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 3:22

Isolated and Silenced

3:22 The hand ²  of the Lord rested on me there, and he said to me, “Get up, go out to the valley, ³  and I will speak with you there.”

Ezekiel 3:24

3:24 Then a wind ⁴  came into me and stood me on my feet. The Lord ⁵  spoke to me and said, “Go shut yourself in your house.

Ezekiel 4:13

4:13 And the Lord said, “This is how the people of Israel will eat their unclean food among the nations ⁶  where I will banish them.”

Ezekiel 4:15-16

4:15 So he said to me, “All right then, I will substitute cow’s manure instead of human excrement. You will cook your food over it.”

4:16 Then he said to me, “Son of man, I am about to remove the bread supply ⁷  in Jerusalem. ⁸  They will eat their bread ration anxiously, and they will drink their water ration in terror

Ezekiel 9:7

9:7 He said to them, “Defile the temple and fill the courtyards with corpses. Go!” So they went out and struck people down throughout the city.

Ezekiel 11:2

11:2 The Lord ⁹  said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked advice in this city.

Ezekiel 11:5

11:5 Then the Spirit of the Lord came ¹⁰  upon me and said to me, “Say: This is what the Lord says: ‘This is what you are thinking, ¹¹  O house of Israel; I know what goes through your minds. ¹² 

Ezekiel 23:36

23:36 The Lord said to me: “Son of man, are you willing to pronounce judgment ¹³  on Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominable deeds!

Ezekiel 37:4

37:4 Then he said to me, “Prophesy over these bones, and tell them: ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.

Ezekiel 37:11

37:11 Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones are all the house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dry, our hope has perished; we are cut off.’

Ezekiel 41:4

41:4 Then he measured its length as 35 feet, ¹⁴  and its width as 35 feet, ¹⁵  before the outer sanctuary. He said to me, “This is the most holy place.”

Ezekiel 46:24

46:24 Then he said to me, “These are the houses for boiling, where the ministers of the temple boil the sacrifices of the people.”

Ezekiel 47:8

47:8 He said to me, “These waters go out toward the eastern region and flow down into the Arabah; when they enter the Dead Sea, ¹⁶  where the sea is stagnant, ¹⁷  the waters become fresh. ¹⁸ 

[3:1]  ¹ tn Heb “eat what you find.”

[3:22]  ² tn Or “power.”

[3:22]  ³ sn Ezekiel had another vision at this location, recounted in Ezek 37.

[3:24]  ³ tn See the note on “wind” in 2:2.

[3:24]  ⁴ tn Heb “he.”

[4:13]  ⁴ sn Unclean food among the nations. Lands outside of Israel were considered unclean (Josh 22:19; Amos 7:17).

[4:16]  ⁵ tn Heb, “break the staff of bread.” The bread supply is compared to a staff that one uses for support.

[4:16]  ⁶ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[11:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[11:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “fell.”

[11:5]  ⁸ tn The Hebrew verb commonly means “to say,” but may also mean “to think” (see also v. 3).

[11:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “I know the steps of your spirits.”

[23:36]  ⁸ tn Heb “will you judge.” Here the imperfect form of the verb is probably used with a desiderative nuance. Addressed to the prophet, “judge” means to warn of or pronounce God’s impending judgment. See 20:4; 22:2.

[41:4]  ⁹ tn Heb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).

[41:4]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).

[47:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the sea,” referring to the Dead Sea. This has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[47:8]  ¹¹ tn Heb “to the sea, those which are brought out.” The reading makes no sense. The text is best emended to read “filthy” (i.e., stagnant). See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:273.

[47:8]  ¹² tn Heb “the waters become healed.”