Ezekiel 22:18

22:18 “Son of man, the house of Israel has become slag to me. All of them are like bronze, tin, iron, and lead in the furnace; ¹  they are the worthless slag of silver.

Ezekiel 23:7

23:7 She bestowed her sexual favors on them; all of them were the choicest young men of Assyria. She defiled herself with all whom she desired ²  – with all their idols.

Ezekiel 23:12

23:12 She lusted after the Assyrians – governors and officials, warriors in full armor, horsemen riding on horses, all of them desirable young men.

Ezekiel 23:15

23:15 wearing belts on their waists and flowing turbans on their heads, all of them looking like officers, the image of Babylonians ³  whose native land is Chaldea.

Ezekiel 32:12

32:12 By the swords of the mighty warriors I will cause your hordes to fall –

all of them are the most terrifying among the nations.

They will devastate the pride of Egypt,

and all its hordes will be destroyed.

Ezekiel 32:23

32:23 Their ⁴  graves are located in the remote slopes of the pit. ⁵  Her assembly is around her grave, all of them struck down by the sword, those who spread terror in the land of the living.

Ezekiel 32:26

32:26 “Meshech-Tubal is there, along with all her hordes around her grave. ⁶  All of them are uncircumcised, killed by the sword, for they spread their terror in the land of the living.

Ezekiel 38:11

38:11 You will say, “I will invade ⁷  a land of unwalled towns; I will advance against ⁸  those living quietly in security – all of them living without walls and barred gates –

Ezekiel 38:15

38:15 and come from your place, from the remote parts of the north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great company and a vast army.

Ezekiel 39:18

39:18 You will eat the flesh of warriors ⁹  and drink the blood of the princes of the earth – the rams, lambs, goats, and bulls, all of them fattened animals of Bashan.

[22:18]  ¹ tn For similar imagery, see Isa 1:21-26; Jer 6:27-30.

[23:7]  ² tn Heb “lusted after.”

[23:15]  ³ tn Heb “the sons of Babel.”

[32:23]  ⁴ tn Heb “whose.”

[32:23]  ⁵ tn The only other occurrence of the phrase “remote slopes of the pit” is in Isa 14:15.

[32:26]  ⁵ tn Heb “around him her graves,” but the expression is best emended to read “around her grave” (see vv. 23-24).

[38:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “go up against.”

[38:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “come (to).”

[39:18]  ⁷ sn See Rev 19:17-18.