Ezekiel 17:22

17:22 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘I will take a sprig ¹  from the lofty top of the cedar and plant it. ² 

I will pluck from the top one of its tender twigs;

I myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.

Ezekiel 17:24

17:24 All the trees of the field will know that I am the Lord.

I make the high tree low; I raise up the low tree.

I make the green tree wither, and I make the dry tree sprout.

I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will do it!’”

Ezekiel 28:2

28:2 “Son of man, say to the prince ³  of Tyre, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘Your heart is proud ⁴  and you said, “I am a god; ⁵ 

I sit in the seat of gods, in the heart of the seas” –

yet you are a man and not a god,

though you think you are godlike. ⁶ 

Ezekiel 41:22

41:22 The altar was of wood, 5¼ feet ⁷  high, with its length 3½ feet; ⁸  its corners, its length, ⁹  and its walls were of wood. He said to me, “This is the table that is before the Lord.”

¹ sn The language is analogous to messianic imagery in Isa 11:1; Zech 3:8; 6:4 although the technical terminology is not the same.

² tc The LXX lacks “and plant it.”

³ tn Or “ruler” (NIV, NCV).

⁴ tn Heb “lifted up.”

⁵ tn Or “I am divine.”

⁶ tn Heb “and you made your heart (mind) like the heart (mind) of gods.”

⁵ tn Heb “three cubits” (i.e., 1.575 meters).

⁶ tn Heb “two cubits” (i.e., 1.05 meters).

⁷ tc So the Masoretic text. The LXX reads “base.”