Ezekiel 5:12

5:12 A third of your people will die of plague or be overcome by the famine within you. ¹  A third of your people will fall by the sword surrounding you, ²  and a third I will scatter to the winds. I will unleash a sword behind them.

Ezekiel 20:38

20:38 I will eliminate from among you the rebels and those who revolt ³  against me. I will bring them out from the land where they have been residing, but they will not come to the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 33:30-31

33:30 “But as for you, son of man, your people ⁴  (who are talking about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses) say to one another, ⁵  ‘Come hear the word that comes ⁶  from the Lord.’ 33:31 They come to you in crowds, ⁷  and they sit in front of you as ⁸  my people. They hear your words, but do not obey ⁹  them. For they talk lustfully, ¹⁰  and their heart is set on ¹¹  their own advantage. ¹² 

[5:12]  ¹ sn The judgment of plague and famine comes from the covenant curse (Lev 26:25-26). As in v. 10, the city of Jerusalem is figuratively addressed here.

[5:12]  ² sn Judgment by plague, famine, and sword occurs in Jer 21:9; 27:13; Ezek 6:11, 12; 7:15.

[20:38]  ³ tn See the note at 2:3.

[33:30]  ⁵ tn Heb “sons of your people.”

[33:30]  ⁶ tn Heb “one to one, a man to his brother.”

[33:30]  ⁷ tn Heb “comes out.”

[33:31]  ⁷ tn Heb “as people come.” Apparently this is an idiom indicating that they come in crowds. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:264.

[33:31]  ⁸ tn The word “as” is supplied in the translation.

[33:31]  ⁹ tn Heb “do.”

[33:31]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “They do lust with their mouths.”

[33:31]  ¹¹ tn Heb “goes after.”

[33:31]  ¹² tn The present translation understands the term often used for “unjust gain” in a wider sense, following M. Greenberg, who also notes that the LXX uses a term which can describe either sexual or ritual pollution. See M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:687.