2:3 He said to me, “Son of man, I am sending you to the house 1 of Israel, to rebellious nations 2 who have rebelled against me; both they and their fathers have revolted 3 against me to this very day.
11:1 A wind 4 lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the Lord’s temple that faces the east. There, at the entrance of the gate, I noticed twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, officials of the people. 5
18:19 “Yet you say, ‘Why should the son not suffer 6 for his father’s iniquity?’ When the son does what is just and right, and observes all my statutes and carries them out, he will surely live. 18:20 The person who sins is the one who will die. A son will not suffer 7 for his father’s iniquity, and a father will not suffer 8 for his son’s iniquity; the righteous person will be judged according to his righteousness, and the wicked person according to his wickedness. 9
21:28 “As for you, son of man, prophesy and say, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says concerning the Ammonites and their coming humiliation; 10 say:
“‘A sword, a sword drawn for slaughter,
polished to consume, 11 to flash like lightning –
24:25 “And you, son of man, this is what will happen on the day I take 15 from them their stronghold – their beautiful source of joy, the object in which their eyes delight, and the main concern of their lives, 16 as well as their sons and daughters: 17
33:12 “And you, son of man, say to your people, 19 ‘The righteousness of the righteous will not deliver him if he rebels. 20 As for the wicked, his wickedness will not make him stumble if he turns from it. 21 The righteous will not be able to live by his righteousness 22 if he sins.’ 23
33:30 “But as for you, son of man, your people 24 (who are talking about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses) say to one another, 25 ‘Come hear the word that comes 26 from the Lord.’
44:15 “‘But the Levitical priests, the descendants of Zadok 27 who kept the charge of my sanctuary when the people of Israel went astray from me, will approach me to minister to me; they will stand before me to offer me the fat and the blood, declares the sovereign Lord.
1 tc The Hebrew reads “sons of,” while the LXX reads “house,” implying the more common phrase in Ezekiel. Either could be abbreviated with the first letter ב (bet). In preparation for the characterization “house of rebellion,” in vv. 5, 6, and 8, “house” is preferred (L. C. Allen, Ezekiel [WBC], 1:10 and W. Zimmerli, Ezekiel [Hermeneia], 2:564-65).
2 tc Heb “to the rebellious nations.” The phrase “to the rebellious nations” is omitted in the LXX. Elsewhere in Ezekiel the singular word “nation” is used for Israel (36:13-15; 37:22). Here “nations” may have the meaning of “tribes” or refer to the two nations of Israel and Judah.
3 tc This word is omitted from the LXX.
4 tn Or “spirit.” See note on “wind” in 2:2.
5 sn The phrase officials of the people occurs in Neh 11:1; 1 Chr 21:2; 2 Chr 24:23.
7 tn Heb “lift up, bear.”
10 tn Heb “lift up, bear.”
11 tn Heb “lift up, bear.”
12 tn Heb “the righteousness of the righteous one will be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked one will be upon him.”
13 tn Heb “their reproach.”
14 tn Heb “to contain, endure.” Since the Hebrew text as it stands makes little, if any, sense, most emend the text to read either “to consume” or “for destruction.” For discussion of options see D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:693.
16 sn Pekod was the name of an Aramean tribe (known as Puqudu in Mesopotamian texts) that lived in the region of the Tigris River.
17 sn Shoa was the name of a nomadic people (the Sutu) that lived in Mesopotamia.
18 sn Koa was the name of another Mesopotamian people group (the Qutu).
19 tn Heb “(Will) it not (be) in the day I take?”
20 tn Heb “the uplifting of their soul.” According to BDB 672 s.v. מַשָּׂא 2, the term “uplifting” refers to “that to which they lift up their soul, their heart’s desire.” However, this text is the only one listed for this use. It seems more likely that the term has its well-attested nuance of “burden, load,” here and refers to that which weighs them down emotionally and is a constant source of concern or worry.
21 tn In the Hebrew text there is no conjunction before “their sons and daughters.” For this reason one might assume that the preceding descriptive phrases refer to the sons and daughters, but verse 21 suggests otherwise. The descriptive phrases appear to refer to the “stronghold,” which parallels “my sanctuary” in verse 21. The children constitute a separate category.
22 tn Heb “sons of your people.”
25 tn Heb “the sons of your people.”
26 tn Heb “in the day of his rebellion.” The statement envisions a godly person rejecting what is good and becoming sinful. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:247-48.
27 tn Heb “and the wickedness of the wicked, he will not stumble in it in the day of his turning from his wickedness.”
28 tn Heb “by it.”
29 tn Heb “in the day of his sin.”
28 tn Heb “sons of your people.”
29 tn Heb “one to one, a man to his brother.”
30 tn Heb “comes out.”
31 sn Zadok was a descendant of Aaron through Eleazar (1 Chr 6:50-53), who served as a priest during David’s reign (2 Sam 8:17).
34 sn A similar attitude toward non-Israelites is found in Isa 56:3-8.