106:23 He threatened 1 to destroy them,
but 2 Moses, his chosen one, interceded with him 3
and turned back his destructive anger. 4
142:4 Look to the right and see!
No one cares about me. 5
I have nowhere to run; 6
no one is concerned about my life. 7
59:16 He sees there is no advocate; 8
he is shocked 9 that no one intervenes.
So he takes matters into his own hands; 10
his desire for justice drives him on. 11
22:30 “I looked for a man from among them who would repair the wall and stand in the gap before me on behalf of the land, so that I would not destroy it, but I found no one. 12
22:1 The word of the Lord came to me:
2:1 He said to me, “Son of man, 20 stand on your feet and I will speak with you.”
2:1 He said to me, “Son of man, 21 stand on your feet and I will speak with you.”
1 tn Heb “and he said.”
2 tn Heb “if not,” that is, “[and would have] if [Moses] had not.”
3 tn Heb “stood in the gap before him.”
4 tn Heb “to turn back his anger from destroying.”
5 tn Heb “there is no one who recognizes me.”
6 tn Heb “ a place of refuge perishes from me.”
7 tn Heb “there is no one who seeks for the sake of my life.”
8 tn Heb “man” (so KJV, ASV); TEV “no one to help.”
9 tn Or “appalled” (NAB, NIV, NRSV), or “disgusted.”
10 tn Heb “and his arm delivers for him.”
11 tn Heb “and his justice [or “righteousness”] supports him.”
12 tn Heb “I did not find.”
13 tn Heb “they”; the phrase “And as for them” has been used in the translation for clarity.
14 tn The Hebrew word implies obedience rather than mere hearing or paying attention.
15 tn This Hebrew adjective is also used to describe the Israelites in Num 17:25 and Isa 30:9.
16 sn The book of Ezekiel frequently refers to the Israelites as a rebellious house (Ezek 2:5, 6, 8; 3:9, 26-27; 12:2-3, 9, 25; 17:12; 24:3).
17 tn The Hebrew term occurs only here in the OT.
18 tn The Hebrew term is found elsewhere in the OT only in Ezek 28:24.
19 tn Heb “of their faces.”
20 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.
21 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.