Ezekiel 28:2

28:2 “Son of man, say to the prince ¹  of Tyre, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘Your heart is proud ²  and you said, “I am a god; ³ 

I sit in the seat of gods, in the heart of the seas” –

yet you are a man and not a god,

though you think you are godlike. ⁴ 

Ezekiel 44:5

44:5 The Lord said to me: “Son of man, pay attention, ⁵  watch closely and listen carefully to ⁶  everything I tell you concerning all the statutes of the Lord’s house and all its laws. Pay attention to the entrances ⁷  to the temple with all the exits of the sanctuary.

Ezekiel 22:14

22:14 Can your heart endure, ⁸  or can your hands be strong when I deal with you? ⁹  I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will do it!

Ezekiel 28:17

28:17 Your heart was proud because of your beauty;

you corrupted your wisdom on account of your splendor.

I threw you down to the ground;

I placed you before kings, that they might see you.

Ezekiel 40:4

40:4 The man said to me, “Son of man, watch closely, listen carefully, and pay attention ¹⁰  to everything I show you, for you have been brought here so that I can show it to you. ¹¹  Tell the house of Israel everything you see.”

[28:2]  ¹ tn Or “ruler” (NIV, NCV).

[28:2]  ² tn Heb “lifted up.”

[28:2]  ³ tn Or “I am divine.”

[28:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “and you made your heart (mind) like the heart (mind) of gods.”

[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.

[22:14]  ⁹ tn Heb “stand.” The heart here stands for the emotions; Jerusalem would panic in the face of God’s judgment.

[22:14]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “in the days when I act against you.”

[40:4]  ¹³ tn Heb “look with your eyes, hear with your ears, and set your mind on.”

[40:4]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “in order to show (it) to you.”