Ezekiel 2:5

2:5 And as for them, ¹  whether they listen ²  or not – for they are a rebellious ³  house ⁴  – they will know that a prophet has been among them.

Ezekiel 15:3

15:3 Can wood be taken from it to make anything useful? Or can anyone make a peg from it to hang things on?

Ezekiel 16:48

16:48 As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, your sister Sodom and her daughters never behaved as wickedly as you and your daughters have behaved.

Ezekiel 17:19

17:19 “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: As surely as I live, I will certainly repay him ⁵  for despising my oath and breaking my covenant!

Ezekiel 18:3

18:3 “As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, ⁶  you will not quote this proverb in Israel anymore!

Ezekiel 20:33

20:33 As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, with a powerful hand and an outstretched arm, ⁷  and with an outpouring of rage, I will be king over you.

Ezekiel 21:13

21:13 “‘For testing will come, and what will happen when the scepter, which the sword despises, is no more? ⁸  declares the sovereign Lord.’

Ezekiel 22:14

22:14 Can your heart endure, ⁹  or can your hands be strong when I deal with you? ¹⁰  I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will do it!

Ezekiel 35:6

35:6 Therefore, as surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, I will subject you to bloodshed, and bloodshed will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, bloodshed will pursue you.

Ezekiel 36:7

36:7 So this is what the sovereign Lord says: I vow ¹¹  that the nations around you will endure insults as well.

Ezekiel 38:19

38:19 In my zeal, in the fire of my fury, ¹²  I declare that on that day there will be a great earthquake ¹³  in the land of Israel.

Ezekiel 44:10

44:10 “‘But the Levites who went far from me, straying off from me after their idols when Israel went astray, will be responsible for ¹⁴  their sin.

Ezekiel 44:22

44:22 They must not marry a widow or a divorcee, but they may marry a virgin from the house of Israel ¹⁵  or a widow who is a priest’s widow.

¹ tn Heb “they”; the phrase “And as for them” has been used in the translation for clarity.

² tn The Hebrew word implies obedience rather than mere hearing or paying attention.

³ tn This Hebrew adjective is also used to describe the Israelites in Num 17:25 and Isa 30:9.

⁴ sn The book of Ezekiel frequently refers to the Israelites as a rebellious house (Ezek 2:5, 6, 8; 3:9, 26-27; 12:2-3, 9, 25; 17:12; 24:3).

⁵ tn Heb “place it on his head.”

⁹ tn This expression occurs often in Ezekiel (5:11; 14:16, 18, 20; 16:48; 17:16, 19; 20:3, 31, 33; 33:11, 27; 34:8; 35:6, 11).

¹³ sn This phrase occurs frequently in Deuteronomy (Deut 4:34; 5:15; 7:19; 11:2; 26:8).

¹⁷ tn Heb “For testing (will come) and what if also a scepter, it despises, will not be?” The translation understands the subject of the verb “despises,” which is a feminine form in the Hebrew text, to be the sword (which is a feminine noun) mentioned in the previous verses. The text is very difficult and any rendering is uncertain.

²¹ tn Heb “stand.” The heart here stands for the emotions; Jerusalem would panic in the face of God’s judgment.

²² tn Heb “in the days when I act against you.”

²⁵ tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”

²⁹ sn The phrase “in the fire of my fury” occurs in Ezek 21:31; 22:21, 31.

³⁰ tn Or “shaking.”

³³ tn Heb “will bear.”

³⁷ tn Heb “from the offspring of the house of Israel.”