Ezekiel 1:10

1:10 Their faces had this appearance: Each of the four had the face of a man, with the face of a lion on the right, the face of an ox on the left and also the face of an eagle. ¹ 

Ezekiel 1:28

1:28 like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds after the rain. ²  This was the appearance of the surrounding brilliant light; it looked like the glory of the Lord. When I saw ³  it, I threw myself face down, and I heard a voice speaking.

Ezekiel 5:11

5:11 “Therefore, as surely as I live, says the sovereign Lord, because you defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable idols and with all your abominable practices, I will withdraw; my eye will not pity you, nor will I spare ⁴  you.

Ezekiel 9:2

9:2 Next, I noticed ⁵  six men ⁶  coming from the direction of the upper gate ⁷  which faces north, each with his war club in his hand. Among them was a man dressed in linen with a writing kit ⁸  at his side. They came and stood beside the bronze altar.

Ezekiel 10:2

10:2 The Lord ⁹  said to the man dressed in linen, “Go between the wheelwork ¹⁰  underneath the cherubim. ¹¹  Fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city.” He went as I watched.

Ezekiel 11:1

The Fall of Jerusalem

11:1 A wind ¹²  lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the Lord’s temple that faces the east. There, at the entrance of the gate, I noticed twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, officials of the people. ¹³ 

Ezekiel 12:6-7

12:6 While they are watching, raise your baggage onto your shoulder and carry it out in the dark. ¹⁴  You must cover your face so that you cannot see the ground ¹⁵  because I have made you an object lesson ¹⁶  to the house of Israel.”

12:7 So I did just as I was commanded. I carried out my belongings packed for exile during the day, and at evening I dug myself a hole through the wall with my hands. I went out in the darkness, carrying my baggage ¹⁷  on my shoulder while they watched.

Ezekiel 20:47

20:47 and say to the scrub land of the Negev, ‘Hear the word of the Lord: This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look here, ¹⁸  I am about to start a fire in you, ¹⁹  and it will devour every green tree and every dry tree in you. The flaming fire will not be extinguished, and the whole surface of the ground from the Negev to the north will be scorched by it.

Ezekiel 28:18

28:18 By the multitude of your iniquities, through the sinfulness of your trade,

you desecrated your sanctuaries.

So I drew fire out from within you;

it consumed you,

and I turned you to ashes on the earth

before the eyes of all who saw you.

Ezekiel 28:22

28:22 Say, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘Look, I am against you, ²⁰  Sidon,

and I will magnify myself in your midst.

Then they will know that I am the Lord

when I execute judgments on her

and reveal my sovereign power ²¹  in her.

Ezekiel 29:3

29:3 Tell them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘Look, I am against ²²  you, Pharaoh king of Egypt,

the great monster ²³  lying in the midst of its waterways,

who has said, “My Nile is my own, I made it for myself.” ²⁴ 

Ezekiel 33:11

33:11 Say to them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but prefer that the wicked change his behavior ²⁵  and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil deeds! ²⁶  Why should you die, O house of Israel?’

Ezekiel 34:10

34:10 This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand my sheep from their hand. I will no longer let them be shepherds; ²⁷  the shepherds will not feed themselves anymore. I will rescue my sheep from their mouth, so that they will no longer be food for them.

Ezekiel 36:6

36:6 “Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I have spoken in my zeal and in my anger, because you have endured the insults of the nations.

Ezekiel 37:19

37:19 tell them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to take the branch of Joseph which is in the hand of Ephraim and the tribes of Israel associated with him, and I will place them on the stick of Judah, ²⁸  and make them into one stick – they will be one in my hand.’ ²⁹ 

[1:10]  ¹ tc The MT has an additional word at the beginning of v. 11, וּפְנֵיהֶם (ufÿnehem, “and their faces”), which is missing from the LXX. As the rest of the verse only applies to wings, “their faces” would have to somehow be understood in the previous clause. But this would be very awkward and is doubly problematic since “their faces” are already introduced as the topic at the beginning of v. 10. The Hebrew scribe appears to have copied the phrase “and their faces and their wings” from v. 8, where it introduces the content of 9-11. Only “and (as for) their wings” belongs here.

[1:28]  ² sn Reference to the glowing substance and the brilliant light and storm phenomena in vv. 27-28a echoes in reverse order the occurrence of these phenomena in v. 4.

[1:28]  ³ tn The vision closes with the repetition of the verb “I saw” from the beginning of the vision in 1:4.

[5:11]  ³ 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.

[9:2]  ⁴ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[9:2]  ⁵ sn The six men plus the scribe would equal seven, which was believed by the Babylonians to be the number of planetary deities.

[9:2]  ⁶ sn The upper gate was built by Jotham (2 Kgs 15:35).

[9:2]  ⁷ tn Or “a scribe’s inkhorn.” The Hebrew term occurs in the OT only in Ezek 9 and is believed to be an Egyptian loanword.

[10:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:2]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew term often refers to chariot wheels (Isa 28:28; Ezek 23:24; 26:10).

[10:2]  ⁷ tc The LXX, Syriac, Vulgate, and Targum mss read plural “cherubim” while the MT is singular here, “cherub.” The plural ending was probably omitted in copying the MT due to the similar beginning of the next word.

[11:1]  ⁶ tn Or “spirit.” See note on “wind” in 2:2.

[11:1]  ⁷ sn The phrase officials of the people occurs in Neh 11:1; 1 Chr 21:2; 2 Chr 24:23.

[12:6]  ⁷ tn Apart from this context the Hebrew term occurs only in Gen 15:17 in reference to the darkness after sunset. It may mean twilight.

[12:6]  ⁸ tn Or “land” (ASV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[12:6]  ⁹ sn See also Ezek 12:11, 24:24, 27.

[12:7]  ⁸ tn The words “my baggage” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied from the context.

[20:47]  ⁹ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[20:47]  ¹⁰ tn Fire also appears as a form of judgment in Ezek 15:4-7; 19:12, 14.

[28:22]  ¹⁰ 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.

[28:22]  ¹¹ tn Or “reveal my holiness.” God’s “holiness” is fundamentally his transcendence as sovereign ruler of the world. The revelation of his authority and power through judgment is in view in this context.

[29:3]  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.

[29:3]  ¹² tn Heb “jackals,” but many medieval Hebrew mss read correctly “the serpent.” The Hebrew term appears to refer to a serpent in Exod 7:9-10, 12; Deut 32:33; and Ps 91:13. It also refers to large creatures that inhabit the sea (Gen 1:21; Ps 148:7). In several passages it is associated with the sea or with the multiheaded sea monster Leviathan (Job 7:12; Ps 74:13; Isa 27:1; 51:9). Because of the Egyptian setting of this prophecy and the reference to the creature’s scales (v. 4), many understand a crocodile to be the referent here (e.g., NCV “a great crocodile”; TEV “you monster crocodile”; CEV “a giant crocodile”).

[29:3]  ¹³ sn In Egyptian theology Pharaoh owned and controlled the Nile. See J. D. Currid, Ancient Egypt and the Old Testament, 240-44.

[33:11]  ¹² tn Heb “turn from his way.”

[33:11]  ¹³ tn Heb “ways.” This same word is translated “behavior” earlier in the verse.

[34:10]  ¹³ tn Heb “I will cause them to cease from feeding sheep.”

[37:19]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “I will place them on it, that is, on the stick of Judah.”

[37:19]  ¹⁵ sn The reunification of Israel and Judah is envisioned as well in Ezek 33:23, 29; Jer 3:18; 23:5-6; Hos 1:11; Amos 9:11.