Ezekiel 5:5

5:5 “This is what the sovereign Lord says: This is Jerusalem; I placed her in the center of the nations with countries all around her.

Ezekiel 7:5

7:5 “This is what the sovereign Lord says: A disaster 1  – a one-of-a-kind 2  disaster – is coming!

Ezekiel 23:46

23:46 “For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Bring up an army 3  against them and subject them 4  to terror and plunder.

Ezekiel 24:9

24:9 “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says:

Woe to the city of bloodshed!

I will also make the pile high.

Ezekiel 28:6

28:6 “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says:

Because you think you are godlike, 5 

Ezekiel 30:2

30:2 “Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘Wail, “Alas, the day is here!” 6 

Ezekiel 30:10

30:10 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt,

by the hand of King Nebuchadrezzar 7  of Babylon.

Ezekiel 32:11

32:11 “‘For this is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘The sword of the king of Babylon 8  will attack 9  you.

Ezekiel 34:11

34:11 “‘For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I myself will search for my sheep and seek them out.

Ezekiel 35:14

35:14 This is what the sovereign Lord says: While the whole earth rejoices, I will turn you into a desolation.

Ezekiel 37:5

37:5 This is what the sovereign Lord says to these bones: Look, I am about to infuse breath 10  into you and you will live.

Ezekiel 38:3

38:3 and say: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, 11  I am against you, Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.

1 tn The Hebrew term often refers to moral evil (see Ezek 6:10; 14:22), but in many contexts it refers to calamity or disaster, sometimes as punishment for evil behavior.

2 tc So most Hebrew mss; many Hebrew mss read “disaster after disaster” (cf. NAB, NCV, NRSV, NLT).

1 tn Heb “assembly.”

2 tn Heb “give them to.”

1 tn Heb “because of your making your heart like the heart of gods.”

1 tn Heb “Alas for the day.”

1 tn Heb “Nebuchadrezzar” is a variant and more correct spelling of Nebuchadnezzar, as the Babylonian name Nabu-kudurri-usur has an “r” rather than an “n.”

1 sn The king of Babylon referred to here was Nebuchadnezzar (Ezek 21:19).

2 tn Heb “approach.”

1 tn Heb “I am about to bring a spirit.”

1 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.