Ezekiel 3:1

3:1 He said to me, “Son of man, eat what you see in front of you ¹  – eat this scroll – and then go and speak to the house of Israel.”

Ezekiel 4:8

4:8 Look here, I will tie you up with ropes, so you cannot turn from one side to the other until you complete the days of your siege. ² 

Ezekiel 7:2

7:2 “You, son of man – this is what the sovereign Lord says to the land of Israel: An end! The end is coming on the four corners of the land! ³ 

Ezekiel 7:12

7:12 The time has come; the day has struck! The customer should not rejoice, nor the seller mourn; for divine wrath ⁴  comes against their whole crowd.

Ezekiel 9:1

The Execution of Idolaters

9:1 Then he shouted in my ears, “Approach, ⁵  you who are to visit destruction on the city, each with his destructive weapon in his hand!”

Ezekiel 16:49

16:49 “‘See here – this was the iniquity ⁶  of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters had majesty, abundance of food, and enjoyed carefree ease, but they did not help ⁷  the poor and needy.

Ezekiel 23:28

23:28 “For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look here, ⁸  I am about to deliver you over to ⁹  those whom you hate, to those with whom you were disgusted.

Ezekiel 40:23

40:23 Opposite the gate on the north and the east was a gate of the inner court; he measured the distance from gate to gate at 175 feet. ¹⁰ 

Ezekiel 40:27

40:27 The inner court had a gate toward the south; he measured it from gate to gate toward the south as 175 feet. ¹¹ 

¹ tn Heb “eat what you find.”

² sn The action surely refers to a series of daily acts rather than to a continuous period.

³ tn Or “earth.” Elsewhere the expression “four corners of the earth” figuratively refers to the whole earth (Isa 11:12).

⁴ tn Heb “wrath.” Context clarifies that God’s wrath is in view.

⁵ tc Heb “they approached.” Reading the imperative assumes the same consonantal text but different vowels.

⁶ tn Or “guilt.”

⁷ tn Heb “strengthen the hand of.”

⁷ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

⁸ tn Heb “I am giving you into the hand of.”

⁸ tn Heb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).

⁹ tn Heb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).