Ezekiel 3:25

3:25 As for you, son of man, they will put ropes on you and tie you up with them, so you cannot go out among them.

Ezekiel 7:7

7:7 Doom is coming upon you who live in the land! The time is coming, the day ¹  is near. There are sounds of tumult, not shouts of joy, on the mountains. ² 

Ezekiel 19:8

19:8 The nations – the surrounding regions – attacked him.

They threw their net over him; he was caught in their pit.

Ezekiel 27:31

27:31 they will tear out their hair because of you and put on sackcloth,

and they will weep bitterly over you with intense mourning. ³ 

Ezekiel 38:19

38:19 In my zeal, in the fire of my fury, ⁴  I declare that on that day there will be a great earthquake ⁵  in the land of Israel.

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. ⁶ 

Ezekiel 42:10

42:10 At the beginning ⁷  of the wall of the court toward the south, ⁸  facing the courtyard and the building, were chambers

¹ sn The day refers to the day of the Lord, a concept which, beginning in Amos 5:18-20, became a common theme in the OT prophetic books. It refers to a time when the Lord intervenes in human affairs as warrior and judge.

² tc The LXX reads “neither tumult nor birth pains.” The LXX varies at many points from the MT in this chapter. The context suggests that one or both of these would be present on a day of judgment, thus favoring the MT. Perhaps more significant is the absence of “the mountains” in the LXX. If the ר (resh) in הָרִים (harim, “the mountains” not “on the mountains”) were a ד (dalet), which is a common letter confusion, then it could be from the same root as the previous word, הֵד (hed), meaning “the day is near – with destruction, not joyful shouting.”

¹ tn Heb “and they will weep concerning you with bitterness of soul, (with) bitter mourning.”

¹ sn The phrase “in the fire of my fury” occurs in Ezek 21:31; 22:21, 31.

² tn Or “shaking.”

¹ tn Heb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).

¹ tc The reading is supported by the LXX.

² tc This reading is supported by the LXX; the MT reads “east.”