Ezekiel 4:16

4:16 Then he said to me, “Son of man, I am about to remove the bread supply ¹  in Jerusalem. ²  They will eat their bread ration anxiously, and they will drink their water ration in terror

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 26:2

26:2 “Son of man, because Tyre ⁴  has said about Jerusalem, ⁵  ‘Aha, the gateway of the peoples is broken; it has swung open to me. I will become rich, ⁶  now that she ⁷  has been destroyed,’

Ezekiel 29:7

29:7 when they grasped you with their hand, ⁸  you broke and tore ⁹  their shoulders,

and when they leaned on you, you splintered and caused their legs to be unsteady. ¹⁰ 

Ezekiel 30:18

30:18 In Tahpanhes the day will be dark ¹¹ 

when I break the yoke of Egypt there.

Her confident pride will cease within her;

a cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity.

Ezekiel 30:24

30:24 I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and I will place my sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan like the fatally wounded before the king of Babylon. ¹² 

Ezekiel 34:16

34:16 I will seek the lost and bring back the strays; I will bandage the injured and strengthen the sick, but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them – with judgment!

[4:16]  ¹ tn Heb, “break the staff of bread.” The bread supply is compared to a staff that one uses for support.

[4:16]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[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).

[26:2]  ⁵ sn Tyre was located on the Mediterranean coast north of Israel.

[26:2]  ⁶ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[26:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “I will be filled.”

[26:2]  ⁸ sn That is, Jerusalem.

[29:7]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew consonantal text (Kethib) has “by your hand,” but the marginal reading (Qere) has simply “by the hand.” The LXX reads “with their hand.”

[29:7]  ⁸ tn Or perhaps “dislocated.”

[29:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “you caused to stand for them all their hips.” An emendation which switches two letters but is supported by the LXX yields the reading “you caused all their hips to shake.” See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:103. In 2 Kgs 18:21 and Isa 36:6 trusting in the Pharaoh is compared to leaning on a staff. The oracle may reflect Hophra’s attempt to aid Jerusalem (Jer 37:5-8).

[30:18]  ⁹ sn In Zeph 1:15 darkness is associated with the day of the Lord.

[30:24]  ¹¹ tn Heb “him”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.