Ezekiel 2:3

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.

Ezekiel 2:6

2:6 But you, son of man, do not fear them, and do not fear their words – even though briers ⁴  and thorns ⁵  surround you and you live among scorpions – do not fear their words and do not be terrified of the looks they give you, ⁶  for they are a rebellious house!

Ezekiel 3:27

3:27 But when I speak with you, I will loosen your tongue ⁷  and you must say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says.’ Those who listen will listen, but the indifferent will refuse, ⁸  for they are a rebellious house.

Ezekiel 21:29

21:29 while seeing false visions for you

and reading lying omens for you ⁹  –

to place that sword ¹⁰  on the necks of the profane wicked, ¹¹ 

whose day has come,

the time of final punishment.

Ezekiel 23:25

23:25 I will direct ¹²  my jealous anger against you, and they will deal with you in rage. They will cut off your nose and your ears, ¹³  and your survivors will die ¹⁴  by the sword. They will seize your sons and daughters, and your survivors will be consumed by fire.

Ezekiel 29:5

29:5 I will leave you in the wilderness,

you and all the fish of your waterways;

you will fall in the open field and will not be gathered up or collected. ¹⁵ 

I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the skies.

Ezekiel 38:4

38:4 I will turn you around, put hooks into your jaws, and bring you out with all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them fully armed, a great company with shields of different types, ¹⁶  all of them armed with swords.

Ezekiel 40:4

40:4 The man said to me, “Son of man, watch closely, listen carefully, and pay attention ¹⁷  to everything I show you, for you have been brought here so that I can show it to you. ¹⁸  Tell the house of Israel everything you see.”

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 The Hebrew term occurs only here in the OT.

⁵ tn The Hebrew term is found elsewhere in the OT only in Ezek 28:24.

⁶ tn Heb “of their faces.”

⁷ tn Heb “open your mouth.”

⁸ tn Heb “the listener will listen, the refuser will refuse.” Because the word for listening can also mean obeying, the nuance may be that the obedient will listen, or that the one who listens will obey. Also, although the verbs are not jussive as pointed in the MT, some translate them with a volitive sense: “the one who listens – let that one listen, the one who refuses – let that one refuse.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “in the seeing concerning you falsehood, in divining concerning you a lie.” This probably refers to the attempts of the Ammonites to ward off judgment through prophetic visions and divination.

¹¹ tn Heb “you”; the referent (the sword mentioned in v. 28) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹² sn The second half of the verse appears to state that the sword of judgment would fall upon the wicked, despite their efforts to prevent it.

¹³ tn Heb “give.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “they will remove.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “fall.”

¹⁶ tc Some Hebrew mss, the Targum, and the LXX read “buried.”

¹⁹ sn The Hebrew text mentions two different types of shields here.

²² tn Heb “look with your eyes, hear with your ears, and set your mind on.”

²³ tn Heb “in order to show (it) to you.”