Ezekiel 3:1
Context3:1 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 4:8
Context4:8 Look here, I will tie you up with ropes, so you cannot turn from one side to the other until you complete the days of your siege. 2
Ezekiel 7:2
Context7:2 “You, son of man – this is what the sovereign Lord says to the land of Israel: An end! The end is coming on the four corners of the land! 3
Ezekiel 7:12
Context7:12 The time has come; the day has struck! The customer should not rejoice, nor the seller mourn; for divine wrath 4 comes against their whole crowd.
Ezekiel 9:1
Context9:1 Then he shouted in my ears, “Approach, 5 you who are to visit destruction on the city, each with his destructive weapon in his hand!”
Ezekiel 16:49
Context16:49 “‘See here – this was the iniquity 6 of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters had majesty, abundance of food, and enjoyed carefree ease, but they did not help 7 the poor and needy.
Ezekiel 23:28
Context23:28 “For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look here, 8 I am about to deliver you over to 9 those whom you hate, to those with whom you were disgusted.
Ezekiel 40:23
Context40:23 Opposite the gate on the north and the east was a gate of the inner court; he measured the distance from gate to gate at 175 feet. 10
Ezekiel 40:27
Context40:27 The inner court had a gate toward the south; he measured it from gate to gate toward the south as 175 feet. 11


[3:1] 1 tn Heb “eat what you find.”
[4:8] 2 sn The action surely refers to a series of daily acts rather than to a continuous period.
[7:2] 3 tn Or “earth.” Elsewhere the expression “four corners of the earth” figuratively refers to the whole earth (Isa 11:12).
[7:12] 4 tn Heb “wrath.” Context clarifies that God’s wrath is in view.
[9:1] 5 tc Heb “they approached.” Reading the imperative assumes the same consonantal text but different vowels.
[16:49] 7 tn Heb “strengthen the hand of.”
[23:28] 7 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
[23:28] 8 tn Heb “I am giving you into the hand of.”