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 2:6

2:6 But you, son of man, do not fear them, and do not fear their words – even though briers ⁴  and thorns ⁵  surround you and you live among scorpions – do not fear their words and do not be terrified of the looks they give you, ⁶  for they are a rebellious house!

Ezekiel 3:6-7

3:6 not to many peoples of unintelligible speech and difficult language, whose words you cannot understand ⁷  – surely if ⁸  I had sent you to them, they would listen to you! 3:7 But the house of Israel is unwilling to listen to you, ⁹  because they are not willing to listen to me, ¹⁰  for the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted. ¹¹ 

Ezekiel 3:15

3:15 I came to the exiles at Tel Abib, ¹²  who lived by the Kebar River. ¹³  I sat dumbfounded among them there, where they were living, for seven days. ¹⁴ 

Ezekiel 3:27

3:27 But when I speak with you, I will loosen your tongue ¹⁵  and you must say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says.’ Those who listen will listen, but the indifferent will refuse, ¹⁶  for they are a rebellious house.

Ezekiel 12:3

12:3 “Therefore, son of man, pack up your belongings as if for exile. During the day, while they are watching, pretend to go into exile. Go from where you live to another place. Perhaps they will understand, ¹⁷  although they are a rebellious house.

Ezekiel 14:16

14:16 Even if these three men were in it, as surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, they could not save their own sons or daughters; they would save only their own lives, and the land would become desolate.

Ezekiel 14:20

14:20 Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, they could not save their own son or daughter; they would save only their own lives by their righteousness.

Ezekiel 23:25

23:25 I will direct ¹⁸  my jealous anger against you, and they will deal with you in rage. They will cut off your nose and your ears, ¹⁹  and your survivors will die ²⁰  by the sword. They will seize your sons and daughters, and your survivors will be consumed by fire.

Ezekiel 33:31

33:31 They come to you in crowds, ²¹  and they sit in front of you as ²²  my people. They hear your words, but do not obey ²³  them. For they talk lustfully, ²⁴  and their heart is set on ²⁵  their own advantage. ²⁶ 

Ezekiel 37:25

37:25 They will live in the land I gave to my servant Jacob, in which your fathers lived; they will live in it – they and their children and their grandchildren forever. David my servant will be prince over them forever.

Ezekiel 44:11

44:11 Yet they will be ministers in my sanctuary, having oversight at the gates of the temple, and serving the temple. They will slaughter the burnt offerings and the sacrifices for the people, and they will stand before them to minister to them.

Ezekiel 44:15

The Levitical Priests

44:15 “‘But the Levitical priests, the descendants of Zadok ²⁷  who kept the charge of my sanctuary when the people of Israel went astray from me, will approach me to minister to me; they will stand before me to offer me the fat and the blood, declares the sovereign Lord.

Ezekiel 44:19

44:19 When they go out to the outer court to the people, they must remove the garments they were ministering in, and place them in the holy chambers; they must put on other garments so that they will not transmit holiness to the people with their garments. ²⁸ 

Ezekiel 47:12

47:12 On both sides of the river’s banks, every kind of tree will grow for food. Their leaves will not wither nor will their fruit fail, but they will bear fruit every month, because their water source flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food and their leaves for healing.” ²⁹ 

[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.

[2:6]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew term occurs only here in the OT.

[2:6]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew term is found elsewhere in the OT only in Ezek 28:24.

[2:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “of their faces.”

[3:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “hear.”

[3:6]  ⁸ tc The MT reads “if not” but most ancient versions translate only “if.” The expression occurs with this sense in Isa 5:9; 14:24. See also Ezek 34:8; 36:5; 38:19.

[3:7]  ¹⁰ sn Moses (Exod 3:19) and Isaiah (Isa 6:9-10) were also told that their messages would not be received.

[3:7]  ¹¹ sn A similar description of Israel’s disobedience is given in 1 Sam 8:7.

[3:7]  ¹² tn Heb “hard of forehead and stiff of heart.”

[3:15]  ¹³ sn The name “Tel Abib” is a transliteration of an Akkadian term meaning “mound of the flood,” i.e., an ancient mound. It is not to be confused with the modern city of Tel Aviv in Israel.

[3:15]  ¹⁴ tn Or “canal.”

[3:15]  ¹⁵ sn A similar response to a divine encounter is found in Acts 9:8-9.

[3:27]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “open your mouth.”

[3:27]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “the listener will listen, the refuser will refuse.” Because the word for listening can also mean obeying, the nuance may be that the obedient will listen, or that the one who listens will obey. Also, although the verbs are not jussive as pointed in the MT, some translate them with a volitive sense: “the one who listens – let that one listen, the one who refuses – let that one refuse.”

[12:3]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “see.” This plays on the uses of “see” in v. 2. They will see his actions with their eyes and perhaps they will “see” with their mind, that is, understand or grasp the point.

[23:25]  ²² tn Heb “give.”

[23:25]  ²³ tn Heb “they will remove.”

[23:25]  ²⁴ tn Heb “fall.”

[33:31]  ²⁵ tn Heb “as people come.” Apparently this is an idiom indicating that they come in crowds. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:264.

[33:31]  ²⁶ tn The word “as” is supplied in the translation.

[33:31]  ²⁷ tn Heb “do.”

[33:31]  ²⁸ tn Heb “They do lust with their mouths.”

[33:31]  ²⁹ tn Heb “goes after.”

[33:31]  ³⁰ tn The present translation understands the term often used for “unjust gain” in a wider sense, following M. Greenberg, who also notes that the LXX uses a term which can describe either sexual or ritual pollution. See M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:687.

[44:15]  ²⁸ sn Zadok was a descendant of Aaron through Eleazar (1 Chr 6:50-53), who served as a priest during David’s reign (2 Sam 8:17).

[44:19]  ³¹ sn For a similar concept of the transmitting of holiness, see Exod 19:12-14; Lev 10:1-2; 2 Sam 6:7. Similar laws concerning the priest are found in Lev 10 and 21.

[47:12]  ³⁴ sn See Rev 22:1-2.