17:5 He took one of the seedlings 4 of the land,
placed it in a cultivated plot; 5
a shoot by abundant water,
like a willow he planted it.
27:26 Your rowers have brought you into surging waters.
The east wind has wrecked you in the heart of the seas.
27:34 Now you are wrecked by the seas, in the depths of the waters;
your merchandise and all your company have sunk 6 along with you. 7
31:7 It was beautiful in its loftiness, in the length of its branches;
for its roots went down deep to plentiful waters.
32:14 Then I will make their waters calm, 8
and will make their streams flow like olive oil, declares the sovereign Lord.
1 sn A pint and a half [Heb “one-sixth of a hin”]. One-sixth of a hin was a quantity of liquid equal to about 1.3 pints or 0.6 liters.
2 tn Or “in their punishment.” Ezek 4:16-17 alludes to Lev 26:26, 39. The phrase “in/for [a person’s] iniquity” occurs fourteen times in Ezekiel: here, 3:18, 19; 7:13, 16; 18: 17, 18, 19, 20; 24:23; 33:6, 8, 9; 39:23. The Hebrew word for “iniquity” may also mean the “punishment for iniquity.”
3 tn The Hebrew term normally refers to an earthquake (see 1 Kgs 19:11; Amos 1:1).
4 tn Heb “took of the seed of the land.” For the vine imagery, “seedling” is a better translation, though in its subsequent interpretation the “seed” refers to Zedekiah through its common application to offspring.
5 tn Heb “a field for seed.”
5 tn Heb “fallen.”
6 tn Heb “in the midst of you.”
6 tn Heb “sink,” that is, to settle and become clear, not muddied.
7 sn The Lord here uses a metaphor from the realm of ritual purification. For the use of water in ritual cleansing, see Exod 30:19-20; Lev 14:51; Num 19:18; Heb 10:22.