Ezekiel 14:1

Well-Deserved Judgment

14:1 Then some men from Israel’s elders came to me and sat down in front of me.

Ezekiel 28:26

28:26 They will live securely in it; they will build houses and plant vineyards. They will live securely 1  when I execute my judgments on all those who scorn them and surround them. Then they will know that I am the Lord their God.’”

Ezekiel 37:25

37:25 They will live in the land I gave to my servant Jacob, in which your fathers lived; they will live in it – they and their children and their grandchildren forever. David my servant will be prince over them forever.

Ezekiel 20:1

Israel’s Rebellion

20:1 In the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month, 2  some of the elders 3  of Israel came to seek 4  the Lord, and they sat down in front of me.

Ezekiel 25:4

25:4 So take note, 5  I am about to make you slaves of 6  the tribes 7  of the east. They will make camps among you and pitch their tents among you. They will eat your fruit and drink your milk.

Ezekiel 34:25

34:25 “‘I will make a covenant of peace with them and will rid the land of wild beasts, so that they can live securely 8  in the wilderness and even sleep in the woods. 9 

Ezekiel 34:28

34:28 They will no longer be prey for the nations and the wild beasts will not devour them. They will live securely and no one will make them afraid.

Ezekiel 8:17

8:17 He said to me, “Do you see, son of man? Is it a trivial thing that the house of Judah commits these abominations they are practicing here? For they have filled the land with violence and provoked me to anger still further. Look, they are putting the branch to their nose! 10 

Ezekiel 28:25

28:25 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: When I regather the house of Israel from the peoples where they are dispersed, I will reveal my sovereign power 11  over them in the sight of the nations, and they will live in their land that I gave to my servant Jacob.

Ezekiel 33:31

33:31 They come to you in crowds, 12  and they sit in front of you as 13  my people. They hear your words, but do not obey 14  them. For they talk lustfully, 15  and their heart is set on 16  their own advantage. 17 

Ezekiel 38:8

38:8 After many days you will be summoned; in the latter years you will come to a land restored from the ravages of war, 18  with many peoples gathered on the mountains of Israel that had long been in ruins. Its people 19  were brought out from the peoples, and all of them will be living securely.

1 sn This promise was given in Lev 25:18-19.

1 sn The date would be August 14th, 591 b.c. The seventh year is the seventh year of Jehoiachin’s exile.

2 tn Heb “men from the elders.”

3 tn See the note at 14:3.

1 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates being aware of or taking notice of something and has been translated here with a verb (so also throughout the chapter).

2 tn Heb “Look I am about to give you for a possession to.”

3 tn Heb “sons.”

1 tn The phrase “live securely” occurs in Ezek 28:26; 38:8, 11, 14; 39:26 as an expression of freedom from fear. It is a promised blessing resulting from obedience (see Lev 26:5-6).

2 sn The woods were typically considered to be places of danger (Ps 104:20-21; Jer 5:6).

1 tn It is not clear what the practice of “holding a branch to the nose” indicates. A possible parallel is the Syrian relief of a king holding a flower to his nose as he worships the stars (ANEP 281). See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 1:145-46. The LXX glosses the expression as “Behold, they are like mockers.”

1 tn Or “reveal my holiness.” See verse 22.

1 tn Heb “as people come.” Apparently this is an idiom indicating that they come in crowds. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:264.

2 tn The word “as” is supplied in the translation.

3 tn Heb “do.”

4 tn Heb “They do lust with their mouths.”

5 tn Heb “goes after.”

6 tn The present translation understands the term often used for “unjust gain” in a wider sense, following M. Greenberg, who also notes that the LXX uses a term which can describe either sexual or ritual pollution. See M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:687.

1 tn Heb “from the sword.”

2 tn Heb “it.”