Ezekiel 17:5

17:5 He took one of the seedlings ¹  of the land,

placed it in a cultivated plot; ² 

a shoot by abundant water,

like a willow he planted it.

Ezekiel 26:6

26:6 and her daughters ³  who are in the field will be slaughtered by the sword. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 31:13

31:13 On its ruins all the birds of the sky will live, and all the wild animals ⁴  will walk ⁵  on its branches.

Ezekiel 34:5

34:5 They were scattered because they had no shepherd, and they became food for every wild beast. ⁶ 

Ezekiel 39:5

39:5 You will fall dead in the open field; for I have spoken, declares the sovereign Lord.

¹ tn Heb “took of the seed of the land.” For the vine imagery, “seedling” is a better translation, though in its subsequent interpretation the “seed” refers to Zedekiah through its common application to offspring.

² tn Heb “a field for seed.”

³ sn That is, the towns located inland that were under Tyre’s rule.

⁵ tn Heb “the beasts of the field,” referring to wild as opposed to domesticated animals.

⁶ tn Heb “be.”

⁷ tn As a case of dittography, the MT repeats “and they were scattered” at the end of the verse.