Ezekiel 3:15

3:15 I came to the exiles at Tel Abib, ¹  who lived by the Kebar River. ²  I sat dumbfounded among them there, where they were living, for seven days. ³ 

Ezekiel 27:27

27:27 Your wealth, products, and merchandise, your sailors and captains,

your ship’s carpenters, ⁴  your merchants,

and all your fighting men within you,

along with all your crew who are in you,

will fall into the heart of the seas on the day of your downfall.

Ezekiel 28:2

28:2 “Son of man, say to the prince ⁵  of Tyre, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘Your heart is proud ⁶  and you said, “I am a god; ⁷ 

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. ⁸ 

[3:15]  ¹ sn The name “Tel Abib” is a transliteration of an Akkadian term meaning “mound of the flood,” i.e., an ancient mound. It is not to be confused with the modern city of Tel Aviv in Israel.

[3:15]  ² tn Or “canal.”

[3:15]  ³ sn A similar response to a divine encounter is found in Acts 9:8-9.

[27:27]  ⁴ tn Heb “your repairers of damage.” See v. 9.

[28:2]  ⁷ tn Or “ruler” (NIV, NCV).

[28:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “lifted up.”

[28:2]  ⁹ tn Or “I am divine.”

[28:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and you made your heart (mind) like the heart (mind) of gods.”