Ezekiel 20:4

20:4 “Are you willing to pronounce judgment? ¹  Are you willing to pronounce judgment, son of man? Then confront them with the abominable practices of their fathers,

Ezekiel 30:5

30:5 Ethiopia, Put, Lud, all the foreigners, ²  Libya, and the people ³  of the covenant land ⁴  will die by the sword along with them.

Ezekiel 34:31

34:31 And you, my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are my people, ⁵  and I am your God, declares the sovereign Lord.’”

Ezekiel 37:17

37:17 Join ⁶  them as one stick; ⁷  they will be as one in your hand.

[20:4]  ¹ tn Heb “will you judge.” Here the imperfect form of the verb is probably used with a desiderative nuance. Addressed to the prophet, “judge” means to warn of or pronounce God’s impending judgment.

[30:5]  ² tn The same expression appears in Exod 12:38; Jer 25:20; 50:37; Neh 13:3. It may refer to foreign mercenaries serving in the armies of the nations listed here.

[30:5]  ³ tn Heb “sons.”

[30:5]  ⁴ tn The expression “sons of the covenant land” possibly refers to Jews living in Egypt (Jer 44).

[34:31]  ³ tn Heb, “the sheep of my pasture, you are human.” See 36:37-38 for a similar expression. The possessive pronoun “my” is supplied in the translation to balance “I am your God” in the next clause.

[37:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “bring near.”

[37:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “one to one for you for one stick.”