Ezekiel 1:7

1:7 Their legs were straight, but the soles of their feet were like calves’ feet. They gleamed ¹  like polished bronze.

Ezekiel 1:15

1:15 Then I looked, ²  and I saw one wheel ³  on the ground ⁴  beside each of the four beings.

Ezekiel 1:19-20

1:19 When the living beings moved, the wheels beside them moved; when the living beings rose up from the ground, the wheels rose up too. 1:20 Wherever the spirit ⁵  would go, they would go, ⁶  and the wheels would rise up beside them because the spirit ⁷  of the living being was in the wheel.

Ezekiel 3:13

3:13 and the sound of the living beings’ wings brushing against each other, and the sound of the wheels alongside them, a great rumbling sound.

Ezekiel 5:5

5:5 “This is what the sovereign Lord says: This is Jerusalem; I placed her in the center of the nations with countries all around her.

Ezekiel 10:6

10:6 When the Lord ⁸  commanded the man dressed in linen, “Take fire from within the wheelwork, from among the cherubim,” the man ⁹  went in and stood by one of the wheels. ¹⁰ 

Ezekiel 11:22

11:22 Then the cherubim spread ¹¹  their wings with their wheels alongside them while the glory of the God of Israel hovered above them.

Ezekiel 16:59

16:59 “‘For this is what the sovereign Lord says: I will deal with you according to what you have done when you despised your oath by breaking your covenant.

Ezekiel 17:18-19

17:18 He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Take note ¹²  – he gave his promise ¹³  and did all these things – he will not escape!

17:19 “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: As surely as I live, I will certainly repay him ¹⁴  for despising my oath and breaking my covenant!

Ezekiel 39:2

39:2 I will turn you around and drag you along; ¹⁵  I will lead you up from the remotest parts of the north and bring you against the mountains of Israel.

Ezekiel 40:9

40:9 He measured the porch of the gate as 14 feet, ¹⁶  and its jambs as 3½ feet; ¹⁷  the porch of the gate faced inward.

Ezekiel 40:23

40:23 Opposite the gate on the north and the east was a gate of the inner court; he measured the distance from gate to gate at 175 feet. ¹⁸ 

Ezekiel 40:27

40:27 The inner court had a gate toward the south; he measured it from gate to gate toward the south as 175 feet. ¹⁹ 

Ezekiel 48:31

48:31 the gates of the city ²⁰  will be named for the tribes of Israel; there will be three gates to the north: one gate for Reuben, one gate for Judah, and one gate for Levi.

¹ sn The Hebrew verb translated gleamed occurs only here in the OT.

² tc The MT adds “at the living beings” which is absent from the LXX.

³ sn Another vision which includes wheels on thrones occurs in Dan 7:9. Ezek 10 contains a vision similar to this one.

⁴ tn The Hebrew word may be translated either “earth” or “ground” in this context.

³ tn Or “wind”; the same Hebrew word can be translated as either “wind” or “spirit” depending on the context.

⁴ tc The MT adds the additional phrase “the spirit would go,” which seems unduly redundant here and may be dittographic.

⁵ tn Or “wind.” The Hebrew is difficult since the text presents four creatures and then talks about “the spirit” (singular) of “the living being” (singular). According to M. Greenberg (Ezekiel [AB], 1:45) the Targum interprets this as “will.” Greenberg views this as the spirit of the one enthroned above the creatures, but one would not expect the article when the one enthroned has not yet been introduced.

⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the man dressed in linen) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn Heb “the wheel.”

⁵ tn Heb “lifted.”

⁶ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates being aware of or taking notice of something.

⁷ sn Heb “hand.” “Giving one’s hand” is a gesture of promise (2 Kgs 10:15).

⁷ tn Heb “place it on his head.”

⁸ tn The Hebrew root occurs only here in the OT. An apparent cognate in the Ethiopic language means “walk along.” For a discussion of the research on this verb, see D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:460.

⁹ tn Heb “eight cubits” (i.e., 4.2 meters).

¹⁰ tn Heb “two cubits” (i.e., 1.05 meters).

¹⁰ tn Heb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).

¹¹ tn Heb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).

¹² sn See Rev 21:12-14.