Ezekiel 12:6

12:6 While they are watching, raise your baggage onto your shoulder and carry it out in the dark. ¹  You must cover your face so that you cannot see the ground ²  because I have made you an object lesson ³  to the house of Israel.”

Ezekiel 12:12

12:12 “The prince ⁴  who is among them will raise his belongings ⁵  onto his shoulder in darkness, and will go out. He ⁶  will dig a hole in the wall to leave through. He will cover his face so that he cannot see the land with his eyes.

Ezekiel 28:26

28:26 They will live securely in it; they will build houses and plant vineyards. They will live securely ⁷  when I execute my judgments on all those who scorn them and surround them. Then they will know that I am the Lord their God.’”

Ezekiel 33:31

33:31 They come to you in crowds, ⁸  and they sit in front of you as ⁹  my people. They hear your words, but do not obey ¹⁰  them. For they talk lustfully, ¹¹  and their heart is set on ¹²  their own advantage. ¹³ 

Ezekiel 36:3

36:3 So prophesy and say: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Surely because they have made you desolate and crushed you from all directions, so that you have become the property of the rest of the nations, and have become the subject of gossip ¹⁴  and slander among the people,

Ezekiel 36:11

36:11 I will increase the number of people and animals on you; they will increase and be fruitful. ¹⁵  I will cause you to be inhabited as in ancient times, and will do more good for you than at the beginning of your history. ¹⁶  Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 38:8

38:8 After many days you will be summoned; in the latter years you will come to a land restored from the ravages of war, ¹⁷  with many peoples gathered on the mountains of Israel that had long been in ruins. Its people ¹⁸  were brought out from the peoples, and all of them will be living securely.

[12:6]  ¹ tn Apart from this context the Hebrew term occurs only in Gen 15:17 in reference to the darkness after sunset. It may mean twilight.

[12:6]  ² tn Or “land” (ASV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[12:6]  ³ sn See also Ezek 12:11, 24:24, 27.

[12:12]  ⁴ sn The prince is a reference to Zedekiah.

[12:12]  ⁵ tn The words “his belongings” are not in the Hebrew text but are implied.

[12:12]  ⁶ tc The MT reads “they”; the LXX and Syriac read “he.”

[28:26]  ⁷ sn This promise was given in Lev 25:18-19.

[33:31]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “as people come.” Apparently this is an idiom indicating that they come in crowds. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:264.

[33:31]  ¹¹ tn The word “as” is supplied in the translation.

[33:31]  ¹² tn Heb “do.”

[33:31]  ¹³ tn Heb “They do lust with their mouths.”

[33:31]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “goes after.”

[33:31]  ¹⁵ tn The present translation understands the term often used for “unjust gain” in a wider sense, following M. Greenberg, who also notes that the LXX uses a term which can describe either sexual or ritual pollution. See M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:687.

[36:3]  ¹³ tn Heb “lip of the tongue.”

[36:11]  ¹⁶ sn These verbs occur together in Gen 1:22, 28; 9:1.

[36:11]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “your beginning.”

[38:8]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “from the sword.”

[38:8]  ²⁰ tn Heb “it.”