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 3:11

3:11 Go to the exiles, to your fellow countrymen, ⁴  and speak to them – say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says,’ whether they pay attention or not.”

Ezekiel 21:28

21:28 “As for you, son of man, prophesy and say, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says concerning the Ammonites and their coming humiliation; ⁵  say:

“‘A sword, a sword drawn for slaughter,

polished to consume, ⁶  to flash like lightning –

Ezekiel 33:2

33:2 “Son of man, speak to your people, ⁷  and say to them, ‘Suppose I bring a sword against the land, and the people of the land take one man from their borders and make him their watchman.

Ezekiel 33:12

33:12 “And you, son of man, say to your people, ⁸  ‘The righteousness of the righteous will not deliver him if he rebels. ⁹  As for the wicked, his wickedness will not make him stumble if he turns from it. ¹⁰  The righteous will not be able to live by his righteousness ¹¹  if he sins.’ ¹² 

Ezekiel 33:30

33:30 “But as for you, son of man, your people ¹³  (who are talking about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses) say to one another, ¹⁴  ‘Come hear the word that comes ¹⁵  from the Lord.’

Ezekiel 37:21

37:21 Then tell them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to take the Israelites from among the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from round about and bring them to their land.

Ezekiel 44:7

44:7 When you bring foreigners, those uncircumcised in heart and in flesh, into my sanctuary, you desecrate ¹⁶  it – even my house – when you offer my food, the fat and the blood. You ¹⁷  have broken my covenant by all your abominable practices.

Ezekiel 44:9

44:9 This is what the sovereign Lord says: No foreigner, who is uncircumcised in heart and flesh among all the foreigners who are among the people of Israel, will enter into my sanctuary. ¹⁸ 

[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.

[3:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “to the sons of your people.”

[21:28]  ⁷ tn Heb “their reproach.”

[21:28]  ⁸ tn Heb “to contain, endure.” Since the Hebrew text as it stands makes little, if any, sense, most emend the text to read either “to consume” or “for destruction.” For discussion of options see D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:693.

[33:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “sons of your people.”

[33:12]  ¹³ tn Heb “the sons of your people.”

[33:12]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “in the day of his rebellion.” The statement envisions a godly person rejecting what is good and becoming sinful. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:247-48.

[33:12]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and the wickedness of the wicked, he will not stumble in it in the day of his turning from his wickedness.”

[33:12]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “by it.”

[33:12]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “in the day of his sin.”

[33:30]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “sons of your people.”

[33:30]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “one to one, a man to his brother.”

[33:30]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “comes out.”

[44:7]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “to desecrate.”

[44:7]  ²⁰ tc The Greek, Syriac, and Latin versions read “you.” The Masoretic text reads “they.”

[44:9]  ²² sn Tobiah, an Ammonite (Neh 13:8), was dismissed from the temple.