Yehezkiel 8:14

8:14 Then he brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the Lord’s house. I noticed ¹  women sitting there weeping for Tammuz. ² 

Yehezkiel 32:8

32:8 I will darken all the lights in the sky over you,

and I will darken your land,

declares the sovereign Lord.

Yehezkiel 37:8

37:8 As I watched, I saw ³  tendons on them, then muscles appeared, ⁴  and skin covered over them from above, but there was no breath ⁵  in them.

[8:14]  ¹ tn Given the context this could be understood as a shock, e.g., idiomatically “Good grief! I saw….”

[8:14]  ² sn The worship of Tammuz included the observation of the annual death and descent into the netherworld of the god Dumuzi. The practice was observed by women in the ancient Near East over a period of centuries.

[37:8]  ³ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[37:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “came up.”

[37:8]  ⁵ tn Or “spirit.”