Ezekiel 4:8

4:8 Look here, I will tie you up with ropes, so you cannot turn from one side to the other until you complete the days of your siege. ¹ 

Ezekiel 8:18

8:18 Therefore I will act with fury! My eye will not pity them nor will I spare ²  them. When they have shouted in my ears, I will not listen to them.”

Ezekiel 12:27

12:27 “Take note, son of man, the house of Israel is saying, ‘The vision that he sees is for distant days; he is prophesying about the far future.’

Ezekiel 13:8

13:8 “‘Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Because you have spoken false words and forecast delusion, look, ³  I am against you, ⁴  declares the sovereign Lord.

Ezekiel 16:49

16:49 “‘See here – this was the iniquity ⁵  of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters had majesty, abundance of food, and enjoyed carefree ease, but they did not help ⁶  the poor and needy.

Ezekiel 18:15

18:15 He does not eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains, does not pray to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife,

Ezekiel 20:43

20:43 And there you will remember your conduct ⁷  and all your deeds by which you defiled yourselves. You will despise yourselves ⁸  because of all the evil deeds you have done.

Ezekiel 23:15

23:15 wearing belts on their waists and flowing turbans on their heads, all of them looking like officers, the image of Babylonians ⁹  whose native land is Chaldea.

Ezekiel 23:28

23:28 “For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look here, ¹⁰  I am about to deliver you over to ¹¹  those whom you hate, to those with whom you were disgusted.

Ezekiel 25:9

25:9 So look, I am about to open up Moab’s flank, ¹²  eliminating the cities, ¹³  including its frontier cities, ¹⁴  the beauty of the land – Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kiriathaim.

Ezekiel 26:3

26:3 therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, ¹⁵  I am against you, ¹⁶  O Tyre! I will bring up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves.

Ezekiel 34:17

34:17 “‘As for you, my sheep, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to judge between one sheep and another, between rams and goats.

Ezekiel 39:1

39:1 “As for you, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal!

[4:8]  ¹ sn The action surely refers to a series of daily acts rather than to a continuous period.

[8:18]  ² tn The meaning of the Hebrew term is primarily emotional: “to pity,” which in context implies an action, as in being moved by pity in order to spare them from the horror of their punishment.

[13:8]  ³ tn The word h!nn@h indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[13:8]  ⁴ tn Or “I challenge you.” The phrase “I am against you” may be a formula for challenging someone to combat or a duel. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:201-2, and P. Humbert, “Die Herausforderungsformel ‘h!nn#n' ?l?K>,’” ZAW 45 (1933): 101-8.

[16:49]  ⁴ tn Or “guilt.”

[16:49]  ⁵ tn Heb “strengthen the hand of.”

[20:43]  ⁵ tn Heb “ways.”

[20:43]  ⁶ tn Heb “loathe yourselves in your faces.”

[23:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “the sons of Babel.”

[23:28]  ⁷ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[23:28]  ⁸ tn Heb “I am giving you into the hand of.”

[25:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “shoulder.”

[25:9]  ⁹ tn Heb “from the cities.” The verb “eliminating” has been added in the translation to reflect the privative use of the preposition (see BDB 583 s.v. מִן 7.b).

[25:9]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “from its cities, from its end.”

[26:3]  ⁹ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) draws attention to something and has been translated here as a verb.

[26:3]  ¹⁰ tn Or “I challenge you.” The phrase “I am against you” may be a formula for challenging someone to combat or a duel. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:201-2, and P. Humbert, “Die Herausforderungsformel ‘h!nn#n' ?l?K>,’” ZAW 45 (1933): 101-8. The Hebrew text switches to a second feminine singular form here, indicating that personified Jerusalem is addressed (see vv. 5-6a). The address to Jerusalem continues through v. 15. In vv. 16-17 the second masculine plural is used, as the people are addressed.