Ezekiel 30:3

30:3 For the day is near,

the day of the Lord is near;

it will be a day of storm clouds, ¹ 

it will be a time of judgment ²  for the nations.

Ezekiel 11:3

11:3 They say, ³  ‘The time is not near to build houses; ⁴  the city ⁵  is a cooking pot ⁶  and we are the meat in it.’

Ezekiel 22:5

22:5 Those both near and far from you will mock you, you with your bad reputation, ⁷  full of turmoil.

Ezekiel 23:5

23:5 “Oholah engaged in prostitution while she was mine. ⁸  She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians ⁹  – warriors ¹⁰ 

Ezekiel 6:12

6:12 The one far away will die by pestilence, the one close by will fall by the sword, and whoever is left and has escaped these ¹¹  will die by famine. I will fully vent my rage against them.

Ezekiel 7:7-8

7:7 Doom is coming upon you who live in the land! The time is coming, the day ¹²  is near. There are sounds of tumult, not shouts of joy, on the mountains. ¹³  7:8 Soon now I will pour out my rage ¹⁴  on you; I will fully vent my anger against you. I will judge you according to your behavior. I will hold you accountable for all your abominable practices.

Ezekiel 23:12

23:12 She lusted after the Assyrians – governors and officials, warriors in full armor, horsemen riding on horses, all of them desirable young men.

Ezekiel 43:19

43:19 you will give a young bull for a sin offering to the Levitical priests who are descended from Zadok, who approach me to minister to me, declares the sovereign Lord.

Ezekiel 42:13

42:13 Then he said to me, “The north chambers and the south chambers which face the courtyard are holy chambers where the priests ¹⁵  who approach the Lord will eat the most holy offerings. There they will place the most holy offerings – the grain offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering, because the place is holy.

¹ tn Heb “a day of clouds.” The expression occurs also in Joel 2:2 and Zeph 1:15; it recalls the appearance of God at Mount Sinai (Exod 19:9, 16, 18).

² tn Heb “a time.” The words “of judgment” have been added in the translation for clarification (see the following verses).

³ tn The Hebrew verb may mean “think” in this context. This content of what they say (or think) represents their point of view.

⁴ sn The expression build houses may mean “establish families” (Deut 25:9; Ruth 4:11; Prov 24:27).

⁵ tn Heb “she” or “it”; the feminine pronoun refers here to Jerusalem.

⁶ sn Jerusalem is also compared to a pot in Ezek 24:3-8. The siege of the city is pictured as heating up the pot.

⁵ tn Heb “unclean of name.”

⁷ tn Heb “while she was under me.” The expression indicates that Oholah is viewed as the Lord’s wife. See Num 5:19-20, 29.

⁸ tn Heb “Assyria.”

⁹ tn The term apparently refers to Assyrian military officers; it is better construed with the description that follows. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:738.

⁹ tn Heb “the one who is left, the one who is spared.”

¹¹ 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.

¹² 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.”

¹³ tn The expression “to pour out rage” also occurs in Ezek 9:8; 14:19; 20:8, 13, 21; 22:31; 30:15; 36:18.

¹⁵ sn The priests are from the Zadokite family (Ezek 40:6; 44:15).