Ezekiel 11:1

The Fall of Jerusalem

11:1 A wind ¹  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. ² 

Ezekiel 13:20

13:20 “‘Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Take note ³  that I am against your wristbands with which you entrap people’s lives ⁴  like birds. I will tear them from your arms and will release the people’s lives, which you hunt like birds.

Ezekiel 14:23

14:23 They will console you when you see their behavior and their deeds, because you will know that it was not without reason that I have done everything which I have done in it, declares the sovereign Lord.”

Ezekiel 16:37

16:37 therefore, take note: I am about to gather all your lovers whom you enjoyed, both all those you loved and all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around, and I will expose your nakedness to them, and they will see all your nakedness. ⁵ 

Ezekiel 20:21

20:21 “‘But the children ⁶  rebelled against me, did not follow my statutes, did not observe my regulations by carrying them out (the one who obeys ⁷  them will live by them), and desecrated my Sabbaths. I decided to pour out ⁸  my rage on them and fully vent my anger against them in the wilderness.

Ezekiel 22:8

22:8 You have despised my holy things and desecrated my Sabbaths!

Ezekiel 23:26

23:26 They will strip your clothes off you and take away your beautiful jewelry.

Ezekiel 30:22-23

30:22 Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, ⁹  I am against ¹⁰  Pharaoh king of Egypt, and I will break his arms, the strong arm and the broken one, and I will make the sword drop from his hand. 30:23 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among foreign countries.

Ezekiel 34:7

34:7 “‘Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:

Ezekiel 43:27

43:27 When the prescribed period is over, ¹¹  on the eighth day and thereafter the priests will offer up on the altar your burnt offerings and your peace offerings; ¹²  I will accept you, declares the sovereign Lord.”

Ezekiel 45:17

45:17 It will be the duty of the prince to provide the burnt offerings, the grain offering, and the drink offering at festivals, on the new moons and Sabbaths, at all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel; he will provide the sin offering, the grain offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offerings to make atonement for the house of Israel.

Ezekiel 46:12

46:12 When the prince provides a freewill offering, a burnt offering, or peace offerings as a voluntary offering to the Lord, the gate facing east will be opened for him, and he will provide his burnt offering and his peace offerings just as he did on the Sabbath. Then he will go out, and the gate will be closed after he goes out. ¹³ 

Ezekiel 46:20

46:20 He said to me, “This is the place where the priests will boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, and where they will bake the grain offering, so that they do not bring them out to the outer court to transmit holiness to the people.”

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

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

[13:20]  ³ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[13:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “human lives” or “souls.”

[16:37]  ⁵ sn Harlots suffered degradation when their nakedness was exposed (Jer 13:22, 26; Hos 2:12; Nah 3:5).

[20:21]  ⁷ tn Heb “sons.”

[20:21]  ⁸ tn Or “carries them out.”

[20:21]  ⁹ tn Heb “and I said/thought to pour out.”

[30:22]  ⁹ tn The word h!nn@h indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[30:22]  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.

[43:27]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and they will complete the days.”

[43:27]  ¹² sn The people also could partake of the food of the peace offering (Lev 3).

[46:12]  ¹³ tn Heb “he shall shut the gate after he goes out.”