Ezekiel 27:3

27:3 Say to Tyre, who sits at the entrance ¹  of the sea, ²  merchant to the peoples on many coasts, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘O Tyre, you have said, “I am perfectly beautiful.”

Ezekiel 33:31

33:31 They come to you in crowds, ³  and they sit in front of you as ⁴  my people. They hear your words, but do not obey ⁵  them. For they talk lustfully, ⁶  and their heart is set on ⁷  their own advantage. ⁸ 

Ezekiel 44:5

44:5 The Lord said to me: “Son of man, pay attention, ⁹  watch closely and listen carefully to ¹⁰  everything I tell you concerning all the statutes of the Lord’s house and all its laws. Pay attention to the entrances ¹¹  to the temple with all the exits of the sanctuary.

Ezekiel 46:19

46:19 Then he brought me through the entrance, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers for the priests which faced north. There I saw ¹²  a place at the extreme western end.

[27:3]  ¹ tn Heb “entrances.” The plural noun may reflect the fact that Tyre had two main harbors.

[27:3]  ² sn Rome, another economic power, is described in a similar way in Rev 17:1.

[33:31]  ³ tn Heb “as people come.” Apparently this is an idiom indicating that they come in crowds. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:264.

[33:31]  ⁴ tn The word “as” is supplied in the translation.

[33:31]  ⁵ tn Heb “do.”

[33:31]  ⁶ tn Heb “They do lust with their mouths.”

[33:31]  ⁷ tn Heb “goes after.”

[33:31]  ⁸ tn The present translation understands the term often used for “unjust gain” in a wider sense, following M. Greenberg, who also notes that the LXX uses a term which can describe either sexual or ritual pollution. See M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:687.

[44:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “set your heart” (so also in the latter part of the verse).

[44:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “Set your mind, look with your eyes, and with your ears hear.”

[44:5]  ⁷ tc The Syriac, Vulgate, and Targum read the plural. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:618.

[46:19]  ⁷ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.