Ezekiel 3:1

3:1 He said to me, “Son of man, eat what you see in front of you ¹  – eat this scroll – and then go and speak to the house of Israel.”

Ezekiel 3:10

3:10 And he said to me, “Son of man, take all my words that I speak to you to heart and listen carefully.

Ezekiel 22:11

22:11 One ²  commits an abominable act with his neighbor’s wife; another obscenely defiles his daughter-in-law; another violates ³  his sister – his father’s daughter ⁴  – within you.

Ezekiel 27:5

27:5 They crafted ⁵  all your planks out of fir trees from Senir; ⁶ 

they took a cedar from Lebanon to make your mast.

Ezekiel 27:7

27:7 Fine linen from Egypt, woven with patterns, was used for your sail

to serve as your banner;

blue and purple from the coastlands of Elishah ⁷  was used for your deck’s awning.

Ezekiel 27:16

27:16 Edom ⁸  was your trade partner because of the abundance of your goods; they exchanged turquoise, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies for your products.

Ezekiel 43:21

43:21 You will also take the bull for the sin offering, and it will be burned in the appointed place in the temple, outside the sanctuary.

Ezekiel 44:6

44:6 Say to the rebellious, ⁹  to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Enough of all your abominable practices, O house of Israel!

Ezekiel 44:28

44:28 “‘This will be their inheritance: I am their inheritance, and you must give them no property in Israel; I am their property. ¹⁰ 

Ezekiel 48:9

48:9 The allotment you set apart to the Lord will be eight and a quarter miles ¹¹  in length and three and one-third miles ¹²  in width.

[3:1]  ¹ tn Heb “eat what you find.”

[22:11]  ² tn Heb “a man.”

[22:11]  ³ tn The verb is the same one used in verse 10b and suggests forcible sexual violation of the woman.

[22:11]  ⁴ sn Sexual relations with one’s half-sister may be primarily in view here. See Lev 18:9; 20:17.

[27:5]  ³ tn Heb “built.”

[27:5]  ⁴ tn Perhaps the hull or deck. The term is dual, so perhaps it refers to a double-decked ship.

[27:7]  ⁴ sn This is probably a reference to Cyprus.

[27:16]  ⁵ tc Many Hebrew mss, Aquila’s Greek translation, and the Syriac version read “Edom.” The LXX reads “man,” a translation which assumes the same consonants as Edom. This reading is supported from the context as the text deals with Damascus, the capital of Syria (Aram), later (in v. 18).

[44:6]  ⁶ tc The LXX reads “house of rebellion.”

[44:28]  ⁷ sn See Num 18:20; Deut 10:9; 18:2; Josh 13:33; 18:7.

[48:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

[48:9]  ⁹ tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).