Ezekiel 7:11

7:11 Violence ¹  has grown into a staff that supports wickedness. Not one of them will be left ²  – not from their crowd, not from their wealth, not from their prominence. ³ 

Ezekiel 20:11

20:11 I gave them my statutes ⁴  and revealed my regulations to them. The one ⁵  who carries ⁶  them out will live by them! ⁷ 

Ezekiel 20:16

20:16 I did this ⁸  because they rejected my regulations, did not follow my statutes, and desecrated my Sabbaths; for their hearts followed their idols. ⁹ 

Ezekiel 25:12

A Prophecy Against Edom

25:12 “This is what the sovereign Lord says: ‘Edom ¹⁰  has taken vengeance against the house of Judah; they have made themselves fully culpable ¹¹  by taking vengeance ¹²  on them. ¹³ 

Ezekiel 30:9

30:9 On that day messengers will go out from me in ships to frighten overly confident Ethiopia; panic will overtake them on the day of Egypt’s doom; ¹⁴  for beware – it is coming!

Ezekiel 37:8

37:8 As I watched, I saw ¹⁵  tendons on them, then muscles appeared, ¹⁶  and skin covered over them from above, but there was no breath ¹⁷  in them.

Ezekiel 37:10

37:10 So I prophesied as I was commanded, and the breath came into them; they lived and stood on their feet, an extremely great army.

Ezekiel 39:21

39:21 “I will display my majesty ¹⁸  among the nations. All the nations will witness the judgment I have executed, and the power I have exhibited ¹⁹  among them.

[7:11]  ¹ tn Heb “the violence.”

[7:11]  ² tc The LXX reads “he will crush the wicked rod without confusion or haste.”

[7:11]  ³ tn The Hebrew word occurs only here in the OT.

[20:11]  ⁴ sn The laws were given at Mount Sinai.

[20:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “the man.”

[20:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “does.”

[20:11]  ⁷ tn The wording and the concept is contained in Lev 18:5 and Deut 30:15-19.

[20:16]  ⁷ tn The words “I did this” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied for stylistic reasons. Verses 15-16 are one long sentence in the Hebrew text. The translation divides this sentence into two for stylistic reasons.

[20:16]  ⁸ tn Heb “for after their idols their heart was going.” The use of the active participle (“was going”) in the Hebrew text draws attention to the ongoing nature of their idolatrous behavior.

[25:12]  ¹⁰ sn Edom was located south of Moab.

[25:12]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and they have become guilty, becoming guilty.” The infinitive absolute following the finite verb makes the statement emphatic and draws attention to the degree of guilt incurred by Edom due to its actions.

[25:12]  ¹² tn Heb “and they have taken vengeance.”

[25:12]  ¹³ sn Edom apparently in some way assisted in the destruction of Jerusalem in 587/6 b.c. (Ps 137:7; Lam 5:21, 23; Joel 3:19; Obadiah).

[30:9]  ¹³ tn Heb “in the day of Egypt.” The word “doom” has been added in the translation to clarify the nature of this day.

[37:8]  ¹⁶ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[37:8]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “came up.”

[37:8]  ¹⁸ tn Or “spirit.”

[39:21]  ¹⁹ tn Or “my glory.”

[39:21]  ²⁰ tn Heb “my hand which I have placed.”