Ezekiel 5:1

5:1 “As for you, son of man, take a sharp sword and use it as a barber’s razor. ¹  Shave off some of the hair from your head and your beard. ²  Then take scales and divide up the hair you cut off.

Ezekiel 9:4

9:4 The Lord said to him, “Go through the city of Jerusalem ³  and put a mark ⁴  on the foreheads of the people who moan and groan over all the abominations practiced in it.”

Ezekiel 16:8

16:8 “‘Then I passed by you and watched you, noticing ⁵  that you had reached the age for love. ⁶  I spread my cloak ⁷  over you and covered your nakedness. I swore a solemn oath to you and entered into a marriage covenant with you, declares the sovereign Lord, and you became mine.

Ezekiel 20:31

20:31 When you present your sacrifices ⁸  – when you make your sons pass through the fire – you defile yourselves with all your idols to this very day. Will I allow you to seek me, ⁹  O house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, I will not allow you to seek me! ¹⁰ 

[5:1]  ¹ tn The Hebrew word occurs only here in the OT.

[5:1]  ² tn Heb, “pass (it) over your head and your beard.”

[9:4]  ³ tn Heb “through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem.”

[9:4]  ⁴ tn The word translated “mark” is in Hebrew the letter ת (tav). Outside this context the only other occurrence of the word is in Job 31:35. In ancient Hebrew script this letter was written like the letter X.

[16:8]  ⁵ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a participle.

[16:8]  ⁶ tn See similar use of this term in Ezek 23:17; Prov 7:16; Song of Songs 4:10; 7:13.

[16:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “wing” or “skirt.” The gesture symbolized acquiring a woman in early Arabia (similarly, see Deut 22:30; Ruth 3:9).

[20:31]  ⁷ tn Or “gifts.”

[20:31]  ⁸ tn Or “Will I reveal myself to you?”

[20:31]  ⁹ tn Or “I will not reveal myself to you.”