Ezekiel 4:14

4:14 And I said, “Ah, sovereign Lord, I have never been ceremonially defiled before. I have never eaten a carcass or an animal torn by wild beasts; from my youth up, unclean meat ¹  has never entered my mouth.”

Ezekiel 16:49

16:49 “‘See here – this was the iniquity ²  of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters had majesty, abundance of food, and enjoyed carefree ease, but they did not help ³  the poor and needy.

Ezekiel 17:12

17:12 “Say to the rebellious house of Israel: ⁴  ‘Don’t you know what these things mean?’ ⁵  Say: ‘See here, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem ⁶  and took her king and her officials prisoner and brought them to himself in Babylon.

Ezekiel 37:12

37:12 Therefore prophesy, and tell them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to open your graves and will raise you from your graves, my people. I will bring you to the land of Israel.

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, ⁷  and make them into one stick – they will be one in my hand.’ ⁸ 

Ezekiel 37:21

37:21 Then tell them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to take the Israelites from among the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from round about and bring them to their land.

Ezekiel 40:4

40:4 The man said to me, “Son of man, watch closely, listen carefully, and pay attention ⁹  to everything I show you, for you have been brought here so that I can show it to you. ¹⁰  Tell the house of Israel everything you see.”

Ezekiel 42:14

42:14 When the priests enter, then they will not go out from the sanctuary to the outer court without taking off their garments in which they minister, for these are holy; they will put on other garments, then they will go near the places where the people are.”

[4:14]  ¹ tn The Hebrew term refers to sacrificial meat not eaten by the appropriate time (Lev 7:18; 19:7).

[16:49]  ² tn Or “guilt.”

[16:49]  ³ tn Heb “strengthen the hand of.”

[17:12]  ³ tn The words “of Israel” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation as a clarification of the referent.

[17:12]  ⁴ sn The narrative description of this interpretation of the riddle is given in 2 Kgs 24:11-15.

[17:12]  ⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[37:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “I will place them on it, that is, on the stick of Judah.”

[37:19]  ⁵ 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.

[40:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “look with your eyes, hear with your ears, and set your mind on.”

[40:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “in order to show (it) to you.”