Discovery BoxEzekiel 12:7
Context12:7 So I did just as I was commanded. I carried out my belongings packed for exile during the day, and at evening I dug myself a hole through the wall with my hands. I went out in the darkness, carrying my baggage 1 on my shoulder while they watched.
Ezekiel 20:6
Context20:6 On that day I swore 2 to bring them out of the land of Egypt to a land which I had picked out 3 for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, 4 the most beautiful of all lands.
Ezekiel 20:15
Context20:15 I also swore 5 to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them to the land I had given them – a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands.
Ezekiel 44:12
Context44:12 Because they used to minister to them before their idols, and became a sinful obstacle 6 to the house of Israel, consequently I have made a vow 7 concerning them, declares the sovereign Lord, that they will be responsible 8 for their sin.
Ezekiel 20:28
Context20:28 I brought them to the land which I swore 9 to give them, but whenever they saw any high hill or leafy tree, they offered their sacrifices there and presented the offerings that provoke me to anger. They offered their soothing aroma there and poured out their drink offerings.
[12:7] 1 tn The words “my baggage” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied from the context.
[20:6] 2 tn Heb “I lifted up my hand to them.”
[20:6] 3 tn Or “searched out.” The Hebrew word is used to describe the activity of the spies in “spying out” the land of Canaan (Num 13-14); cf. KJV “I had espied for them.”
[20:6] 4 sn The phrase “a land flowing with milk and honey,” a figure of speech describing the land’s abundant fertility, occurs in v. 15 as well as Exod 3:8, 17; 13:5; 33:3; Lev 20:24; Num 13:27; Deut 6:3; 11:9; 26:9; 27:3; Josh 5:6; Jer 11:5; 32:23 (see also Deut 1:25; 8:7-9).
[20:15] 3 tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”
[44:12] 4 tn Heb “a stumbling block of iniquity.” This is a unique phrase of the prophet Ezekiel (cf. also Ezek 7:19; 14:3, 4, 7; 18:30).
