Ezekiel 4:6

4:6 “When you have completed these days, then lie down a second time, but on your right side, and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah 40 days ¹  – I have assigned one day for each year.

Ezekiel 14:16

14:16 Even if these three men were in it, as surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, they could not save their own sons or daughters; they would save only their own lives, and the land would become desolate.

Ezekiel 16:5

16:5 No eye took pity on you to do even one of these things for you to spare you; ²  you were thrown out into the open field ³  because you were detested on the day you were born.

Ezekiel 16:43

16:43 “‘Because you did not remember the days of your youth and have enraged me with all these deeds, I hereby repay you for what you have done, ⁴  declares the sovereign Lord. Have you not engaged in prostitution on top of all your other abominable practices?

Ezekiel 17:12

17:12 “Say to the rebellious house of Israel: ⁵  ‘Don’t you know what these things mean?’ ⁶  Say: ‘See here, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem ⁷  and took her king and her officials prisoner and brought them to himself in Babylon.

Ezekiel 33:24

33:24 “Son of man, the ones living in these ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land, but we are many; surely the land has been given to us for a possession.’ ⁸ 

Ezekiel 37:9

37:9 He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, ⁹  – prophesy, son of man – and say to the breath: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these corpses so that they may live.’”

Ezekiel 40:29

40:29 Its alcoves, its jambs, and its porches had the same dimensions as the others, and there were windows all around it and its porches; its length was 87½ feet ¹⁰  and its width 43¾ feet. ¹¹ 

Ezekiel 40:33

40:33 Its alcoves, its jambs, and its porches had the same dimensions as the others, and there were windows all around it and its porches; its length was 87½ feet ¹²  and its width 43¾ feet. ¹³ 

Ezekiel 43:13

The Altar

43:13 “And these are the measurements of the altar: ¹⁴  Its base ¹⁵  is 1¾ feet ¹⁶  high, ¹⁷  and 1¾ feet ¹⁸  wide, and its border nine inches ¹⁹  on its edge. This is to be the height ²⁰  of the altar.

Ezekiel 43:18

43:18 Then he said to me: “Son of man, this is what the sovereign Lord says: These are the statutes of the altar: On the day it is built to offer up burnt offerings on it and to sprinkle blood on it, ²¹ 

Ezekiel 47:9

47:9 Every living creature which swarms where the river ²²  flows will live; there will be many fish, for these waters flow there. It will become fresh ²³  and everything will live where the river flows.

Ezekiel 48:1

The Tribal Portions

48:1 “These are the names of the tribes: From the northern end beside the road of Hethlon to Lebo-hamath, as far as Hazar-enan (which is on the border of Damascus, toward the north beside Hamath), extending from the east side to the west, Dan will have one portion.

Ezekiel 48:10

48:10 These will be the allotments for the holy portion: for the priests, toward the north eight and a quarter miles ²⁴  in length, toward the west three and one-third miles ²⁵  in width, toward the east three and one-third miles ²⁶  in width, and toward the south eight and a quarter miles ²⁷  in length; the sanctuary of the Lord will be in the middle.

Ezekiel 48:16

48:16 these will be its measurements: The north side will be one and one-half miles, ²⁸  the south side one and one-half miles, the east side one and one-half miles, and the west side one and one-half miles.

[4:6]  ¹ sn The number 40 may refer in general to the period of Judah’s exile using the number of years Israel was punished in the wilderness. In this case, however, one would need to translate, “you will bear the punishment of the house of Judah.”

[16:5]  ² sn These verbs, “pity” and “spare,” echo the judgment oracles in 5:11; 7:4, 9; 8:18; 9:5, 10.

[16:5]  ³ sn A similar concept is found in Deut 32:10.

[16:43]  ³ tn Heb “your way on (your) head I have placed.”

[17:12]  ⁴ 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]  ⁵ sn The narrative description of this interpretation of the riddle is given in 2 Kgs 24:11-15.

[17:12]  ⁶ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[33:24]  ⁵ sn Outside of its seven occurrences in Ezekiel the term translated “possession” appears only in Exod 6:8 and Deut 33:4.

[37:9]  ⁶ tn Or “spirit,” and several times in this verse.

[40:29]  ⁷ tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).

[40:29]  ⁸ tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).

[40:33]  ⁸ tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).

[40:33]  ⁹ tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).

[43:13]  ⁹ tn Heb “the measurements of the altar by cubits, the cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth.” The measuring units here and in the remainder of this section are the Hebrew “long” cubit, consisting of a cubit (about 18 inches or 45 cm) and a handbreadth (about 3 inches or 7.5 cm), for a total of 21 inches (52.5 cm). Because modern readers are not familiar with the cubit as a unit of measurement, and due to the additional complication of the “long” cubit as opposed to the regular cubit, all measurements have been converted to American standard feet and inches, with the Hebrew measurements and the metric equivalents given in the notes. On the altar see Ezek 40:47.

[43:13]  ¹⁰ tn The Hebrew term normally means “bosom.” Here it refers to a hollow in the ground.

[43:13]  ¹¹ tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).

[43:13]  ¹² tn The word “high” is not in the Hebrew text but is supplied in the translation for clarity.

[43:13]  ¹³ tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).

[43:13]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “one span.” A span was three handbreadths, or about nine inches (i.e., 22.5 cm).

[43:13]  ¹⁵ tc Heb “bulge, protuberance, mound.” The translation follows the LXX.

[43:18]  ¹⁰ sn For the “sprinkling of blood,” see Lev 1:5, 11; 8:19; 9:12.

[47:9]  ¹¹ tn Heb “two rivers,” perhaps under the influence of Zech 14:8. The translation follows the LXX and other ancient versions in reading the singular, which is demanded by the context (see vv. 5-7, 9b, 12).

[47:9]  ¹² tn Heb “will be healed.”

[48:10]  ¹² tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

[48:10]  ¹³ tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).

[48:10]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).

[48:10]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

[48:16]  ¹³ tn Heb “four thousand five hundred cubits” (i.e., 2.36 kilometers); the phrase occurs three more times in this verse.