17:8 In a good field, by abundant waters, it was planted
to grow branches, bear fruit, and become a beautiful vine.
31:4 The water made it grow;
underground springs made it grow tall.
Rivers flowed all around the place it was planted,
while smaller channels watered all the trees of the field. 5
31:5 Therefore it grew taller than all the trees of the field;
its boughs grew large and its branches grew long,
because of the plentiful water in its shoots. 6
31:6 All the birds of the sky nested in its boughs;
under its branches all the beasts of the field gave birth,
in its shade all the great 7 nations lived.
32:4 I will leave you on the ground,
I will fling you on the open field,
I will allow 8 all the birds of the sky to settle 9 on you,
and I will permit 10 all the wild animals 11 to gorge themselves on you.
1 tn Heb “set your face toward.” This expression occurs as well in Ezek 6:2; 13:17.
2 tn Or “the way toward the south,” or “the way toward Teman.” Teman is in the south and may be a location or the direction.
3 tn Or “toward Darom.” Darom may mean the south or a region just north of southern city of Beer Sheba. See M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:417-18.
4 tn The Hebrew term can also mean “forest,” but a meaning of uncultivated wasteland fits the Negev region far better. See M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:418.
1 tn Heb “Waters made it grow; the deep made it grow tall. It (the deep) was flowing with its rivers around the place it (the tree) was planted, it (the deep) sent out its channels to all the trees of the field.”
1 tn Heb “when it sends forth.” Repointing the consonants of the Masoretic text would render the proposed reading “shoots” (cf. NRSV).
1 tn Or “many.”
1 tn Or “cause.”
2 tn Heb “live.”
3 tn Or “cause.”
4 tn Heb “the beasts of the field,” referring to wild as opposed to domesticated animals.