Ezekiel 24:18-19

24:18 So I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening. In the morning ¹  I acted just as I was commanded. 24:19 Then the people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these things you are doing mean for us?”

Ezekiel 33:3

33:3 He sees the sword coming against the land, blows the trumpet, ²  and warns the people, ³ 

Ezekiel 45:16

45:16 All the people of the land will contribute ⁴  to this offering for the prince of Israel.

[24:18]  ¹ tn This may refer to the following morning. For a discussion of various interpretive options in understanding the chronology reflected in verse 18, see D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:790.

[33:3]  ² tn Heb “shofar,” a ram’s horn rather than a brass instrument (so throughout the chapter).

[33:3]  ³ tn Sounding the trumpet was a warning of imminent danger (Neh 4:18-20; Jer 4:19; Amos 3:6).

[45:16]  ³ tn Heb “will be.”