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 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, ²  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: ³  ‘Don’t you know what these things mean?’ ⁴  Say: ‘See here, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem ⁵  and took her king and her officials prisoner and brought them to himself in Babylon.

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, ⁶ 

[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.”

[16:43]  ² tn Heb “your way on (your) head I have placed.”

[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.

[43:18]  ⁴ sn For the “sprinkling of blood,” see Lev 1:5, 11; 8:19; 9:12.