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 8:1

A Desecrated Temple

8:1 In the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth of the month, ⁴  as I was sitting in my house with the elders of Judah sitting in front of me, the hand ⁵  of the sovereign Lord seized me. ⁶ 

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 LXX reads “In the sixth year, in the fifth month, on the fifth of the month.”

⁵ tn Or “power.”

⁶ tn Heb “fell upon me there,” that is, God’s influence came over him.