Ezekiel 1:4

1:4 As I watched, I noticed ¹  a windstorm ²  coming from the north – an enormous cloud, with lightning flashing, ³  such that bright light ⁴  rimmed it and came from ⁵  it like glowing amber ⁶  from the middle of a fire.

Ezekiel 4:3

4:3 Then for your part take an iron frying pan ⁷  and set it up as an iron wall between you and the city. Set your face toward it. It is to be under siege; you are to besiege it. This is a sign ⁸  for the house of Israel.

Ezekiel 4:9

4:9 “As for you, take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt, ⁹  put them in a single container, and make food ¹⁰  from them for yourself. For the same number of days that you lie on your side – 390 days ¹¹  – you will eat it.

Ezekiel 5:2

5:2 Burn a third of it in the fire inside the city when the days of your siege are completed. Take a third and slash it with a sword all around the city. Scatter a third to the wind, and I will unleash a sword behind them.

Ezekiel 8:3

8:3 He stretched out the form ¹²  of a hand and grabbed me by a lock of hair on my head. Then a wind ¹³  lifted me up between the earth and sky and brought me to Jerusalem ¹⁴  by means of divine visions, to the door of the inner gate which faces north where the statue ¹⁵  which provokes to jealousy was located.

Ezekiel 10:7

10:7 Then one of the cherubim ¹⁶  stretched out his hand ¹⁷  toward the fire which was among the cherubim. He took some and put it into the hands of the man dressed in linen, who took it and left.

Ezekiel 17:3

17:3 Say to them: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: ¹⁸ 

“‘A great eagle ¹⁹  with broad wings, long feathers, ²⁰ 

with full plumage which was multi-hued, ²¹ 

came to Lebanon ²²  and took the top of the cedar.

Ezekiel 17:12

17:12 “Say to the rebellious house of Israel: ²³  ‘Don’t you know what these things mean?’ ²⁴  Say: ‘See here, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem ²⁵  and took her king and her officials prisoner and brought them to himself in Babylon.

Ezekiel 17:22

17:22 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘I will take a sprig ²⁶  from the lofty top of the cedar and plant it. ²⁷ 

I will pluck from the top one of its tender twigs;

I myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.

Ezekiel 23:25

23:25 I will direct ²⁸  my jealous anger against you, and they will deal with you in rage. They will cut off your nose and your ears, ²⁹  and your survivors will die ³⁰  by the sword. They will seize your sons and daughters, and your survivors will be consumed by fire.

Ezekiel 24:25

24:25 “And you, son of man, this is what will happen on the day I take ³¹  from them their stronghold – their beautiful source of joy, the object in which their eyes delight, and the main concern of their lives, ³²  as well as their sons and daughters: ³³ 

Ezekiel 33:2

33:2 “Son of man, speak to your people, ³⁴  and say to them, ‘Suppose I bring a sword against the land, and the people of the land take one man from their borders and make him their watchman.

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, ³⁵  and make them into one stick – they will be one in my hand.’ ³⁶ 

Ezekiel 37:21

37:21 Then tell them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to take the Israelites from among the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from round about and bring them to their land.

Ezekiel 38:13

38:13 Sheba and Dedan and the traders of Tarshish with all its young warriors ³⁷  will say to you, “Have you come to loot? Have you assembled your armies to plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to haul away a great amount of spoils?”’

[1:4]  ¹ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[1:4]  ² sn Storms are often associated with appearances of God (see Nah 1:3; Ps 18:12). In some passages, the “storm” (סְעָרָה, sÿ’arah) may be a whirlwind (Job 38:1, 2 Kgs 2:1).

[1:4]  ³ tn Heb “fire taking hold of itself,” perhaps repeatedly. The phrase occurs elsewhere only in Exod 9:24 in association with a hailstorm. The LXX interprets the phrase as fire flashing like lightning, but it is possibly a self-sustaining blaze of divine origin. The LXX also reverses the order of the descriptors, i.e., “light went around it and fire flashed like lightning within it.”

[1:4]  ⁴ tn Or “radiance.” The term also occurs in 1:27b.

[1:4]  ⁵ tc Or “was in it”; cf. LXX ἐν τῷ μέσῳ αὐτοῦ (en tw mesw autou, “in its midst”).

[1:4]  ⁶ tn The LXX translates חַשְׁמַל (khashmal) with the word ἤλεκτρον (hlektron, “electrum”; so NAB), an alloy of silver and gold, perhaps envisioning a comparison to the glow of molten metal.

[4:3]  ⁷ tn Or “a griddle,” that is, some sort of plate for cooking.

[4:3]  ⁸ tn That is, a symbolic object lesson.

[4:9]  ¹³ sn Wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt. All these foods were common in Mesopotamia where Ezekiel was exiled.

[4:9]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “bread.”

[4:9]  ¹⁵ tc The LXX reads “190 days.”

[8:3]  ¹⁹ tn The Hebrew term is normally used as an architectural term in describing the pattern of the tabernacle or temple or a representation of it (see Exod 25:8; 1 Chr 28:11).

[8:3]  ²⁰ tn Or “spirit.” See note on “wind” in 2:2.

[8:3]  ²¹ map For the location of Jerusalem see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[8:3]  ²² tn Or “image.”

[10:7]  ²⁵ tn Heb “the cherub.”

[10:7]  ²⁶ tn The Hebrew text adds, “from among the cherubim.”

[17:3]  ³¹ tn The parable assumes the defection of Zedekiah to Egypt and his rejection of Babylonian lordship.

[17:3]  ³² sn The great eagle symbolizes Nebuchadnezzar (17:12).

[17:3]  ³³ tn Hebrew has two words for wings; it is unknown whether they are fully synonymous or whether one term distinguishes a particular part of the wing such as the wing coverts (nearest the shoulder), secondaries (mid-feathers of the wing) or primaries (last and longest section of the wing).

[17:3]  ³⁴ tn This term was used in 16:10, 13, and 18 of embroidered cloth.

[17:3]  ³⁵ sn In the parable Lebanon apparently refers to Jerusalem (17:12).

[17:12]  ³⁷ tn The words “of Israel” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation as a clarification of the referent.

[17:12]  ³⁸ sn The narrative description of this interpretation of the riddle is given in 2 Kgs 24:11-15.

[17:12]  ³⁹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[17:22]  ⁴³ sn The language is analogous to messianic imagery in Isa 11:1; Zech 3:8; 6:4 although the technical terminology is not the same.

[17:22]  ⁴⁴ tc The LXX lacks “and plant it.”

[23:25]  ⁴⁹ tn Heb “give.”

[23:25]  ⁵⁰ tn Heb “they will remove.”

[23:25]  ⁵¹ tn Heb “fall.”

[24:25]  ⁵⁵ tn Heb “(Will) it not (be) in the day I take?”

[24:25]  ⁵⁶ tn Heb “the uplifting of their soul.” According to BDB 672 s.v. מַשָּׂא 2, the term “uplifting” refers to “that to which they lift up their soul, their heart’s desire.” However, this text is the only one listed for this use. It seems more likely that the term has its well-attested nuance of “burden, load,” here and refers to that which weighs them down emotionally and is a constant source of concern or worry.

[24:25]  ⁵⁷ tn In the Hebrew text there is no conjunction before “their sons and daughters.” For this reason one might assume that the preceding descriptive phrases refer to the sons and daughters, but verse 21 suggests otherwise. The descriptive phrases appear to refer to the “stronghold,” which parallels “my sanctuary” in verse 21. The children constitute a separate category.

[33:2]  ⁶¹ tn Heb “sons of your people.”

[37:19]  ⁶⁷ tn Heb “I will place them on it, that is, on the stick of Judah.”

[37:19]  ⁶⁸ 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.

[38:13]  ⁷³ tn Heb “young lions.”