Ezekiel 17:22-23

17:22 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘I will take a sprig ¹  from the lofty top of the cedar and plant it. ² 

I will pluck from the top one of its tender twigs;

I myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.

17:23 I will plant it on a high mountain of Israel,

and it will raise branches and produce fruit and become a beautiful cedar.

Every bird will live under it;

Every winged creature will live in the shade of its branches.

Ezekiel 18:6

18:6 does not eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains ³  or pray to the idols ⁴  of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife, does not have sexual relations with a ⁵  woman during her period,

Ezekiel 31:12

31:12 Foreigners from the most terrifying nations have cut it down and left it to lie there on the mountains. In all the valleys its branches have fallen, and its boughs lie broken in the ravines of the land. All the peoples of the land ⁶  have departed ⁷  from its shade and left it.

Ezekiel 35:15

35:15 As you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel because it was desolate, so will I deal with you – you will be desolate, Mount Seir, and all of Edom – all of it! Then they will know that I am the Lord.’”

Ezekiel 36:6

36:6 “Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I have spoken in my zeal and in my anger, because you have endured the insults of the nations.

Ezekiel 37:22

37:22 I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule over them all. They will never again be two nations and never again be divided into two kingdoms. ⁸ 

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, ⁹  with many peoples gathered on the mountains of Israel that had long been in ruins. Its people ¹⁰  were brought out from the peoples, and all of them will be living securely.

Ezekiel 38:20

38:20 The fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the wild beasts, all the things that creep on the ground, and all people who live on the face of the earth will shake ¹¹  at my presence. The mountains will topple, the cliffs ¹²  will fall, and every wall will fall to the ground.

[17:22]  ¹ sn The language is analogous to messianic imagery in Isa 11:1; Zech 3:8; 6:4 although the technical terminology is not the same.

[17:22]  ² tc The LXX lacks “and plant it.”

[18:6]  ³ tn Heb, “on the mountains he does not eat.” The mountains are often mentioned as the place where idolatrous sacrifices were eaten (Ezek 20:28; 22:9; 34:6).

[18:6]  ⁴ tn Heb, “does not lift up his eyes.” This refers to looking to idols for help.

[18:6]  ⁵ tn Heb, “does not draw near to.” “Draw near” is a euphemism for sexual intercourse (Lev 18:14; Deut 22:14; Isa 8:3).

[31:12]  ⁵ tn Or “earth” (KJV, ASV, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[31:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “gone down.”

[37:22]  ⁷ sn Jeremiah also attested to the reuniting of the northern and southern kingdoms (Jer 3:12, 14; 31:2-6).

[38:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “from the sword.”

[38:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “it.”

[38:20]  ¹¹ tn Or “tremble.”

[38:20]  ¹² tn The term occurs only here and in Song of Songs 2:14.