Ezekiel 2:6

2:6 But you, son of man, do not fear them, and do not fear their words – even though briers ¹  and thorns ²  surround you and you live among scorpions – do not fear their words and do not be terrified of the looks they give you, ³  for they are a rebellious house!

Ezekiel 2:8

2:8 As for you, son of man, listen to what I am saying to you: Do not rebel like that rebellious house! Open your mouth and eat what I am giving you.”

Ezekiel 4:3-4

4:3 Then for your part take an iron frying pan ⁴  and set it up as an iron wall between you and the city. Set your face toward it. It is to be under siege; you are to besiege it. This is a sign ⁵  for the house of Israel.

4:4 “Also for your part lie on your left side and place the iniquity ⁶  of the house of Israel on it. For the number of days you lie on your side you will bear their iniquity.

Ezekiel 4:9

4:9 “As for you, take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt, ⁷  put them in a single container, and make food ⁸  from them for yourself. For the same number of days that you lie on your side – 390 days ⁹  – you will eat it.

Ezekiel 5:1

5:1 “As for you, son of man, take a sharp sword and use it as a barber’s razor. ¹⁰  Shave off some of the hair from your head and your beard. ¹¹  Then take scales and divide up the hair you cut off.

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, ¹²  although they are a rebellious house.

Ezekiel 21:14

21:14 “And you, son of man, prophesy,

and clap your hands together.

Let the sword strike twice, even three times!

It is a sword for slaughter,

a sword for the great slaughter surrounding them.

Ezekiel 21:19

21:19 “You, son of man, mark out two routes for the king of Babylon’s sword to take; both of them will originate in a single land. Make a signpost and put it at the beginning of the road leading to the city.

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; ¹³  say:

“‘A sword, a sword drawn for slaughter,

polished to consume, ¹⁴  to flash like lightning –

Ezekiel 24:25

24:25 “And you, son of man, this is what will happen on the day I take ¹⁵  from them their stronghold – their beautiful source of joy, the object in which their eyes delight, and the main concern of their lives, ¹⁶  as well as their sons and daughters: ¹⁷ 

Ezekiel 28:2

28:2 “Son of man, say to the prince ¹⁸  of Tyre, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘Your heart is proud ¹⁹  and you said, “I am a god; ²⁰ 

I sit in the seat of gods, in the heart of the seas” –

yet you are a man and not a god,

though you think you are godlike. ²¹ 

Ezekiel 32:2

32:2 “Son of man, sing a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him:

“‘You were like a lion ²²  among the nations,

but you are a monster in the seas;

you thrash about in your streams,

stir up the water with your feet,

and muddy your ²³  streams.

Ezekiel 33:10

33:10 “And you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what you have said: “Our rebellious acts and our sins have caught up with us, ²⁴  and we are wasting away because of them. How then can we live?”’

Ezekiel 33:12

33:12 “And you, son of man, say to your people, ²⁵  ‘The righteousness of the righteous will not deliver him if he rebels. ²⁶  As for the wicked, his wickedness will not make him stumble if he turns from it. ²⁷  The righteous will not be able to live by his righteousness ²⁸  if he sins.’ ²⁹ 

Ezekiel 33:30

33:30 “But as for you, son of man, your people ³⁰  (who are talking about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses) say to one another, ³¹  ‘Come hear the word that comes ³²  from the Lord.’

Ezekiel 37:16

37:16 “As for you, son of man, take one branch, and write on it, ‘For Judah, and for the Israelites associated with him.’ Then take another branch and write on it, ‘For Joseph, the branch of Ephraim and all the house of Israel associated with him.’

[2:6]  ¹ tn The Hebrew term occurs only here in the OT.

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

[2:6]  ³ tn Heb “of their faces.”

[4:3]  ⁴ tn Or “a griddle,” that is, some sort of plate for cooking.

[4:3]  ⁵ tn That is, a symbolic object lesson.

[4:4]  ⁷ tn Or “punishment” (also in vv. 5, 6).

[4:9]  ¹⁰ sn Wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt. All these foods were common in Mesopotamia where Ezekiel was exiled.

[4:9]  ¹¹ tn Heb “bread.”

[4:9]  ¹² tc The LXX reads “190 days.”

[5:1]  ¹³ tn The Hebrew word occurs only here in the OT.

[5:1]  ¹⁴ tn Heb, “pass (it) over your head and your beard.”

[12:3]  ¹⁶ 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.

[21:28]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “their reproach.”

[21:28]  ²⁰ 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.

[24:25]  ²² tn Heb “(Will) it not (be) in the day I take?”

[24:25]  ²³ tn Heb “the uplifting of their soul.” According to BDB 672 s.v. מַשָּׂא 2, the term “uplifting” refers to “that to which they lift up their soul, their heart’s desire.” However, this text is the only one listed for this use. It seems more likely that the term has its well-attested nuance of “burden, load,” here and refers to that which weighs them down emotionally and is a constant source of concern or worry.

[24:25]  ²⁴ tn In the Hebrew text there is no conjunction before “their sons and daughters.” For this reason one might assume that the preceding descriptive phrases refer to the sons and daughters, but verse 21 suggests otherwise. The descriptive phrases appear to refer to the “stronghold,” which parallels “my sanctuary” in verse 21. The children constitute a separate category.

[28:2]  ²⁵ tn Or “ruler” (NIV, NCV).

[28:2]  ²⁶ tn Heb “lifted up.”

[28:2]  ²⁷ tn Or “I am divine.”

[28:2]  ²⁸ tn Heb “and you made your heart (mind) like the heart (mind) of gods.”

[32:2]  ²⁸ tn The lion was a figure of royalty (Ezek 19:1-9).

[32:2]  ²⁹ tc The Hebrew reads “their streams”; the LXX reads “your streams.”

[33:10]  ³¹ tn Heb “(are) upon us.”

[33:12]  ³⁴ tn Heb “the sons of your people.”

[33:12]  ³⁵ 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]  ³⁶ 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]  ³⁷ tn Heb “by it.”

[33:12]  ³⁸ tn Heb “in the day of his sin.”

[33:30]  ³⁷ tn Heb “sons of your people.”

[33:30]  ³⁸ tn Heb “one to one, a man to his brother.”

[33:30]  ³⁹ tn Heb “comes out.”