Ezekiel 10:19

10:19 The cherubim spread ¹  their wings, and they rose up from the earth ²  while I watched (when they went the wheels went alongside them). They stopped at the entrance to the east gate of the Lord’s temple as the glory of the God of Israel hovered above them.

Ezekiel 16:8

16:8 “‘Then I passed by you and watched you, noticing ³  that you had reached the age for love. ⁴  I spread my cloak ⁵  over you and covered your nakedness. I swore a solemn oath to you and entered into a marriage covenant with you, declares the sovereign Lord, and you became mine.

Ezekiel 17:3

17:3 Say to them: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: ⁶ 

“‘A great eagle ⁷  with broad wings, long feathers, ⁸ 

with full plumage which was multi-hued, ⁹ 

came to Lebanon ¹⁰  and took the top of the cedar.

Ezekiel 17:7

17:7 “‘There was another great eagle ¹¹ 

with broad wings and thick plumage.

Now this vine twisted its roots toward him

and sent its branches toward him

to be watered from the soil where it was planted.

Ezekiel 17:23

17:23 I will plant it on a high mountain of Israel,

and it will raise branches and produce fruit and become a beautiful cedar.

Every bird will live under it;

Every winged creature will live in the shade of its branches.

[10:19]  ¹ tn Heb “lifted.”

[10:19]  ² tn Or “the ground” (NIV, NCV).

[16:8]  ³ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a participle.

[16:8]  ⁴ tn See similar use of this term in Ezek 23:17; Prov 7:16; Song of Songs 4:10; 7:13.

[16:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “wing” or “skirt.” The gesture symbolized acquiring a woman in early Arabia (similarly, see Deut 22:30; Ruth 3:9).

[17:3]  ⁵ tn The parable assumes the defection of Zedekiah to Egypt and his rejection of Babylonian lordship.

[17:3]  ⁶ sn The great eagle symbolizes Nebuchadnezzar (17:12).

[17:3]  ⁷ 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]  ⁸ tn This term was used in 16:10, 13, and 18 of embroidered cloth.

[17:3]  ⁹ sn In the parable Lebanon apparently refers to Jerusalem (17:12).

[17:7]  ⁷ sn The phrase another great eagle refers to Pharaoh Hophra.