Ezekiel 1:24

1:24 When they moved, I heard the sound of their wings – it was like the sound of rushing waters, or the voice of the Almighty, ¹  or the tumult ²  of an army. When they stood still, they lowered their wings.

Ezekiel 2:2

2:2 As he spoke to me, ³  a wind ⁴  came into me and stood me on my feet, and I heard the one speaking to me.

Ezekiel 2:5

2:5 And as for them, ⁵  whether they listen ⁶  or not – for they are a rebellious ⁷  house ⁸  – they will know that a prophet has been among them.

Ezekiel 3:10

3:10 And he said to me, “Son of man, take all my words that I speak to you to heart and listen carefully.

Ezekiel 8:18

8:18 Therefore I will act with fury! My eye will not pity them nor will I spare ⁹  them. When they have shouted in my ears, I will not listen to them.”

Ezekiel 13:2

13:2 “Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who are now prophesying. Say to the prophets who prophesy from their imagination: ¹⁰  ‘Hear the word of the Lord!

Ezekiel 18:25

18:25 “Yet you say, ‘The Lord’s conduct ¹¹  is unjust!’ Hear, O house of Israel: Is my conduct unjust? Is it not your conduct that is unjust?

Ezekiel 19:9

19:9 They put him in a collar with hooks; ¹² 

they brought him to the king of Babylon;

they brought him to prison ¹³ 

so that his voice would not be heard

any longer on the mountains of Israel.

Ezekiel 33:5

33:5 He heard the sound of the trumpet but did not heed the warning, so he is responsible for himself. ¹⁴  If he had heeded the warning, he would have saved his life.

Ezekiel 33:7

33:7 “As for you, son of man, I have made you a watchman ¹⁵  for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you must warn them on my behalf.

Ezekiel 33:32

33:32 Realize ¹⁶  that to them you are like a sensual song, a beautiful voice and skilled musician. ¹⁷  They hear your words, but they do not obey them. ¹⁸ 

Ezekiel 35:12

35:12 Then you will know that I, the Lord, have heard all the insults you spoke against the mountains of Israel, saying, “They are desolate, they have been given to us for food.”

Ezekiel 36:1

Blessings on the Mountains of Israel

36:1 “As for you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say: ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord!

Ezekiel 37:4

37:4 Then he said to me, “Prophesy over these bones, and tell them: ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.

[1:24]  ¹ tn Heb “Shaddai” (probably meaning “one of the mountain”), a title that depicts God as the sovereign ruler of the world who dispenses justice. The Old Greek translation omitted the phrase “voice of the Almighty.”

[1:24]  ² tn The only other occurrence of the Hebrew word translated “tumult” is in Jer 11:16. It indicates a noise like that of the turmoil of a military camp or the sound of an army on the march.

[2:2]  ³ tc The phrase “as he spoke to me” is absent from the LXX.

[2:2]  ⁴ tn Or “spirit.” NIV has “the Spirit,” but the absence of the article in the Hebrew text makes this unlikely. Elsewhere in Ezekiel the Lord’s Spirit is referred to as “the Spirit of the Lord” (11:5; 37:1), “the Spirit of God” (11:24), or “my (that is, the Lord’s) Spirit” (36:27; 37:14; 39:29). Some identify the “spirit” of 2:2 as the spirit that energized the living beings, however, that “spirit” is called “the spirit” (1:12, 20) or “the spirit of the living beings” (1:20-21; 10:17). Still others see the term as referring to an impersonal “spirit” of strength or courage, that is, the term may also be understood as a disposition or attitude. The Hebrew word often refers to a wind in Ezekiel (1:4; 5:10, 12; 12:4; 13:11, 13; 17:10, 21; 19:12; 27:26; 37:9). In 37:5-10 a “breath” originates in the “four winds” and is associated with the Lord’s life-giving breath (see v. 14). This breath enters into the dry bones and gives them life. In a similar fashion the breath of 2:2 (see also 3:24) energizes paralyzed Ezekiel. Breath and wind are related. On the one hand it is a more normal picture to think of breath rather than wind entering someone, but since wind represents an external force it seems more likely for wind rather than breath to stand someone up (unless we should understand it as a disposition). It may be that one should envision the breath of the speaker moving like a wind to revive Ezekiel, helping him to regain his breath and invigorating him to stand. A wind also transports the prophet from one place to another (3:12, 14; 8:3; 11:1, 24; 43:5).

[2:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “they”; the phrase “And as for them” has been used in the translation for clarity.

[2:5]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew word implies obedience rather than mere hearing or paying attention.

[2:5]  ⁷ tn This Hebrew adjective is also used to describe the Israelites in Num 17:25 and Isa 30:9.

[2:5]  ⁸ 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).

[8:18]  ⁷ 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.

[13:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “from their mind.”

[18:25]  ¹¹ tn Heb “way.”

[19:9]  ¹³ tn Or “They put him in a neck stock with hooks.” The noun סּוּגַר (sugar), translated “collar,” occurs only here in the Bible. L. C. Allen and D. I. Block point out a Babylonian cognate that refers to a device for transporting prisoners of war that held them by their necks (D. I. Block, Ezekiel [NICOT], 1:597, n. 35; L. C. Allen, Ezekiel [WBC], 1:284). Based on the Hebrew root, the traditional rendering had been “cage” (cf. ASV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[19:9]  ¹⁴ tc The term in the MT occurs only here and in Eccl 9:12 where it refers to a net for catching fish. The LXX translates this as “prison,” which assumes a confusion of dalet and resh took place in the MT.

[33:5]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “his blood will be on him.”

[33:7]  ¹⁷ sn Jeremiah (Jer 6:17) and Habakkuk (Hab 2:1) also served in the role of a watchman.

[33:32]  ¹⁹ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[33:32]  ²⁰ tn Heb “one who makes playing music well.”

[33:32]  ²¹ sn Similar responses are found in Isa 29:13; Matt 21:28-32; James 1:22-25.