Ezekiel 4:4

4:4 “Also for your part lie on your left side and place the iniquity ¹  of the house of Israel on it. For the number of days you lie on your side you will bear their iniquity.

Ezekiel 6:11

6:11 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Clap your hands, stamp your feet, and say, “Ah!” because of all the evil, abominable practices of the house of Israel, for they will fall by the sword, famine, and pestilence. ² 

Ezekiel 12:13

12:13 But I will throw my net over him, and he will be caught in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans ³  (but he will not see it), ⁴  and there he will die. ⁵ 

Ezekiel 16:6

16:6 “‘I passed by you and saw you kicking around helplessly in your blood. I said to you as you lay there in your blood, “Live!” I said to you as you lay there in your blood, “Live!” ⁶ 

Ezekiel 21:22

21:22 Into his right hand ⁷  comes the portent for Jerusalem – to set up battering rams, to give the signal ⁸  for slaughter, to shout out the battle cry, ⁹  to set up battering rams against the gates, to erect a siege ramp, to build a siege wall.

Ezekiel 25:14

25:14 I will exact my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel. They will carry out in Edom my anger and rage; they will experience ¹⁰  my vengeance, declares the sovereign Lord.’”

Ezekiel 26:5

26:5 She will be a place where fishing nets are spread, surrounded by the sea. For I have spoken, declares the sovereign Lord. She will become plunder for the nations,

Ezekiel 32:4

32:4 I will leave you on the ground,

I will fling you on the open field,

I will allow ¹¹  all the birds of the sky to settle ¹²  on you,

and I will permit ¹³  all the wild animals ¹⁴  to gorge themselves on you.

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, ¹⁵  a refugee came to me from Jerusalem ¹⁶  saying, “The city has been defeated!” ¹⁷ 

Ezekiel 34:25

34:25 “‘I will make a covenant of peace with them and will rid the land of wild beasts, so that they can live securely ¹⁸  in the wilderness and even sleep in the woods. ¹⁹ 

Ezekiel 42:11

42:11 with a passage in front of them. They looked like the chambers on the north. Of the same length and width, and all their exits according to their arrangements and entrances

Ezekiel 45:9

45:9 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Enough, you princes of Israel! Put away violence and destruction, and do what is just and right. Put an end to your evictions of my people, ²⁰  declares the sovereign Lord.

[4:4]  ¹ tn Or “punishment” (also in vv. 5, 6).

[6:11]  ² sn By the sword and by famine and by pestilence. A similar trilogy of punishments is mentioned in Lev 26:25-26. See also Jer 14:12; 21:9; 27:8, 13; 29:18).

[12:13]  ³ tn Or “Babylonians” (NCV, NLT).

[12:13]  ⁴ sn He will not see it. This prediction was fulfilled in 2 Kgs 25:7 and Jer 52:11, which recount how Zedekiah was blinded before being deported to Babylon.

[12:13]  ⁵ sn There he will die. This was fulfilled when King Zedekiah died in exile (Jer 52:11).

[16:6]  ⁴ tc The translation reflects the Hebrew text, which repeats the statement, perhaps for emphasis. However, a few medieval Hebrew manuscripts, the Old Greek, and the Syriac do not include the repetition. The statement could have been accidentally repeated or the second occurrence could have been accidentally omitted. Based on the available evidence it is difficult to know which is more likely.

[21:22]  ⁵ tn Or “on the right side,” i.e., the omen mark on the right side of the liver.

[21:22]  ⁶ tn Heb “to open the mouth” for slaughter.

[21:22]  ⁷ tn Heb “to raise up a voice in a battle cry.”

[25:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “know.”

[32:4]  ⁷ tn Or “cause.”

[32:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “live.”

[32:4]  ⁹ tn Or “cause.”

[32:4]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the beasts of the field,” referring to wild as opposed to domesticated animals.

[33:21]  ⁸ tn January 19, 585 b.c.

[33:21]  ⁹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[33:21]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “smitten.”

[34:25]  ⁹ tn The phrase “live securely” occurs in Ezek 28:26; 38:8, 11, 14; 39:26 as an expression of freedom from fear. It is a promised blessing resulting from obedience (see Lev 26:5-6).

[34:25]  ¹⁰ sn The woods were typically considered to be places of danger (Ps 104:20-21; Jer 5:6).

[45:9]  ¹⁰ sn Evictions of the less fortunate by the powerful are described in 1 Kgs 21:1-16; Jer 22:1-5, 13-17; Ezek 22:25.