Yehezkiel 9:5

9:5 While I listened, he said to the others, ¹  “Go through the city after him and strike people down; do no let your eye pity nor spare ²  anyone!

Yehezkiel 17:21

17:21 All the choice men ³  among his troops will die ⁴  by the sword and the survivors will be scattered to every wind. Then you will know that I, the Lord, have spoken!

Yehezkiel 19:12

19:12 But it was plucked up in anger; it was thrown down to the ground.

The east wind ⁵  dried up its fruit;

its strong branches broke off and withered –

a fire consumed them.

Yehezkiel 21:15

21:15 So hearts melt with fear and many stumble.

At all their gates I have stationed the sword for slaughter.

Ah! It is made to flash, it is drawn for slaughter!

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. ⁶  You will not seek their help ⁷  or remember Egypt anymore.

Yehezkiel 23:42

23:42 The sound of a carefree crowd accompanied her, ⁸  including all kinds of men; ⁹  even Sabeans ¹⁰  were brought from the desert. The sisters ¹¹  put bracelets on their wrists and beautiful crowns on their heads.

Yehezkiel 26:11

26:11 With his horses’ hoofs he will trample all your streets. He will kill your people with the sword, and your strong pillars will tumble down to the ground.

Yehezkiel 29:21

29:21 On that day I will make Israel powerful, ¹²  and I will give you the right to be heard ¹³  among them. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

Yehezkiel 32:26

32:26 “Meshech-Tubal is there, along with all her hordes around her grave. ¹⁴  All of them are uncircumcised, killed by the sword, for they spread their terror in the land of the living.

Yehezkiel 35:8

35:8 I will fill its mountains with its dead; on your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines, those killed by the sword will fall.

Yehezkiel 43:25

43:25 “For seven days you will provide every day a goat for a sin offering; a young bull and a ram from the flock, both without blemish, will be provided.

Yehezkiel 45:2

45:2 Of this area a square 875 feet ¹⁵  by 875 feet will be designated for the sanctuary, with 87½ feet ¹⁶  set aside for its open space round about.

Yehezkiel 45:15

45:15 and one sheep from each flock of two hundred, from the watered places of Israel, for a grain offering, burnt offering, and peace offering, to make atonement for them, declares the sovereign Lord.

[9:5]  ¹ tn Heb “to these he said in my ears.”

[9:5]  ² tn The meaning of the Hebrew term is primarily emotional: “to pity,” which in context implies an action, as in being moved by pity in order to spare them from the horror of their punishment.

[17:21]  ³ tc Some manuscripts and versions read “choice men,” while most manuscripts read “fugitives”; the difference arises from the reversal, or metathesis, of two letters, מִבְרָחָיו (mivrakhyv) for מִבְחָריו (mivkharyv).

[17:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “fall.”

[19:12]  ⁵ sn The east wind symbolizes the Babylonians.

[23:27]  ⁶ tn Heb “I will cause your obscene conduct to cease from you and your harlotry from the land of Egypt.”

[23:27]  ⁷ tn Heb “lift your eyes to them.”

[23:42]  ⁸ tn Heb “(was) in her.”

[23:42]  ⁹ tn Heb “and men from the multitude of mankind.”

[23:42]  ¹⁰ tn An alternate reading is “drunkards.” Sheba is located in the area of modern day Yemen.

[23:42]  ¹¹ tn Heb “they”; the referents (the sisters) have been specified in the translation for the sake of clarity.

[29:21]  ¹² tn Heb “I will cause a horn to sprout for the house of Israel.” The horn is used as a figure for military power in the OT (Ps 92:10). A similar expression is made about the Davidic dynasty in Ps 132:17.

[29:21]  ¹³ tn Heb “I will grant you an open mouth.”

[32:26]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “around him her graves,” but the expression is best emended to read “around her grave” (see vv. 23-24).

[45:2]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “five hundred cubits” (i.e., 262.5 meters); the phrase occurs twice in this verse.

[45:2]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).