10:3 (The cherubim were standing on the south side 2 of the temple when the man went in, and a cloud filled the inner court.)
26:1 In the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, 5 the word of the Lord came to me:
27:30 They will lament loudly 6 over you and cry bitterly.
They will throw dust on their heads and roll in the ashes; 7
32:17 In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, 8 the word of the Lord came to me:
1 tc The MT reads “his hand” while many Hebrew
2 tn Heb “right side.”
3 sn These verbs, “pity” and “spare,” echo the judgment oracles in 5:11; 7:4, 9; 8:18; 9:5, 10.
4 sn A similar concept is found in Deut 32:10.
4 tc Date formulae typically include the month. According to D. I. Block (Ezekiel [NICOT], 2:34, n. 27) some emend to “in the twelfth year in the eleventh month” based partially on the copy of the LXX from Alexandrinus, where Albright suggested that “eleventh month” may have dropped out due to haplography.
5 tn Heb “make heard over you with their voice.”
6 tn Note a similar expression to “roll in the ashes” in Mic 1:10.
6 tn March 17, 585
7 tn Heb “good.”
8 tn The expression introduces the three major visions of Ezekiel (1:1; 8:3; 40:2).
9 tn The reference to a very high mountain is harmonious with Isa 2:2.
9 tn Heb “and they will complete the days.”
10 sn The people also could partake of the food of the peace offering (Lev 3).