Ezekiel 2:6

2:6 But you, son of man, do not fear them, and do not fear their words – even though briers ¹  and thorns ²  surround you and you live among scorpions – do not fear their words and do not be terrified of the looks they give you, ³  for they are a rebellious house!

Ezekiel 10:2

10:2 The Lord ⁴  said to the man dressed in linen, “Go between the wheelwork ⁵  underneath the cherubim. ⁶  Fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city.” He went as I watched.

Ezekiel 32:27

32:27 They do not lie with the fallen warriors of ancient times, ⁷  who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, having their swords placed under their heads and their shields on their bones, ⁸  when the terror of these warriors was in the land of the living.

¹ tn The Hebrew term occurs only here in the OT.

² tn The Hebrew term is found elsewhere in the OT only in Ezek 28:24.

³ tn Heb “of their faces.”

⁴ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn The Hebrew term often refers to chariot wheels (Isa 28:28; Ezek 23:24; 26:10).

⁶ tc The LXX, Syriac, Vulgate, and Targum mss read plural “cherubim” while the MT is singular here, “cherub.” The plural ending was probably omitted in copying the MT due to the similar beginning of the next word.

⁷ tc Heb “of the uncircumcised.” The LXX reads, probably correctly, “from of old” rather than “of the uncircumcised.” The phrases are very similar in spelling. The warriors of Meshech-Tubal are described as uncircumcised, so it would be odd for them to not be buried with the uncircumcised. Verse 28 specifically says that they would lie with the uncircumcised.

⁸ tn Heb “and their iniquities were over their bones.” The meaning of this statement is unclear; in light of the parallelism (see “swords”) it is preferable to emend “their iniquities” to “their swords.” See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:135.