Numbers 14:28-29

14:28 Say to them, ‘As I live, ¹  says ²  the Lord, I will surely do to you just what you have spoken in my hearing. ³  14:29 Your dead bodies ⁴  will fall in this wilderness – all those of you who were numbered, according to your full number, from twenty years old and upward, who have murmured against me.

Numbers 23:19

23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie,

nor a human being, ⁵  that he should change his mind.

Has he said, and will he not do it?

Or has he spoken, and will he not make it happen? ⁶ 

Psalms 95:11

95:11 So I made a vow in my anger,

‘They will never enter into the resting place I had set aside for them.’” ⁷ 

Ezekiel 24:14

24:14 “‘I the Lord have spoken; judgment ⁸  is coming and I will act! I will not relent, or show pity, or be sorry! ⁹  I will judge you ¹⁰  according to your conduct ¹¹  and your deeds, declares the sovereign Lord.’”

Ezekiel 24:2

24:2 “Son of man, write down the name of this day, this very day. The king of Babylon has laid siege ¹²  to Jerusalem ¹³  this very day.

Ezekiel 2:1

Ezekiel’s Commission

2:1 He said to me, “Son of man, ¹⁴  stand on your feet and I will speak with you.”

Titus 1:2

1:2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the ages began. ¹⁵ 

Hebrews 6:18

6:18 so that we who have found refuge in him ¹⁶  may find strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us through two unchangeable things, since it is impossible for God to lie.

¹ sn Here again is the oath that God swore in his wrath, an oath he swore by himself, that they would not enter the land. “As the Lord lives,” or “by the life of the Lord,” are ways to render it.

² tn The word נְאֻם (nÿ’um) is an “oracle.” It is followed by the subjective genitive: “the oracle of the Lord” is equal to saying “the Lord says.”

³ tn Heb “in my ears.”

⁴ tn Or “your corpses” (also in vv. 32, 33).

⁵ tn Heb “son of man.”

⁶ tn The verb is the Hiphil of קוּם (qum, “to cause to rise; to make stand”). The meaning here is more of the sense of fulfilling the promises made.

⁷ tn Heb “my resting place.” The promised land of Canaan is here viewed metaphorically as a place of rest for God’s people, who are compared to sheep (see v. 7).

⁸ tn Heb “it”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁹ tn Or perhaps, “change my mind.”

¹⁰ tc Some medieval Hebrew mss and the major ancient versions read a first person verb here. Most Hebrew mss read have an indefinite subject, “they will judge you,” which could be translated, “you will be judged.”

¹¹ tn Heb “ways.”

¹² tn Heb “lean on, put pressure on.”

¹³ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

¹⁴ sn The phrase son of man occurs ninety-three times in the book of Ezekiel. It simply means “human one,” and distinguishes the prophet from the nonhuman beings that are present in the world of his vision.

¹⁵ tn Grk “before eternal ages.”

¹⁶ tn Grk “have taken refuge”; the basis of that refuge is implied in the preceding verse.