never done before and will never do again because of all your abominable practices. ⁵ 

Yehezkiel 7:8

7:8 Soon now I will pour out my rage ⁶  on you; I will fully vent my anger against you. I will judge you according to your behavior. I will hold you accountable for all your abominable practices.

Yehezkiel 8:15

8:15 He said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? You will see even greater abominations than these!”

Yehezkiel 11:3

11:3 They say, ⁷  ‘The time is not near to build houses; ⁸  the city ⁹  is a cooking pot ¹⁰  and we are the meat in it.’

Yehezkiel 13:5-7

13:5 You have not gone up in the breaks in the wall, nor repaired a wall for the house of Israel that it would stand strong in the battle on the day of the Lord. 13:6 They see delusion and their omens are a lie. ¹¹  They say, “the Lord declares,” though the Lord has not sent them; ¹²  yet they expect their word to be confirmed. ¹³  13:7 Have you not seen a false vision and announced a lying omen when you say, “the Lord declares,” although I myself never spoke?

Yehezkiel 14:15

14:15 “Suppose I were to send wild animals through the land and kill its children, leaving it desolate, without travelers due to the wild animals.

Yehezkiel 15:5

15:5 Indeed! If it was not made into anything useful when it was whole, how much less can it be made into anything when the fire has burned it up and it is charred?

Yehezkiel 16:4

16:4 As for your birth, on the day you were born your umbilical cord was not cut, nor were you washed in water; ¹⁴  you were certainly not rubbed down with salt, nor wrapped with blankets. ¹⁵ 

Yehezkiel 16:22

16:22 And with all your abominable practices and prostitution you did not remember the days of your youth when you were naked and bare, kicking around in your blood.

Yehezkiel 16:34

16:34 You were different from other prostitutes ¹⁶  because no one solicited you. When you gave payment and no payment was given to you, you became the opposite!

Yehezkiel 16:42

16:42 I will exhaust my rage on you, and then my fury will turn from you. I will calm down and no longer be angry.

Yehezkiel 16:47

16:47 Have you not copied their behavior ¹⁷  and practiced their abominable deeds? In a short time ¹⁸  you became even more depraved in all your conduct than they were!

Yehezkiel 16:63

16:63 Then you will remember, be ashamed, and remain silent ¹⁹  when I make atonement for all you have done, ²⁰  declares the sovereign Lord.’”

Yehezkiel 18:6-7

18:6 does not eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains ²¹  or pray to the idols ²²  of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife, does not have sexual relations with a ²³  woman during her period, 18:7 does not oppress anyone, but gives the debtor back whatever was given in pledge, ²⁴  does not commit robbery, ²⁵  but gives his bread to the hungry and clothes the naked,

Yehezkiel 18:9

18:9 and follows my statutes and observes my regulations by carrying them out. ²⁶  That man ²⁷  is righteous; he will certainly live, ²⁸  declares the sovereign Lord.

Yehezkiel 18:16

18:16 does not oppress anyone or keep what has been given in pledge, does not commit robbery, gives his food to the hungry, and clothes the naked,

Yehezkiel 18:26

18:26 When a righteous person turns back from his righteousness and practices wrongdoing, he will die for it; ²⁹  because of the wrongdoing he has done, he will die.

Yehezkiel 19:11

19:11 Its boughs were strong, fit ³⁰  for rulers’ scepters; it reached up into the clouds.

It stood out because of its height and its many branches. ³¹ 

Yehezkiel 21:32

21:32 You will become fuel for the fire –

your blood will stain the middle of the land; ³² 

you will no longer be remembered,

for I, the Lord, have spoken.’”

Yehezkiel 22:30

22:30 “I looked for a man from among them who would repair the wall and stand in the gap before me on behalf of the land, so that I would not destroy it, but I found no one. ³³ 

Yehezkiel 23:27

23:27 So I will put an end to your obscene conduct and your prostitution which you have practiced in the land of Egypt. ³⁴  You will not seek their help ³⁵  or remember Egypt anymore.

Yehezkiel 24:16

24:16 “Son of man, realize that I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you with a jolt, ³⁶  but you must not mourn or weep or shed tears.

Yehezkiel 26:21

26:21 I will bring terrors on you, and you will be no more! Though you are sought after, you will never be found again, declares the sovereign Lord.”

Yehezkiel 30:2

30:2 “Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘Wail, “Alas, the day is here!” ³⁷ 

Yehezkiel 30:13

30:13 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

I will destroy the idols,

and put an end to the gods of Memphis.

There will no longer be a prince from the land of Egypt;

so I will make the land of Egypt fearful. ³⁸ 

Yehezkiel 30:21

30:21 “Son of man, I have broken the arm ³⁹  of Pharaoh king of Egypt. ⁴⁰  Look, it has not been bandaged for healing or set with a dressing so that it might become strong enough to grasp a sword.

Yehezkiel 31:2

31:2 “Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and his hordes:

“‘Who are you like in your greatness?

Yehezkiel 31:5

31:5 Therefore it grew taller than all the trees of the field;

its boughs grew large and its branches grew long,

because of the plentiful water in its shoots. ⁴¹ 

Yehezkiel 31:11

31:11 I gave it over to the leader of the nations. He has judged it thoroughly, ⁴²  as its sinfulness deserves. I have thrown it out.

Yehezkiel 32:7

32:7 When I extinguish you, I will cover the sky;

I will darken its stars.

I will cover the sun with a cloud,

and the moon will not shine. ⁴³ 

Yehezkiel 32:13

32:13 I will destroy all its cattle beside the plentiful waters;

and no human foot will disturb ⁴⁴  the waters ⁴⁵  again,

nor will the hooves of cattle disturb them.

Yehezkiel 33:28

33:28 I will turn the land into a desolate ruin; her confident pride will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will be so desolate no one will pass through them.

Yehezkiel 34:6

34:6 My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My sheep were scattered over the entire face of the earth with no one looking or searching for them.

Yehezkiel 34:28-29

34:28 They will no longer be prey for the nations and the wild beasts will not devour them. They will live securely and no one will make them afraid. 34:29 I will prepare for them a healthy ⁴⁶  planting. They will no longer be victims ⁴⁷  of famine in the land and will no longer bear the insults of the nations.

Yehezkiel 36:8

36:8 “‘But you, mountains of Israel, will grow your branches, and bear your fruit for my people Israel; for they will arrive soon. ⁴⁸ 

Yehezkiel 36:12

36:12 I will lead people, my people Israel, across you; they will possess you and you will become their inheritance. No longer will you bereave them of their children.

Yehezkiel 38:11

38:11 You will say, “I will invade ⁴⁹  a land of unwalled towns; I will advance against ⁵⁰  those living quietly in security – all of them living without walls and barred gates –

Yehezkiel 39:26

39:26 They will bear their shame for all their unfaithful acts against me, when they live securely on their land with no one to make them afraid.

Yehezkiel 44:28

44:28 “‘This will be their inheritance: I am their inheritance, and you must give them no property in Israel; I am their property. ⁵¹ 

Yehezkiel 48:14

48:14 They must not sell or exchange any of it; they must not transfer this choice portion of land, for it is set apart ⁵²  to the Lord.

[3:7]  ¹ sn Moses (Exod 3:19) and Isaiah (Isa 6:9-10) were also told that their messages would not be received.

[3:7]  ² sn A similar description of Israel’s disobedience is given in 1 Sam 8:7.

[3:7]  ³ tn Heb “hard of forehead and stiff of heart.”

[3:19]  ⁴ tn Verses 17-19 are repeated in Ezek 33:7-9.

[5:9]  ⁵ tn Or “abominable idols.”

[7:8]  ⁶ tn The expression “to pour out rage” also occurs in Ezek 9:8; 14:19; 20:8, 13, 21; 22:31; 30:15; 36:18.

[11:3]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew verb may mean “think” in this context. This content of what they say (or think) represents their point of view.

[11:3]  ⁸ sn The expression build houses may mean “establish families” (Deut 25:9; Ruth 4:11; Prov 24:27).

[11:3]  ⁹ tn Heb “she” or “it”; the feminine pronoun refers here to Jerusalem.

[11:3]  ¹⁰ sn Jerusalem is also compared to a pot in Ezek 24:3-8. The siege of the city is pictured as heating up the pot.

[13:6]  ¹¹ sn The same description of a false prophet is found in Micah 2:11.

[13:6]  ¹² sn The Lord has not sent them. A similar concept is found in Jer 14:14; 23:21.

[13:6]  ¹³ tn Or “confirmed”; NIV “to be fulfilled”; TEV “to come true.”

[16:4]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “in water you were not washed for cleansing” or “with water you were not washed smooth” (see D. I. Block, Ezekiel [NICOT], 1:473, n. 57, for a discussion of possible meanings of this hapax legomenon).

[16:4]  ¹⁵ sn Arab midwives still cut the umbilical cords of infants and then proceed to apply salt and oil to their bodies.

[16:34]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “With you it was opposite of women in your prostitution.”

[16:47]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “walked in their ways.”

[16:47]  ¹⁸ tn The Hebrew expression has a temporal meaning as illustrated by the use of the phrase in 2 Chr 12:7.

[16:63]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “and your mouth will not be open any longer.”

[16:63]  ²⁰ tn Heb “when I make atonement for you for all which you have done.”

[18:6]  ²¹ tn Heb, “on the mountains he does not eat.” The mountains are often mentioned as the place where idolatrous sacrifices were eaten (Ezek 20:28; 22:9; 34:6).

[18:6]  ²² tn Heb, “does not lift up his eyes.” This refers to looking to idols for help.

[18:6]  ²³ tn Heb, “does not draw near to.” “Draw near” is a euphemism for sexual intercourse (Lev 18:14; Deut 22:14; Isa 8:3).

[18:7]  ²⁴ tn Heb “restores to the debtor his pledge.” The root occurs in Exod 22:25 in reference to restoring a man’s garment as a pledge before nightfall.

[18:7]  ²⁵ tn The Hebrew term refers to seizure of property, usually by the rich (Isa 3:14; 10:2; Mic 2:2 [see Lev 5:21, 22]).

[18:9]  ²⁶ tc The MT reads לַעֲשׂוֹת אֱמֶת (la’asot ’emet, “to do with integrity”), while the LXX reads “to do them,” presupposing לַעֲשׂוֹת אֹתָם (la’asot ’otam). The ם (mem) and ת (tav) have been reversed in the MT. The LXX refelcts the original, supported by similar phrasing in Ezekiel 11:20; 20:19.

[18:9]  ²⁷ tn Heb “he.”

[18:9]  ²⁸ tn Heb “living, he will live.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.

[18:26]  ²⁹ tn Heb “for them” or “because of them.”

[19:11]  ³⁰ tn The word “fit” does not occur in the Hebrew text.

[19:11]  ³¹ tn Heb “and it was seen by its height and by the abundance of its branches.”

[21:32]  ³² tn Heb “your blood will be in the middle of the land.”

[22:30]  ³³ tn Heb “I did not find.”

[23:27]  ³⁴ tn Heb “I will cause your obscene conduct to cease from you and your harlotry from the land of Egypt.”

[23:27]  ³⁵ tn Heb “lift your eyes to them.”

[24:16]  ³⁶ tn Heb “a strike.”

[30:2]  ³⁷ tn Heb “Alas for the day.”

[30:13]  ³⁸ tn Heb “I will put fear in the land of Egypt.”

[30:21]  ³⁹ sn The expression “breaking the arm” indicates the removal of power (Ps 10:15; 37:17; Job 38:15; Jer 48:25).

[30:21]  ⁴⁰ sn This may refer to the event recorded in Jer 37:5.

[31:5]  ⁴¹ tn Heb “when it sends forth.” Repointing the consonants of the Masoretic text would render the proposed reading “shoots” (cf. NRSV).

[31:11]  ⁴² tn Heb “acting he has acted with regard to it.” The infinitive absolute precedes the main verb to emphasize the certainty and decisiveness of the action depicted.

[32:7]  ⁴³ tn Heb “will not shine its light.” For similar features of cosmic eschatology, see Joel 2:10; 4:15; Amos 5:18-20; Zeph 1:5.

[32:13]  ⁴⁴ tn Heb “muddy.”

[32:13]  ⁴⁵ tn Heb “them,” that is, the waters mentioned in the previous line. The translation clarifies the referent.

[34:29]  ⁴⁶ tc The MT reads לְשֵׁם (lÿshem, “for a name”), meaning perhaps a renowned planting (place). The translation takes this to be a metathesis of שָׁלֹם (shalom) as was read by the LXX.

[34:29]  ⁴⁷ tn Heb “those gathered” for famine.

[36:8]  ⁴⁸ tn Heb “they draw near to arrive.”

[38:11]  ⁴⁹ tn Heb “go up against.”

[38:11]  ⁵⁰ tn Heb “come (to).”

[44:28]  ⁵¹ sn See Num 18:20; Deut 10:9; 18:2; Josh 13:33; 18:7.

[48:14]  ⁵² tn Or “holy.”