Ezekiel 14:5

14:5 I will do this in order to capture the hearts of the house of Israel, who have alienated themselves from me on account of all their idols.’

Ezekiel 19:4

19:4 The nations heard about him; he was trapped in their pit.

They brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt. ¹ 

Ezekiel 19:8

19:8 The nations – the surrounding regions – attacked him.

They threw their net over him; he was caught in their pit.

Ezekiel 27:29

27:29 They will descend from their ships – all who handle the oar,

the sailors and all the sea captains – they will stand on the land.

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 ²  (but he will not see it), ³  and there he will die. ⁴ 

Ezekiel 17:20

17:20 I will throw my net over him and he will be caught in my snare; I will bring him to Babylon and judge him there because of the unfaithfulness he committed against me.

Ezekiel 21:11

21:11 “‘He gave it to be polished,

to be grasped in the hand –

the sword is sharpened, it is polished –

giving it into the hand of the executioner.

Ezekiel 21:23

21:23 But those in Jerusalem ⁵  will view it as a false omen. They have sworn solemn oaths, ⁶  but the king of Babylon ⁷  will accuse them of violations ⁸  in order to seize them. ⁹ 

Ezekiel 29:7

29:7 when they grasped you with their hand, ¹⁰  you broke and tore ¹¹  their shoulders,

and when they leaned on you, you splintered and caused their legs to be unsteady. ¹² 

Ezekiel 21:24

21:24 “Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: ‘Because you have brought up ¹³  your own guilt by uncovering your transgressions and revealing your sins through all your actions, for this reason you will be taken by force. ¹⁴ 

Ezekiel 30:21

30:21 “Son of man, I have broken the arm ¹⁵  of Pharaoh king of Egypt. ¹⁶  Look, it has not been bandaged for healing or set with a dressing so that it might become strong enough to grasp a sword.

Ezekiel 38:4

38:4 I will turn you around, put hooks into your jaws, and bring you out with all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them fully armed, a great company with shields of different types, ¹⁷  all of them armed with swords.

[19:4]  ¹ sn The description applies to king Jehoahaz (2 Kgs 23:31-34; Jer 22:10-12).

[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).

[21:23]  ¹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the people in Jerusalem) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:23]  ² sn When the people of Judah realized the Babylonians’ intentions, they would object on grounds that they had made a treaty with the Babylonian king (see 17:13).

[21:23]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king of Babylon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:23]  ⁴ tn Or “iniquity.”

[21:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he will remind of guilt for the purpose of being captured.” The king would counter their objections by pointing out that they had violated their treaty with him (see 17:18).

[29:7]  ¹ tn The Hebrew consonantal text (Kethib) has “by your hand,” but the marginal reading (Qere) has simply “by the hand.” The LXX reads “with their hand.”

[29:7]  ² tn Or perhaps “dislocated.”

[29:7]  ³ tn Heb “you caused to stand for them all their hips.” An emendation which switches two letters but is supported by the LXX yields the reading “you caused all their hips to shake.” See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:103. In 2 Kgs 18:21 and Isa 36:6 trusting in the Pharaoh is compared to leaning on a staff. The oracle may reflect Hophra’s attempt to aid Jerusalem (Jer 37:5-8).

[21:24]  ¹ tn Heb “caused to be remembered.”

[21:24]  ² tn Heb “Because you have brought to remembrance your guilt when your transgressions are uncovered so that your sins are revealed in all your deeds – because you are remembered, by the hand you will be seized.”

[30:21]  ¹ sn The expression “breaking the arm” indicates the removal of power (Ps 10:15; 37:17; Job 38:15; Jer 48:25).

[30:21]  ² sn This may refer to the event recorded in Jer 37:5.

[38:4]  ¹ sn The Hebrew text mentions two different types of shields here.