Ezekiel 4:1

Ominous Object Lessons

4:1 “And you, son of man, take a brick ¹  and set it in front of you. Inscribe ²  a city on it – Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 6:6

6:6 In all your dwellings, the cities will be laid waste and the high places ruined so that your altars will be laid waste and ruined, your idols will be shattered and demolished, your incense altars will be broken down, and your works wiped out. ³ 

Ezekiel 7:15

7:15 The sword is outside; pestilence and famine are inside the house. Whoever is in the open field will die by the sword, and famine and pestilence will consume everyone in the city.

Ezekiel 9:5

9:5 While I listened, he said to the others, ⁴  “Go through the city after him and strike people down; do no let your eye pity nor spare ⁵  anyone!

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 ⁶  said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked advice in this city.

Ezekiel 22:3

22:3 Then say, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: O city, who spills blood within herself (which brings on her doom), ⁷  and who makes herself idols (which results in impurity),

Ezekiel 26:10

26:10 He will cover you with the dust kicked up by his many horses. ⁸  Your walls will shake from the noise of the horsemen, wheels, and chariots when he enters your gates like those who invade through a city’s broken walls. ⁹ 

Ezekiel 33:21

The Fall of Jerusalem

33:21 In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month, on the fifth of the month, ¹⁰  a refugee came to me from Jerusalem ¹¹  saying, “The city has been defeated!” ¹² 

Ezekiel 36:33

36:33 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: In the day I cleanse you from all your sins, I will populate the cities and the ruins will be rebuilt.

Ezekiel 36:35

36:35 They will say, “This desolate land has become like the garden of Eden; the ruined, desolate, and destroyed cities are now fortified and inhabited.”

Ezekiel 36:38

36:38 Like the sheep for offerings, like the sheep of Jerusalem ¹³  during her appointed feasts, so will the ruined cities be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

Ezekiel 40:2

40:2 By means of divine visions ¹⁴  he brought me to the land of Israel and placed me on a very high mountain, ¹⁵  and on it was a structure like a city, to the south.

Ezekiel 45:6

45:6 “‘Alongside the portion set apart as the holy allotment, you will allot for the city an area one and two-thirds miles ¹⁶  wide and eight and a quarter miles ¹⁷  long; it will be for the whole house of Israel.

Ezekiel 48:17

48:17 The city will have open spaces: On the north there will be 437½ feet, ¹⁸  on the south 437½ feet, on the east 437½ feet, and on the west 437½ feet.

Ezekiel 48:20

48:20 The whole allotment will be eight and a quarter miles ¹⁹  square, you must set apart the holy allotment with the possession of the city.

Ezekiel 48:22

48:22 The property of the Levites and of the city will be in the middle of that which belongs to the prince. The portion between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin will be for the prince.

Ezekiel 48:31

48:31 the gates of the city ²⁰  will be named for the tribes of Israel; there will be three gates to the north: one gate for Reuben, one gate for Judah, and one gate for Levi.

[4:1]  ¹ sn Ancient Near Eastern bricks were 10 to 24 inches long and 6 to 13 1/2 inches wide.

[4:1]  ² tn Or perhaps “draw.”

[6:6]  ³ tn The Hebrew verb translated “wiped out” is used to describe the judgment of the Flood (Gen 6:7; 7:4, 23).

[9:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “to these he said in my ears.”

[9:5]  ⁶ tn The meaning of the Hebrew term is primarily emotional: “to pity,” which in context implies an action, as in being moved by pity in order to spare them from the horror of their punishment.

[11:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:3]  ⁹ tn Heb “her time”; this refers to the time of impending judgment (see the note on “doom” in v. 4).

[26:10]  ¹¹ tn Heb “From the abundance of his horses he will cover you (with) their dust.”

[26:10]  ¹² tn Heb “like those who enter a breached city.”

[33:21]  ¹³ tn January 19, 585 b.c.

[33:21]  ¹⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[33:21]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “smitten.”

[36:38]  ¹⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[40:2]  ¹⁷ tn The expression introduces the three major visions of Ezekiel (1:1; 8:3; 40:2).

[40:2]  ¹⁸ tn The reference to a very high mountain is harmonious with Isa 2:2.

[45:6]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “five thousand cubits” (i.e., 2.625 kilometers).

[45:6]  ²⁰ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

[48:17]  ²¹ tn Heb “two hundred fifty cubits” (i.e., 131.25 meters); the phrase occurs three more times in this verse.

[48:20]  ²³ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

[48:31]  ²⁵ sn See Rev 21:12-14.