Ezekiel 9:5

9:5 While I listened, he said to the others, ¹  “Go through the city after him and strike people down; do no let your eye pity nor spare ²  anyone!

Ezekiel 18:12

18:12 oppresses the poor and the needy, ³  commits robbery, does not give back what was given in pledge, prays to ⁴  idols, performs abominable acts,

Ezekiel 20:38

20:38 I will eliminate from among you the rebels and those who revolt ⁵  against me. I will bring them out from the land where they have been residing, but they will not come to the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 22:9

22:9 Slanderous men shed blood within you. ⁶  Those who live within you eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains; ⁷  they commit obscene acts among you. ⁸ 

Ezekiel 23:44

23:44 They had sex with her ⁹  as one does with a prostitute. In this way they had sex with Oholah and Oholibah, promiscuous women.

Ezekiel 29:10

29:10 I am against ¹⁰  you and your waterways. I will turn the land of Egypt into an utter desolate ruin from Migdol ¹¹  to Syene, ¹²  as far as the border with Ethiopia.

Ezekiel 31:2

31:2 “Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and his hordes:

“‘Who are you like in your greatness?

Ezekiel 41:17

41:17 to the space above the entrance, to the inner room, and on the outside, and on all the walls in the inner room and outside, by measurement. ¹³ 

Ezekiel 45:19

45:19 The priest will take some of the blood of the sin offering and place it on the doorpost of the temple, on the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and on the doorpost of the gate of the inner court.

Ezekiel 48:32

48:32 On the east side, one and one-half miles in length, there will be three gates: one gate for Joseph, one gate for Benjamin, and one gate for Dan.

¹ tn Heb “to these he said in my ears.”

² tn The meaning of the Hebrew term is primarily emotional: “to pity,” which in context implies an action, as in being moved by pity in order to spare them from the horror of their punishment.

³ sn The poor and needy are often mentioned together in the OT (Deut 24:14; Jer 22:16; Ezek 14:69; Ps 12:6; 35:10; 37:14).

⁴ tn Heb “lifts up his eyes.”

⁵ tn See the note at 2:3.

⁷ tn Heb “men of slander are in you in order to shed blood.”

⁸ tn Heb “and on the mountains they eat within you.” The mountains mentioned here were the site of pagan sacrifices. See 18:6.

⁹ sn This statement introduces vv. 10-11 and refers in general terms to the sexual sins described there. For the legal background of vv. 10-11, see Lev 18:7-20; 20:10-21; Deut 22:22-23, 30; 27:22.

⁹ tn Heb “and they came to her.”

¹¹ 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.

¹² sn This may refer to a site in the Egyptian Delta which served as a refuge for Jews (Jer 44:1; 46:14).

¹³ sn Syene is known today as Aswan.

¹³ tc The LXX does not have the word “by measurements.” The word may be a technical term referring to carpentry technique, the exact meaning of which is unclear.