Ezekiel 8:9

8:9 He said to me, “Go in and see the evil abominations they are practicing here.”

Ezekiel 29:21

29:21 On that day I will make Israel powerful, ¹  and I will give you the right to be heard ²  among them. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

Ezekiel 8:6

8:6 He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what they are doing – the great abominations that the people ³  of Israel are practicing here, to drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see greater abominations than these!”

Ezekiel 8:17

8:17 He said to me, “Do you see, son of man? Is it a trivial thing that the house of Judah commits these abominations they are practicing here? For they have filled the land with violence and provoked me to anger still further. Look, they are putting the branch to their nose! ⁴ 

Ezekiel 16:63

16:63 Then you will remember, be ashamed, and remain silent ⁵  when I make atonement for all you have done, ⁶  declares the sovereign Lord.’”

Ezekiel 21:22

21:22 Into his right hand ⁷  comes the portent for Jerusalem – to set up battering rams, to give the signal ⁸  for slaughter, to shout out the battle cry, ⁹  to set up battering rams against the gates, to erect a siege ramp, to build a siege wall.

[29:21]  ¹ tn Heb “I will cause a horn to sprout for the house of Israel.” The horn is used as a figure for military power in the OT (Ps 92:10). A similar expression is made about the Davidic dynasty in Ps 132:17.

[29:21]  ² tn Heb “I will grant you an open mouth.”

[8:6]  ¹ tn Heb “house.”

[8:17]  ¹ tn It is not clear what the practice of “holding a branch to the nose” indicates. A possible parallel is the Syrian relief of a king holding a flower to his nose as he worships the stars (ANEP 281). See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 1:145-46. The LXX glosses the expression as “Behold, they are like mockers.”

[16:63]  ¹ tn Heb “and your mouth will not be open any longer.”

[16:63]  ² tn Heb “when I make atonement for you for all which you have done.”

[21:22]  ¹ tn Or “on the right side,” i.e., the omen mark on the right side of the liver.

[21:22]  ² tn Heb “to open the mouth” for slaughter.

[21:22]  ³ tn Heb “to raise up a voice in a battle cry.”