Ezekiel 22:16

22:16 You will be profaned within yourself ¹  in the sight of the nations; then you will know that I am the Lord.’”

Ezekiel 5:14

5:14 “I will make you desolate and an object of scorn among the nations around you, in the sight of everyone who passes by.

Ezekiel 20:14

20:14 I acted for the sake of my reputation, so that I would not be profaned before the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

Ezekiel 36:34

36:34 The desolate land will be plowed, instead of being desolate in the sight of everyone who passes by.

Ezekiel 38:23

38:23 I will exalt and magnify myself; I will reveal myself before many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord.’

Ezekiel 5:8

5:8 “Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: I – even I – am against you, ²  and I will execute judgment ³  among you while the nations watch. ⁴ 

Ezekiel 16:41

16:41 They will burn down your houses and execute judgments on you in front of many women. Thus I will put a stop to your prostitution, and you will no longer give gifts to your clients. ⁵ 

Ezekiel 20:9

20:9 I acted for the sake of my reputation, ⁶  so that I would not be profaned before the nations among whom they lived, ⁷  before whom I revealed myself by bringing them out of the land of Egypt. ⁸ 

Ezekiel 20:22

20:22 But I refrained from doing so, ⁹  and acted instead for the sake of my reputation, so that I would not be profaned before the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

Ezekiel 28:18

28:18 By the multitude of your iniquities, through the sinfulness of your trade,

you desecrated your sanctuaries.

So I drew fire out from within you;

it consumed you,

and I turned you to ashes on the earth

before the eyes of all who saw you.

Ezekiel 39:27

39:27 When I have brought them back from the peoples and gathered them from the countries of their enemies, I will magnify myself among them in the sight of many nations.

Ezekiel 10:2

10:2 The Lord ¹⁰  said to the man dressed in linen, “Go between the wheelwork ¹¹  underneath the cherubim. ¹²  Fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city.” He went as I watched.

Ezekiel 10:19

10:19 The cherubim spread ¹³  their wings, and they rose up from the earth ¹⁴  while I watched (when they went the wheels went alongside them). They stopped at the entrance to the east gate of the Lord’s temple as the glory of the God of Israel hovered above them.

Ezekiel 20:41

20:41 When I bring you out from the nations and gather you from the lands where you are scattered, I will accept you along with your soothing aroma. I will display my holiness among you in the sight of the nations.

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 ¹⁵  over them in the sight of the nations, and they will live in their land that I gave to my servant Jacob.

¹ tc Several ancient versions read the verb as first person, in which case the Lord refers to how his people’s sin brings disgrace upon him. For a defense of the Hebrew text, see D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:712, n. 68, and M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:457-58.

² tn Or “I challenge you.” The phrase “I am against you” may be a formula for challenging someone to combat or a duel. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:201-2, and P. Humbert, “Die Herausforderungsformel ‘h!nn#n' ?l?K>,’” ZAW 45 (1933): 101-8. The Hebrew text switches to a second feminine singular form here, indicating that personified Jerusalem is addressed (see vv. 5-6a). The address to Jerusalem continues through v. 15. In vv. 16-17 the second masculine plural is used, as the people are addressed.

³ tn The Hebrew text uses wordplay here to bring out the appropriate nature of God’s judgment. “Execute” translates the same Hebrew verb translated “carried out” (literally meaning “do”) in v. 7, while “judgment” in v. 8 and “regulations” in v. 7 translate the same Hebrew noun (meaning “regulations” or in some cases “judgments” executed on those who break laws). The point seems to be this: God would “carry out judgments” against those who refused to “carry out” his “laws.”

⁴ tn Heb “in the sight of the nations.”

³ tn The words “to your clients” are not in the Hebrew text but are implied.

⁴ tn Heb “for the sake of my name.”

⁵ tn Heb “before the eyes of the nations in whose midst they were.”

⁶ tn Heb “to whom I made myself known before their eyes to bring them out from the land of Egypt.” The translation understands the infinitive construct (“to bring them out”) as indicating manner. God’s deliverance of his people from Egypt was an act of self-revelation in that it displayed his power and his commitment to his promises.

⁵ tn Heb “drew my hand back.” This idiom also occurs in Lam 2:8 and Ps 74:11.

⁶ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tn The Hebrew term often refers to chariot wheels (Isa 28:28; Ezek 23:24; 26:10).

⁸ 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 tn Heb “lifted.”

⁸ tn Or “the ground” (NIV, NCV).

⁸ tn Or “reveal my holiness.” See verse 22.