Ezekiel 16:24

16:24 you built yourself a chamber ¹  and put up a pavilion ²  in every public square.

Ezekiel 16:44

16:44 “‘Observe – everyone who quotes proverbs will quote this proverb about you: “Like mother, like daughter.”

Ezekiel 21:7

21:7 When they ask you, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you will reply, ‘Because of the report that has come. Every heart will melt with fear and every hand will be limp; everyone ³  will faint and every knee will be wet with urine.’ ⁴  Pay attention – it is coming and it will happen, declares the sovereign Lord.”

Ezekiel 28:3

28:3 Look, you are wiser than Daniel; ⁵ 

no secret is hidden from you. ⁶ 

Ezekiel 38:5

38:5 Persia, ⁷  Ethiopia, and Put ⁸  are with them, all of them with shields and helmets.

[16:24]  ¹ tn The Hebrew גֶּב (gev) may represent more than one word, each rare in the Old Testament. It may refer to a “mound” or to “rafters.” The LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate interpret this as a brothel.

[16:24]  ² tn Or “lofty place” (NRSV). See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 1:229, and B. Lang, Frau Weisheit, 137.

[21:7]  ³ tn Heb “every spirit will be dim.”

[21:7]  ⁴ sn This expression depicts in a very vivid way how they will be overcome with fear. See the note on the same phrase in 7:17.

[28:3]  ⁵ sn Or perhaps “Danel” (so TEV), referring to a ruler known from Canaanite legend. See the note on “Daniel” in 14:14. A reference to Danel (preserved in legend at Ugarit, near the northern end of the Phoenician coast) makes more sense here when addressing Tyre than in 14:14.

[28:3]  ⁶ sn The tone here is sarcastic, reflecting the ruler’s view of himself.

[38:5]  ⁷ tn D. I. Block prefers to see the Hebrew word as referring here to a western ally of Egypt or as an alternative spelling for Pathros, that is, Upper Egypt. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:439-40.

[38:5]  ⁸ sn That is, Lydia.