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 3:23-24

3:23 So I got up and went out to the valley, and the glory of the Lord was standing there, just like the glory I had seen by the Kebar River, ⁵  and I threw myself face down.

3:24 Then a wind ⁶  came into me and stood me on my feet. The Lord ⁷  spoke to me and said, “Go shut yourself in your house.

Ezekiel 10:6

10:6 When the Lord ⁸  commanded the man dressed in linen, “Take fire from within the wheelwork, from among the cherubim,” the man ⁹  went in and stood by one of the wheels. ¹⁰ 

Ezekiel 22:14

22:14 Can your heart endure, ¹¹  or can your hands be strong when I deal with you? ¹²  I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will do it!

Ezekiel 22:30

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. ¹³ 

Ezekiel 24:11

24:11 Set the empty pot on the coals, ¹⁴ 

until it becomes hot and its copper glows,

until its uncleanness melts within it and its rot ¹⁵  is consumed.

Ezekiel 37:10

37:10 So I prophesied as I was commanded, and the breath came into them; they lived and stood on their feet, an extremely great army.

Ezekiel 40:3

40:3 When he brought me there, I saw ¹⁶  a man whose appearance was like bronze, with a linen cord and a measuring stick in his hand. He was standing in the gateway.

Ezekiel 44:24

44:24 “‘In a controversy they will act as judges; ¹⁷  they will judge according to my ordinances. They will keep my laws and my statutes regarding all my appointed festivals and will observe ¹⁸  my Sabbaths.

[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).

[3:23]  ⁵ tn Or “canal.”

[3:24]  ⁷ tn See the note on “wind” in 2:2.

[3:24]  ⁸ tn Heb “he.”

[10:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the man dressed in linen) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:6]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the wheel.”

[22:14]  ¹¹ tn Heb “stand.” The heart here stands for the emotions; Jerusalem would panic in the face of God’s judgment.

[22:14]  ¹² tn Heb “in the days when I act against you.”

[22:30]  ¹³ tn Heb “I did not find.”

[24:11]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “set it upon its coals, empty.”

[24:11]  ¹⁶ tn Or “rust” (so also in v. 12).

[40:3]  ¹⁷ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[44:24]  ¹⁹ sn For a historical illustration of the priest carrying out this function, see 2 Chr 19:9-11.

[44:24]  ²⁰ tn Heb “sanctify, set apart.”