Ezekiel 12:13

12:13 But I will throw my net over him, and he will be caught in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans ¹  (but he will not see it), ²  and there he will die. ³ 

Ezekiel 20:36

20:36 Just as I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgment with you, declares the sovereign Lord.

Ezekiel 22:24

22:24 “Son of man, say to her: ‘You are a land that receives no rain ⁴  or showers in the day of my anger.’ ⁵ 

Ezekiel 23:15

23:15 wearing belts on their waists and flowing turbans on their heads, all of them looking like officers, the image of Babylonians ⁶  whose native land is Chaldea.

Ezekiel 25:9

25:9 So look, I am about to open up Moab’s flank, ⁷  eliminating the cities, ⁸  including its frontier cities, ⁹  the beauty of the land – Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kiriathaim.

Ezekiel 28:17

28:17 Your heart was proud because of your beauty;

you corrupted your wisdom on account of your splendor.

I threw you down to the ground;

I placed you before kings, that they might see you.

Ezekiel 29:9-10

29:9 The land of Egypt will become a desolate ruin. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

Because he said, “The Nile is mine and I made it,” 29:10 I am against ¹⁰  you and your waterways. I will turn the land of Egypt into an utter desolate ruin from Migdol ¹¹  to Syene, ¹²  as far as the border with Ethiopia.

Ezekiel 29:20

29:20 I have given him the land of Egypt as his compensation for attacking Tyre ¹³ , because they did it for me, declares the sovereign Lord.

Ezekiel 30:12

30:12 I will dry up the waterways

and hand the land over to ¹⁴  evil men.

I will make the land and everything in it desolate by the hand of foreigners.

I, the Lord, have spoken!

Ezekiel 32:18

32:18 “Son of man, wail ¹⁵  over the horde of Egypt. Bring it down; ¹⁶  bring ¹⁷  her ¹⁸  and the daughters of powerful nations down to the lower parts of the earth, along with those who descend to the pit.

Ezekiel 38:2

38:2 “Son of man, turn toward ¹⁹  Gog, ²⁰  of the land of Magog, ²¹  the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. ²²  Prophesy against him

Ezekiel 38:11

38:11 You will say, “I will invade ²³  a land of unwalled towns; I will advance against ²⁴  those living quietly in security – all of them living without walls and barred gates –

Ezekiel 40:2

40:2 By means of divine visions ²⁵  he brought me to the land of Israel and placed me on a very high mountain, ²⁶  and on it was a structure like a city, to the south.

[12:13]  ¹ tn Or “Babylonians” (NCV, NLT).

[12:13]  ² sn He will not see it. This prediction was fulfilled in 2 Kgs 25:7 and Jer 52:11, which recount how Zedekiah was blinded before being deported to Babylon.

[12:13]  ³ sn There he will die. This was fulfilled when King Zedekiah died in exile (Jer 52:11).

[22:24]  ⁴ tc The MT reads “that is not cleansed”; the LXX reads “that is not drenched,” which assumes a different vowel pointing as well as the loss of a מ (mem) due to haplography. In light of the following reference to showers, the reading of the LXX certainly fits the context well. For a defense of the emendation, see L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:32. Yet the MT is not an unreasonable reading since uncleanness in the land also fits the context, and a poetic connection between rain and the land being uncleansed may be feasible since washing with water is elsewhere associated with cleansing (Num 8:7; 31:23; Ps 51:7).

[22:24]  ⁵ tn Heb “in a day of anger.”

[23:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “the sons of Babel.”

[25:9]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “shoulder.”

[25:9]  ¹¹ tn Heb “from the cities.” The verb “eliminating” has been added in the translation to reflect the privative use of the preposition (see BDB 583 s.v. מִן 7.b).

[25:9]  ¹² tn Heb “from its cities, from its end.”

[29:10]  ¹³ 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.

[29:10]  ¹⁴ sn This may refer to a site in the Egyptian Delta which served as a refuge for Jews (Jer 44:1; 46:14).

[29:10]  ¹⁵ sn Syene is known today as Aswan.

[29:20]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “for which he worked,” referring to the assault on Tyre (v. 18).

[30:12]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “and I will sell the land into the hand of.”

[32:18]  ²² tn The Hebrew verb is used as a response to death (Jer 9:17-19; Amos 5:16).

[32:18]  ²³ sn Through this prophetic lament given by God himself, the prophet activates the judgment described therein. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:217, and L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:136-37.

[32:18]  ²⁴ tn Heb “Bring him down, her and the daughters of the powerful nations, to the earth below.” The verb “bring down” appears in the Hebrew text only once. Because the verb takes several objects here, the repetition of the verb in the translation improves the English style.

[32:18]  ²⁵ tn This apparently refers to personified Egypt.

[38:2]  ²⁵ tn Heb “set your face against.”

[38:2]  ²⁶ sn This may refer to a Lydian king in western Asia Minor in the seventh century b.c. Apart from Ezek 38-39, the only other biblical reference to this king/nation is in Rev 20:8. For a study of the names appearing in this verse, see E. Yamauchi, Foes From the Northern Frontier, 19-27.

[38:2]  ²⁷ sn One of the sons of Japheth according to Gen 10:2; 1 Chr 1:5.

[38:2]  ²⁸ tn Heb “the prince, the chief of Meshech and Tubal.” Some translate “the prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal,” but it is more likely that the Hebrew noun in question is a common noun in apposition to “prince,” rather than a proper name. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:434-35. As Block demonstrates, attempts by some popular writers to identify these proper names with later geographical sites in Russia are anachronistic. See as well E. Yamauchi, Foes From the Northern Frontier, 19-27.

[38:11]  ²⁸ tn Heb “go up against.”

[38:11]  ²⁹ tn Heb “come (to).”

[40:2]  ³¹ tn The expression introduces the three major visions of Ezekiel (1:1; 8:3; 40:2).

[40:2]  ³² tn The reference to a very high mountain is harmonious with Isa 2:2.