Ezekiel 2:1

Ezekiel’s Commission

2:1 He said to me, “Son of man, ¹  stand on your feet and I will speak with you.”

Ezekiel 2:7

2:7 You must speak my words to them whether they listen or not, for they are rebellious.

Ezekiel 3:4

3:4 He said to me, “Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak my words to them.

Ezekiel 6:10

6:10 They will know that I am the Lord; my threats to bring this catastrophe on them were not empty.’ ² 

Ezekiel 10:5

10:5 The sound of the wings of the cherubim could be heard from the outer court, like the sound of the sovereign God ³  when he speaks.

Ezekiel 11:25

11:25 So I told the exiles everything ⁴  the Lord had shown me.

Ezekiel 24:18

24:18 So I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening. In the morning ⁵  I acted just as I was commanded.

Ezekiel 28:10

28:10 You will die the death of the uncircumcised ⁶  by the hand of foreigners;

for I have spoken, declares the sovereign Lord.’”

Ezekiel 34:24

34:24 I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David will be prince ⁷  among them; I, the Lord, have spoken!

Ezekiel 39:5

39:5 You will fall dead in the open field; for I have spoken, declares the sovereign Lord.

Ezekiel 39:8

39:8 Realize that it is coming and it will be done, declares the sovereign Lord. It is the day I have spoken about.

Ezekiel 40:45

40:45 He said to me, “This chamber which faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple, ⁸ 

[2:1]  ¹ sn The phrase son of man occurs ninety-three times in the book of Ezekiel. It simply means “human one,” and distinguishes the prophet from the nonhuman beings that are present in the world of his vision.

[6:10]  ² tn Heb “not in vain did I speak to do to them this catastrophe.” The wording of the last half of v. 10 parallels God’s declaration after the sin of the golden calf (Exod 32:14).

[10:5]  ³ tn The name (“El Shaddai”) has often been translated “God Almighty,” primarily because Jerome translated it omnipotens (“all powerful”) in the Latin Vulgate. There has been much debate over the meaning of the name. For discussion see W. F. Albright, “The Names Shaddai and Abram,” JBL 54 (1935): 173-210; R. Gordis, “The Biblical Root sdy-sd,” JTS 41 (1940): 34-43; and especially T. N. D. Mettinger, In Search of God, 69-72.

[11:25]  ⁴ tn Heb “all the words of.”

[24:18]  ⁵ tn This may refer to the following morning. For a discussion of various interpretive options in understanding the chronology reflected in verse 18, see D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:790.

[28:10]  ⁶ sn The Phoenicians practiced circumcision, so the language here must be figurative, indicating that they would be treated in a disgraceful manner. Uncircumcised peoples were viewed as inferior, unclean, and perhaps even sub-human. See 31:18 and 32:17-32, as well as the discussion in D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:99.

[34:24]  ⁷ sn The messianic king (“David”) is called both “king” and “prince” in 37:24-25. The use of the term “prince” for this king facilitates the contrast between this ideal ruler and the Davidic “princes” denounced in earlier prophecies (see 7:27; 12:10, 12; 19:1; 21:25; 22:6, 25).

[40:45]  ⁸ tn Heb “the house.”