Ezekiel 21:4

21:4 Because I will cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked, my sword will go out from its sheath against everyone ¹  from the south ²  to the north.

Ezekiel 40:2

40:2 By means of divine visions ³  he brought me to the land of Israel and placed me on a very high mountain, ⁴  and on it was a structure like a city, to the south.

Ezekiel 47:1

Water from the Temple

47:1 Then he brought me back to the entrance of the temple. I noticed ⁵  that water was flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was flowing down from under the right side of the temple, from south of the altar.

Ezekiel 20:47

20:47 and say to the scrub land of the Negev, ‘Hear the word of the Lord: This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look here, ⁶  I am about to start a fire in you, ⁷  and it will devour every green tree and every dry tree in you. The flaming fire will not be extinguished, and the whole surface of the ground from the Negev to the north will be scorched by it.

[21:4]  ¹ tn Heb “all flesh” (also in the following verse).

[21:4]  ² tn Heb “Negev.” The Negev is the south country.

[40:2]  ³ tn The expression introduces the three major visions of Ezekiel (1:1; 8:3; 40:2).

[40:2]  ⁴ tn The reference to a very high mountain is harmonious with Isa 2:2.

[47:1]  ⁵ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[20:47]  ⁷ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[20:47]  ⁸ tn Fire also appears as a form of judgment in Ezek 15:4-7; 19:12, 14.