Ezekiel 12:7

12:7 So I did just as I was commanded. I carried out my belongings packed for exile during the day, and at evening I dug myself a hole through the wall with my hands. I went out in the darkness, carrying my baggage¹ on my shoulder while they watched.

Ezekiel 20:6

20:6 On that day I swore² to bring them out of the land of Egypt to a land which I had picked out³ for them, a land flowing with milk and honey,⁴ the most beautiful of all lands.

Ezekiel 20:15

20:15 I also swore⁵ to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them to the land I had given them – a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands.

Ezekiel 44:12

44:12 Because they used to minister to them before their idols, and became a sinful obstacle⁶ to the house of Israel, consequently I have made a vow⁷ concerning them, declares the sovereign Lord, that they will be responsible⁸ for their sin.

Ezekiel 20:28

20:28 I brought them to the land which I swore⁹ to give them, but whenever they saw any high hill or leafy tree, they offered their sacrifices there and presented the offerings that provoke me to anger. They offered their soothing aroma there and poured out their drink offerings.

¹tn The words “my baggage” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied from the context.

²tn Heb “I lifted up my hand to them.”

³tn Or “searched out.” The Hebrew word is used to describe the activity of the spies in “spying out” the land of Canaan (Num 13-14); cf. KJV “I had espied for them.”

⁴sn The phrase “a land flowing with milk and honey,” a figure of speech describing the land’s abundant fertility, occurs in v. 15 as well as Exod 3:8, 17; 13:5; 33:3; Lev 20:24; Num 13:27; Deut 6:3; 11:9; 26:9; 27:3; Josh 5:6; Jer 11:5; 32:23 (see also Deut 1:25; 8:7-9).

³tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”

⁴tn Heb “a stumbling block of iniquity.” This is a unique phrase of the prophet Ezekiel (cf. also Ezek 7:19; 14:3, 4, 7; 18:30).

⁵tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”

⁶tn Heb “will bear.”

⁵tn Heb “which I lifted up my hand.”