Ezekiel 3:20

3:20 “When a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I set an obstacle ¹  before him, he will die. If you have not warned him, he will die for his sin. The righteous deeds he performed will not be considered, but I will hold you accountable for his death.

Ezekiel 11:17

11:17 “Therefore say: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: When I regather you from the peoples and assemble you from the lands where you have been dispersed, I will give you back the country of Israel.’

Ezekiel 17:22

17:22 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘I will take a sprig ²  from the lofty top of the cedar and plant it. ³ 

I will pluck from the top one of its tender twigs;

I myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.

Ezekiel 23:25

23:25 I will direct ⁴  my jealous anger against you, and they will deal with you in rage. They will cut off your nose and your ears, ⁵  and your survivors will die ⁶  by the sword. They will seize your sons and daughters, and your survivors will be consumed by fire.

Ezekiel 26:20

26:20 then I will bring you down to bygone people, ⁷  to be with those who descend to the pit. I will make you live in the lower parts of the earth, among ⁸  the primeval ruins, with those who descend to the pit, so that you will not be inhabited or stand ⁹  in the land of the living.

Ezekiel 29:12

29:12 I will turn the land of Egypt into a desolation in the midst of desolate lands; for forty years her cities will lie desolate in the midst of ruined cities. I will scatter Egypt among the nations and disperse them among foreign countries.

Ezekiel 30:13

30:13 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

I will destroy the idols,

and put an end to the gods of Memphis.

There will no longer be a prince from the land of Egypt;

so I will make the land of Egypt fearful. ¹⁰ 

Ezekiel 37:19

37:19 tell them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to take the branch of Joseph which is in the hand of Ephraim and the tribes of Israel associated with him, and I will place them on the stick of Judah, ¹¹  and make them into one stick – they will be one in my hand.’ ¹² 

Ezekiel 38:4

38:4 I will turn you around, put hooks into your jaws, and bring you out with all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them fully armed, a great company with shields of different types, ¹³  all of them armed with swords.

[3:20]  ¹ tn Or “stumbling block.” The Hebrew term refers to an obstacle in the road in Lev 19:14.

[17:22]  ² sn The language is analogous to messianic imagery in Isa 11:1; Zech 3:8; 6:4 although the technical terminology is not the same.

[17:22]  ³ tc The LXX lacks “and plant it.”

[23:25]  ³ tn Heb “give.”

[23:25]  ⁴ tn Heb “they will remove.”

[23:25]  ⁵ tn Heb “fall.”

[26:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “to the people of antiquity.”

[26:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “like.” The translation assumes an emendation of the preposition כְּ (kÿ, “like”), to בְּ (bÿ, “in, among”).

[26:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “and I will place beauty.” This reading makes little sense; many, following the lead of the LXX, emend the text to read “nor will you stand” with the negative particle before the preceding verb understood by ellipsis; see L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:73. D. I. Block (Ezekiel [NICOT], 2:47) offers another alternative, taking the apparent first person verb form as an archaic second feminine form and translating “nor radiate splendor.”

[30:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “I will put fear in the land of Egypt.”

[37:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “I will place them on it, that is, on the stick of Judah.”

[37:19]  ⁷ sn The reunification of Israel and Judah is envisioned as well in Ezek 33:23, 29; Jer 3:18; 23:5-6; Hos 1:11; Amos 9:11.

[38:4]  ⁷ sn The Hebrew text mentions two different types of shields here.