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 25:12

A Prophecy Against Edom

25:12 “This is what the sovereign Lord says: ‘Edom ⁴  has taken vengeance against the house of Judah; they have made themselves fully culpable ⁵  by taking vengeance ⁶  on them. ⁷ 

Ezekiel 28:24

28:24 “‘No longer will Israel suffer from the sharp briers ⁸  or painful thorns of all who surround and scorn them. ⁹  Then they will know that I am the sovereign Lord.

Ezekiel 29:6

29:6 Then all those living in Egypt will know that I am the Lord

because they were a reed staff ¹⁰  for the house of Israel;

Ezekiel 29:16

29:16 It will never again be Israel’s source of confidence, but a reminder of how they sinned by turning to Egypt for help. ¹¹  Then they will know that I am the sovereign Lord.’”

Ezekiel 29:21

29:21 On that day I will make Israel powerful, ¹²  and I will give you the right to be heard ¹³  among them. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

Ezekiel 33:7

33:7 “As for you, son of man, I have made you a watchman ¹⁴  for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you must warn them on my behalf.

Ezekiel 36:37

36:37 “This is what the sovereign Lord says: I will allow the house of Israel to ask me to do this for them: ¹⁵  I will multiply their people like sheep. ¹⁶ 

Ezekiel 41:5

41:5 Then he measured the wall of the temple ¹⁷  as 10½ feet, ¹⁸  and the width of the side chambers as 7 feet, ¹⁹  all around the temple.

Ezekiel 41:9

41:9 The width of the outer wall of the side chambers was 8¾ feet, ²⁰  and the open area between the side chambers of the temple

Ezekiel 45:8

45:8 of the land. This will be his property in Israel. My princes will no longer oppress my people, but the land will be allotted to the house of Israel according to their tribes.

[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.

[25:12]  ⁴ sn Edom was located south of Moab.

[25:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “and they have become guilty, becoming guilty.” The infinitive absolute following the finite verb makes the statement emphatic and draws attention to the degree of guilt incurred by Edom due to its actions.

[25:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “and they have taken vengeance.”

[25:12]  ⁷ sn Edom apparently in some way assisted in the destruction of Jerusalem in 587/6 b.c. (Ps 137:7; Lam 5:21, 23; Joel 3:19; Obadiah).

[28:24]  ⁷ sn Similar language is used in reference to Israel’s adversaries in Num 33:55; Josh 23:13.

[28:24]  ⁸ tn Heb “and there will not be for the house of Israel a brier that pricks and a thorn that inflicts pain from all the ones who surround them, the ones who scorn them.”

[29:6]  ¹⁰ sn Compare Isa 36:6.

[29:16]  ¹³ tn Heb “reminding of iniquity when they turned after them.”

[29:21]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “I will cause a horn to sprout for the house of Israel.” The horn is used as a figure for military power in the OT (Ps 92:10). A similar expression is made about the Davidic dynasty in Ps 132:17.

[29:21]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “I will grant you an open mouth.”

[33:7]  ¹⁹ sn Jeremiah (Jer 6:17) and Habakkuk (Hab 2:1) also served in the role of a watchman.

[36:37]  ²² tn The Niphal verb may have a tolerative function here, “Again (for) this I will allow myself to be sought by the house of Israel to act for them.” Or it may be reflexive: “I will reveal myself to the house of Israel by doing this also.”

[36:37]  ²³ sn Heb “I will multiply them like sheep, human(s).”

[41:5]  ²⁵ tn Heb “house” throughout Ezek 41.

[41:5]  ²⁶ tn Heb “six cubits” (i.e., 3.15 meters).

[41:5]  ²⁷ tn Heb “four cubits” (2.1 meters).

[41:9]  ²⁸ tn Heb “five cubits” (i.e., 2.625 meters).