Ezekiel 4:9

4:9 “As for you, take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt, ¹  put them in a single container, and make food ²  from them for yourself. For the same number of days that you lie on your side – 390 days ³  – you will eat it.

Ezekiel 17:22

17:22 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘I will take a sprig ⁴  from the lofty top of the cedar and plant it. ⁵ 

I will pluck from the top one of its tender twigs;

I myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.

Ezekiel 28:13

28:13 You were in Eden, the garden of God. ⁶ 

Every precious stone was your covering,

the ruby, topaz, and emerald,

the chrysolite, onyx, and jasper,

the sapphire, turquoise, and beryl; ⁷ 

your settings and mounts were made of gold.

On the day you were created they were prepared.

Ezekiel 31:12

31:12 Foreigners from the most terrifying nations have cut it down and left it to lie there on the mountains. In all the valleys its branches have fallen, and its boughs lie broken in the ravines of the land. All the peoples of the land ⁸  have departed ⁹  from its shade and left it.

Ezekiel 39:11

39:11 “‘On that day I will assign Gog a grave in Israel. It will be the valley of those who travel east of the sea; it will block the way of the travelers. There they will bury Gog and all his horde; they will call it the valley of Hamon-Gog. ¹⁰ 

Ezekiel 42:17-18

42:17 He measured the north side as 875 feet by the measuring stick. 42:18 He measured the south side as 875 feet by the measuring stick.

Ezekiel 44:30

44:30 The first of all the first fruits and all contributions of any kind ¹¹  will be for the priests; you will also give to the priest the first portion of your dough, so that a blessing may rest on your house.

[4:9]  ¹ sn Wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt. All these foods were common in Mesopotamia where Ezekiel was exiled.

[4:9]  ² tn Heb “bread.”

[4:9]  ³ tc The LXX reads “190 days.”

[17:22]  ⁴ sn The language is analogous to messianic imagery in Isa 11:1; Zech 3:8; 6:4 although the technical terminology is not the same.

[17:22]  ⁵ tc The LXX lacks “and plant it.”

[28:13]  ⁷ sn The imagery of the lament appears to draw upon an extrabiblical Eden tradition about the expulsion of the first man (see v. 14 and the note there) from the garden due to his pride. The biblical Eden tradition speaks of cherubs placed as guardians at the garden entrance following the sin of Adam and Eve (Gen 3:24), but no guardian cherub like the one described in verse 14 is depicted or mentioned in the biblical account. Ezekiel’s imagery also appears to reflect Mesopotamian and Canaanite mythology at certain points. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:119-20.

[28:13]  ⁸ tn The exact identification of each gemstone is uncertain. The list should be compared to that of the priest in Exod 28:17-20, which lists twelve stones in rows of three. The LXX apparently imports the Exod 28 list. See reference to the types of stones in L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:91.

[31:12]  ¹⁰ tn Or “earth” (KJV, ASV, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[31:12]  ¹¹ tn Heb “gone down.”

[39:11]  ¹³ tn The name means “horde of Gog.”

[44:30]  ¹⁶ tn Heb has in addition “from your contributions,” a repetition unnecessary in English.