Ezekiel 1:26

1:26 Above the platform over their heads was something like a sapphire shaped like a throne. High above on the throne was a form that appeared to be a man.

Ezekiel 10:1

God’s Glory Leaves the Temple

10:1 As I watched, I saw ¹  on the platform ²  above the top of the cherubim something like a sapphire, resembling the shape of a throne, appearing above them.

Ezekiel 10:11

10:11 When they ³  moved, they would go in any of the four directions they faced without turning as they moved; in the direction the head would turn they would follow ⁴  without turning as they moved,

Ezekiel 16:25

16:25 At the head of every street you erected your pavilion and you disgraced ⁵  your beauty when you spread ⁶  your legs to every passerby and multiplied your promiscuity.

Ezekiel 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. ⁷ 

Ezekiel 17:19

17:19 “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: As surely as I live, I will certainly repay him ⁸  for despising my oath and breaking my covenant!

Ezekiel 23:15

23:15 wearing belts on their waists and flowing turbans on their heads, all of them looking like officers, the image of Babylonians ⁹  whose native land is Chaldea.

Ezekiel 24:23

24:23 Your turbans will be on your heads and your sandals on your feet; you will not mourn or weep, but you will rot ¹⁰  for your iniquities ¹¹  and groan among yourselves.

Ezekiel 27:22

27:22 The merchants of Sheba and Raamah engaged in trade with you; they traded the best kinds of spices along with precious stones and gold for your products.

Ezekiel 33:4

33:4 but there is one who hears the sound of the trumpet yet does not heed the warning. Then the sword comes and sweeps him away. He will be responsible for his own death. ¹² 

Ezekiel 38:2

38:2 “Son of man, turn toward ¹³  Gog, ¹⁴  of the land of Magog, ¹⁵  the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. ¹⁶  Prophesy against him

Ezekiel 39:1

39:1 “As for you, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal!

Ezekiel 42:12

42:12 were the chambers ¹⁷  which were toward the south. There was an opening at the head of the passage, the passage in front of the corresponding wall toward the east when one enters.

Ezekiel 43:12

43:12 “This is the law of the temple: The entire area on top of the mountain all around will be most holy. Indeed, this is the law of the temple.

Ezekiel 44:18

44:18 Linen turbans will be on their heads and linen undergarments will be around their waists; they must not bind themselves with anything that causes sweat.

¹ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

² tn Or “like a dome.” See 1:22-26.

¹ sn That is, the cherubim.

² tn Many interpreters assume that the human face of each cherub was the one that looked forward.

¹ tn Heb “treated as if abominable,” i.e., repudiated.

² tn The only other occurrence of the Hebrew root is found in Prov 13:3 in reference to the talkative person who habitually “opens wide” his lips.

¹ 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).

¹ tn Heb “place it on his head.”

¹ tn Heb “the sons of Babel.”

¹ tn The same verb appears in 4:17 and 33:10.

² tn Or “in your punishment.” The phrase “in/for [a person’s] iniquity/punishment” occurs fourteen times in Ezekiel: here; 3:18, 19; 4:17; 7:13, 16; 18:17, 18, 19, 20; 33:6, 8, 9; 39:23. The Hebrew word for “iniquity” may also mean the “punishment” for iniquity or “guilt” of iniquity.

¹ tn Heb “his blood will be on his own head.”

¹ tn Heb “set your face against.”

² sn This may refer to a Lydian king in western Asia Minor in the seventh century b.c. Apart from Ezek 38-39, the only other biblical reference to this king/nation is in Rev 20:8. For a study of the names appearing in this verse, see E. Yamauchi, Foes From the Northern Frontier, 19-27.

³ sn One of the sons of Japheth according to Gen 10:2; 1 Chr 1:5.

⁴ tn Heb “the prince, the chief of Meshech and Tubal.” Some translate “the prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal,” but it is more likely that the Hebrew noun in question is a common noun in apposition to “prince,” rather than a proper name. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:434-35. As Block demonstrates, attempts by some popular writers to identify these proper names with later geographical sites in Russia are anachronistic. See as well E. Yamauchi, Foes From the Northern Frontier, 19-27.

¹ tc The MT apparently evidences dittography, repeating most of the last word of the previous verse: “and like the openings of.”