Ezekiel 2:3

2:3 He said to me, “Son of man, I am sending you to the house ¹  of Israel, to rebellious nations ²  who have rebelled against me; both they and their fathers have revolted ³  against me to this very day.

Ezekiel 11:5

11:5 Then the Spirit of the Lord came ⁴  upon me and said to me, “Say: This is what the Lord says: ‘This is what you are thinking, ⁵  O house of Israel; I know what goes through your minds. ⁶ 

Ezekiel 11:13

11:13 Now, while I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I threw myself face down and cried out with a loud voice, “Alas, sovereign Lord! You are completely wiping out the remnant of Israel!” ⁷ 

Ezekiel 12:2

12:2 “Son of man, you are living in the midst of a rebellious house. ⁸  They have eyes to see, but do not see, and ears to hear, but do not hear, ⁹  because they are a rebellious house.

Ezekiel 14:8

14:8 I will set my face against that person and will make him an object lesson and a byword ¹⁰  and will cut him off from among my people. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 15:7

15:7 I will set ¹¹  my face against them – although they have escaped from the fire, ¹²  the fire will still consume them! Then you will know that I am the Lord, when I set my face against them.

Ezekiel 17:21

17:21 All the choice men ¹³  among his troops will die ¹⁴  by the sword and the survivors will be scattered to every wind. Then you will know that I, the Lord, have spoken!

Ezekiel 18:19

18:19 “Yet you say, ‘Why should the son not suffer ¹⁵  for his father’s iniquity?’ When the son does what is just and right, and observes all my statutes and carries them out, he will surely live.

Ezekiel 28:12

28:12 “Son of man, sing ¹⁶  a lament for the king of Tyre, and say to him, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘You were the sealer ¹⁷  of perfection,

full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

Ezekiel 29:4

29:4 I will put hooks in your jaws

and stick the fish of your waterways to your scales.

I will haul you up from the midst of your waterways,

and all the fish of your waterways will stick to your scales.

Ezekiel 29:10

29:10 I am against ¹⁸  you and your waterways. I will turn the land of Egypt into an utter desolate ruin from Migdol ¹⁹  to Syene, ²⁰  as far as the border with Ethiopia.

Ezekiel 36:36

36:36 Then the nations which remain around you will know that I, the Lord, have rebuilt the ruins and replanted what was desolate. I, the Lord, have spoken – and I will do it!’

Ezekiel 38:14

38:14 “Therefore, prophesy, son of man, and say to Gog: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: On that day when my people Israel are living securely, you will take notice ²¹ 

Ezekiel 43:22

43:22 “On the second day, you will offer a male goat without blemish for a sin offering. They will purify the altar just as they purified it with the bull.

Ezekiel 45:9

45:9 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Enough, you princes of Israel! Put away violence and destruction, and do what is just and right. Put an end to your evictions of my people, ²²  declares the sovereign Lord.

Ezekiel 47:13

Boundaries for the Land

47:13 This is what the sovereign Lord says: “Here ²³  are the borders ²⁴  you will observe as you allot the land to the twelve tribes of Israel. (Joseph will have two portions.) ²⁵ 

Ezekiel 48:20

48:20 The whole allotment will be eight and a quarter miles ²⁶  square, you must set apart the holy allotment with the possession of the city.

[2:3]  ¹ tc The Hebrew reads “sons of,” while the LXX reads “house,” implying the more common phrase in Ezekiel. Either could be abbreviated with the first letter ב (bet). In preparation for the characterization “house of rebellion,” in vv. 5, 6, and 8, “house” is preferred (L. C. Allen, Ezekiel [WBC], 1:10 and W. Zimmerli, Ezekiel [Hermeneia], 2:564-65).

[2:3]  ² tc Heb “to the rebellious nations.” The phrase “to the rebellious nations” is omitted in the LXX. Elsewhere in Ezekiel the singular word “nation” is used for Israel (36:13-15; 37:22). Here “nations” may have the meaning of “tribes” or refer to the two nations of Israel and Judah.

[2:3]  ³ tc This word is omitted from the LXX.

[11:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “fell.”

[11:5]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew verb commonly means “to say,” but may also mean “to think” (see also v. 3).

[11:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “I know the steps of your spirits.”

[11:13]  ⁷ tc The LXX reads this statement as a question. Compare this to the question in 9:8. It is possible that the interrogative particle has been omitted by haplography. However, an exclamatory statement as in the MT also makes sense and the LXX may have simply tried to harmonize this passage with 9:8.

[12:2]  ¹⁰ sn The book of Ezekiel frequently refers to the Israelites as a rebellious house (Ezek 2:5, 6, 8; 3:9, 26-27; 12:2-3, 9, 25; 17:12; 24:3).

[12:2]  ¹¹ sn This verse is very similar to Isa 6:9-10.

[14:8]  ¹³ tn Heb “proverbs.”

[15:7]  ¹⁶ tn The word translated “set” is the same Hebrew word translated as “provide” in the previous verse.

[15:7]  ¹⁷ sn This escape refers to the exile of Ezekiel and others in 597 b.c. (Ezek 1:2; 2 Kgs 24:10-16).

[17:21]  ¹⁹ tc Some manuscripts and versions read “choice men,” while most manuscripts read “fugitives”; the difference arises from the reversal, or metathesis, of two letters, מִבְרָחָיו (mivrakhyv) for מִבְחָריו (mivkharyv).

[17:21]  ²⁰ tn Heb “fall.”

[18:19]  ²² tn Heb “lift up, bear.”

[28:12]  ²⁵ tn Heb “lift up.”

[28:12]  ²⁶ tn For a discussion of possible nuances of this phrase, see M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:580-81.

[29:10]  ²⁸ tn Or “I challenge you.” The phrase “I am against you” may be a formula for challenging someone to combat or a duel. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:201-2, and P. Humbert, “Die Herausforderungsformel ‘h!nn#n' ?l?K>,’” ZAW 45 (1933): 101-8.

[29:10]  ²⁹ sn This may refer to a site in the Egyptian Delta which served as a refuge for Jews (Jer 44:1; 46:14).

[29:10]  ³⁰ sn Syene is known today as Aswan.

[38:14]  ³¹ tn The Hebrew text is framed as a rhetorical question: “will you not take notice?”

[45:9]  ³⁴ sn Evictions of the less fortunate by the powerful are described in 1 Kgs 21:1-16; Jer 22:1-5, 13-17; Ezek 22:25.

[47:13]  ³⁷ tc This translation follows the reading זֶה (zeh) instead of גֵּה (geh), a nonexistent word, as supported by the LXX.

[47:13]  ³⁸ tn Or “territory”; see D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:715.

[47:13]  ³⁹ tc The grammar is awkward, though the presence of these words is supported by the versions. L. C. Allen (Ezekiel [WBC], 2:274) suggests that it is an explanatory gloss.

[48:20]  ⁴⁰ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).