Ezekiel 19:2

19:2 and say:

“‘What a lioness was your mother among the lions!

She lay among young lions; ¹  she reared her cubs.

Ezekiel 34:22

34:22 I will save my sheep; they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another.

Ezekiel 41:18

41:18 It was made with cherubim and decorative palm trees, with a palm tree between each cherub. Each cherub had two faces:

Ezekiel 44:23

44:23 Moreover, they will teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and show them how to distinguish between the ceremonially unclean and the clean. ² 

Ezekiel 1:13

1:13 In the middle ³  of the living beings was something like ⁴  burning coals of fire ⁵  or like torches. It moved back and forth among the living beings. It was bright, and lightning was flashing out of the fire.

Ezekiel 18:8

18:8 does not engage in usury or charge interest, ⁶  but refrains ⁷  from wrongdoing, promotes true justice ⁸  between men,

Ezekiel 19:11

19:11 Its boughs were strong, fit ⁹  for rulers’ scepters; it reached up into the clouds.

It stood out because of its height and its many branches. ¹⁰ 

Ezekiel 31:10

31:10 “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Because it was tall in stature, and its top reached into the clouds, and it was proud of its height,

Ezekiel 34:17

34:17 “‘As for you, my sheep, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to judge between one sheep and another, between rams and goats.

Ezekiel 34:20

34:20 “‘Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says to them: Look, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.

Ezekiel 42:20

42:20 He measured it on all four sides. It had a wall around it, 875 feet long and 875 feet wide, to separate the holy and common places.

Ezekiel 47:16

47:16 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath, as far as Hazer-hattikon, which is on the border of Hauran.

Ezekiel 48:22

48:22 The property of the Levites and of the city will be in the middle of that which belongs to the prince. The portion between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin will be for the prince.

Ezekiel 8:3

8:3 He stretched out the form ¹¹  of a hand and grabbed me by a lock of hair on my head. Then a wind ¹²  lifted me up between the earth and sky and brought me to Jerusalem ¹³  by means of divine visions, to the door of the inner gate which faces north where the statue ¹⁴  which provokes to jealousy was located.

Ezekiel 8:16

8:16 Then he brought me to the inner court of the Lord’s house. Right there ¹⁵  at the entrance to the Lord’s temple, between the porch and the altar, ¹⁶  were about twenty-five ¹⁷  men with their backs to the Lord’s temple, ¹⁸  facing east – they were worshiping the sun ¹⁹  toward the east!

Ezekiel 22:26

22:26 Her priests abuse my law and have desecrated my holy things. They do not distinguish between the holy and the profane, ²⁰  or recognize any distinction between the unclean and the clean. They ignore ²¹  my Sabbaths and I am profaned in their midst.

Ezekiel 31:14

31:14 For this reason no watered trees will grow so tall; their tops will not reach into the clouds, nor will the well-watered ones grow that high. ²²  For all of them have been appointed to die in the lower parts of the earth; ²³  they will be among mere mortals, ²⁴  with those who descend to the pit.

¹ sn Lions probably refer to Judahite royalty and/or nobility. The lioness appears to symbolize the Davidic dynasty, though some see the referent as Hamutal, the wife of Josiah and mother of Jehoahaz and Zedekiah. Gen 49:9 seems to be the background for Judah being compared to lions.

² sn This task was a fundamental role of the priest (Lev 10:10).

³ tc The MT reads “and the form of the creatures” (וּדְמוּת הַחַיּוֹת, udÿmut hakhayyot). The LXX reads “and in the midst of the creatures,” suggesting an underlying Hebrew text of וּמִתּוֹךְ הַחַיּוֹת (umittokh hakhayyot). The subsequent description of something moving among the creatures supports the LXX.

⁴ tc The MT reads “and the form of the creatures – their appearance was like burning coals of fire.” The LXX reads “in the midst of the creatures was a sight like burning coals of fire.” The MT may have adjusted “appearance” to “their appearance” to fit their reading of the beginning of the verse (see the tc note on “in the middle”). See M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 1:46.

⁵ sn Burning coals of fire are also a part of David’s poetic description of God’s appearance (see 2 Sam 22:9, 13; Ps 18:8).

⁴ sn This law was given in Lev 25:36.

⁵ tn Heb, “turns back his hand.”

⁶ tn Heb “justice of truth.”

⁵ tn The word “fit” does not occur in the Hebrew text.

⁶ tn Heb “and it was seen by its height and by the abundance of its branches.”

⁶ tn The Hebrew term is normally used as an architectural term in describing the pattern of the tabernacle or temple or a representation of it (see Exod 25:8; 1 Chr 28:11).

⁷ tn Or “spirit.” See note on “wind” in 2:2.

⁸ map For the location of Jerusalem see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁹ tn Or “image.”

⁷ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something.

⁸ sn The priests prayed to God between the porch and the altar on fast days (Joel 2:17). This is the location where Zechariah was murdered (Matt 23:35).

⁹ tc The LXX reads “twenty” instead of twenty-five, perhaps because of the association of the number twenty with the Mesopotamian sun god Shamash.

¹⁰ sn The temple faced east.

¹¹ tn Or “the sun god.”

⁸ tn Or “between the consecrated and the common.”

⁹ tn Heb “hide their eyes from.” The idiom means to disregard or ignore something or someone (see Lev 20:4; 1 Sam 12:3; Prov 28:27; Isa 1:15).

⁹ tn Heb “and they will not stand to them in their height, all the drinkers of water.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “for death, to the lower earth.”

¹¹ tn Heb “the sons of men.”