Ezekiel 29:7

29:7 when they grasped you with their hand, ¹  you broke and tore ²  their shoulders,

and when they leaned on you, you splintered and caused their legs to be unsteady. ³ 

Ezekiel 30:5

30:5 Ethiopia, Put, Lud, all the foreigners, ⁴  Libya, and the people ⁵  of the covenant land ⁶  will die by the sword along with them.

Ezekiel 31:5

31:5 Therefore it grew taller than all the trees of the field;

its boughs grew large and its branches grew long,

because of the plentiful water in its shoots. ⁷ 

Ezekiel 41:17

41:17 to the space above the entrance, to the inner room, and on the outside, and on all the walls in the inner room and outside, by measurement. ⁸ 

Ezekiel 46:23

46:23 There was a row of masonry around each of the four courts, and places for boiling offerings were made under the rows all around.

[29:7]  ¹ tn The Hebrew consonantal text (Kethib) has “by your hand,” but the marginal reading (Qere) has simply “by the hand.” The LXX reads “with their hand.”

[29:7]  ² tn Or perhaps “dislocated.”

[29:7]  ³ tn Heb “you caused to stand for them all their hips.” An emendation which switches two letters but is supported by the LXX yields the reading “you caused all their hips to shake.” See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:103. In 2 Kgs 18:21 and Isa 36:6 trusting in the Pharaoh is compared to leaning on a staff. The oracle may reflect Hophra’s attempt to aid Jerusalem (Jer 37:5-8).

[30:5]  ⁴ tn The same expression appears in Exod 12:38; Jer 25:20; 50:37; Neh 13:3. It may refer to foreign mercenaries serving in the armies of the nations listed here.

[30:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “sons.”

[30:5]  ⁶ tn The expression “sons of the covenant land” possibly refers to Jews living in Egypt (Jer 44).

[31:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “when it sends forth.” Repointing the consonants of the Masoretic text would render the proposed reading “shoots” (cf. NRSV).

[41:17]  ¹⁰ tc The LXX does not have the word “by measurements.” The word may be a technical term referring to carpentry technique, the exact meaning of which is unclear.