Discovery BoxEzekiel 9:8
Context9:8 While they were striking them down, I was left alone, and I threw myself face down and cried out, “Ah, sovereign Lord! Will you destroy the entire remnant of Israel when you pour out your fury on Jerusalem?”
Ezekiel 20:26
Context20:26 I declared them to be defiled because of their sacrifices 1 – they caused all their first born to pass through the fire 2 – so that I would devastate them, so that they will know that I am the Lord.’ 3
Ezekiel 40:36
Context40:36 its alcoves, its jambs, and its porches. It had windows all around it; its length was 87½ feet 4 and its width 43¾ feet. 5
Ezekiel 41:11-12
Context41:11 There were entrances from the side chambers toward the open area, one entrance toward the north, and another entrance toward the south; the width of the open area was 8¾ feet 6 all around.
41:12 The building that was facing the temple courtyard at the west side was 122½ feet 7 wide; the wall of the building was 8¾ feet 8 all around, and its length 157½ feet. 9
[20:26] 2 sn This act is prohibited in Deut 12:29-31 and Jer 7:31; 19:5; 32:35. See also 2 Kgs 21:6; 23:10. This custom indicates that the laws the Israelites were following were the disastrous laws of pagan nations (see Ezek 16:20-21).
[20:26] 3 sn God sometimes punishes sin by inciting the sinner to sin even more, as the biblical examples of divine hardening and deceit make clear. See Robert B. Chisholm, Jr., “Divine Hardening in the Old Testament,” BSac 153 (1996): 410-34; idem, “Does God Deceive?” BSac 155 (1998): 11-28. For other instances where the Lord causes individuals to act unwisely or even sinfully as punishment for sin, see 1 Sam 2:25; 2 Sam 17:14; 1 Kgs 12:15; 2 Chr 25:20.
[40:36] 1 tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).
[40:36] 2 tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).
[41:11] 1 tn Heb “five cubits” (i.e., 2.625 meters).
[41:12] 1 tn Heb “seventy cubits” (36.75 meters).
