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 11:15

11:15 “Son of man, your brothers, ⁴  your relatives, ⁵  and the whole house of Israel, all of them are those to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem ⁶  have said, ‘They have gone ⁷  far away from the Lord; to us this land has been given as a possession.’

Ezekiel 12:2

12:2 “Son of man, you are living in the midst of a rebellious house. ⁸  They have eyes to see, but do not see, and ears to hear, but do not hear, ⁹  because they are a rebellious house.

Ezekiel 15:6

15:6 “Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Like the wood of the vine is among the trees of the forest which I have provided as fuel for the fire – so I will provide the residents of Jerusalem ¹⁰  as fuel. ¹¹ 

Ezekiel 26:16

26:16 All the princes of the sea will vacate ¹²  their thrones. They will remove their robes and strip off their embroidered clothes; they will clothe themselves with trembling. They will sit on the ground; they will tremble continually and be shocked at what has happened to you. ¹³ 

Ezekiel 26:19

26:19 “For this is what the sovereign Lord says: When I make you desolate like the uninhabited cities, when I bring up the deep over you and the surging ¹⁴  waters overwhelm you,

Ezekiel 27:3

27:3 Say to Tyre, who sits at the entrance ¹⁵  of the sea, ¹⁶  merchant to the peoples on many coasts, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘O Tyre, you have said, “I am perfectly beautiful.”

Ezekiel 28:2

28:2 “Son of man, say to the prince ¹⁷  of Tyre, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘Your heart is proud ¹⁸  and you said, “I am a god; ¹⁹ 

I sit in the seat of gods, in the heart of the seas” –

yet you are a man and not a god,

though you think you are godlike. ²⁰ 

Ezekiel 28:25

28:25 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: When I regather the house of Israel from the peoples where they are dispersed, I will reveal my sovereign power ²¹  over them in the sight of the nations, and they will live in their land that I gave to my servant Jacob.

Ezekiel 33:24

33:24 “Son of man, the ones living in these ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land, but we are many; surely the land has been given to us for a possession.’ ²² 

Ezekiel 33:31

33:31 They come to you in crowds, ²³  and they sit in front of you as ²⁴  my people. They hear your words, but do not obey ²⁵  them. For they talk lustfully, ²⁶  and their heart is set on ²⁷  their own advantage. ²⁸ 

Ezekiel 38:8

38:8 After many days you will be summoned; in the latter years you will come to a land restored from the ravages of war, ²⁹  with many peoples gathered on the mountains of Israel that had long been in ruins. Its people ³⁰  were brought out from the peoples, and all of them will be living securely.

Ezekiel 39:9

39:9 “‘Then those who live in the cities of Israel will go out and use the weapons for kindling ³¹  – the shields, ³²  bows and arrows, war clubs and spears – they will burn them for seven years.

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 tc The MT reads “your brothers, your brothers” either for empahsis (D. I. Block, Ezekiel [NICOT], 1:341, n. 1; 346) or as a result of dittography.

⁵ tc The MT reads גְאֻלָּתֶךָ (gÿ’ullatekha, “your redemption-men”), referring to the relatives responsible for deliverance in times of hardship (see Lev 25:25-55). The LXX and Syriac read “your fellow exiles,” assuming an underlying Hebrew text of גָלוּתֶךָ (galutekha) or having read the א (aleph) as an internal mater lectionis for holem.

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⁷ tc The MT has an imperative form (“go far!”), but it may be read with different vowels as a perfect verb (“they have gone far”).

⁷ 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).

⁸ sn This verse is very similar to Isa 6:9-10.

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¹¹ tn The words “as fuel” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied.

¹³ tn Heb “descend from.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “and they will be astonished over you.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “many.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “entrances.” The plural noun may reflect the fact that Tyre had two main harbors.

²⁰ sn Rome, another economic power, is described in a similar way in Rev 17:1.

²² tn Or “ruler” (NIV, NCV).

²³ tn Heb “lifted up.”

²⁴ tn Or “I am divine.”

²⁵ tn Heb “and you made your heart (mind) like the heart (mind) of gods.”

²⁵ tn Or “reveal my holiness.” See verse 22.

²⁸ sn Outside of its seven occurrences in Ezekiel the term translated “possession” appears only in Exod 6:8 and Deut 33:4.

³¹ tn Heb “as people come.” Apparently this is an idiom indicating that they come in crowds. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:264.

³² tn The word “as” is supplied in the translation.

³³ tn Heb “do.”

³⁴ tn Heb “They do lust with their mouths.”

³⁵ tn Heb “goes after.”

³⁶ tn The present translation understands the term often used for “unjust gain” in a wider sense, following M. Greenberg, who also notes that the LXX uses a term which can describe either sexual or ritual pollution. See M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:687.

³⁴ tn Heb “from the sword.”

³⁵ tn Heb “it.”

³⁷ tn Heb “burn and kindle the weapons.”

³⁸ tn Two different types of shields are specified in the Hebrew text.