2tnHeb “shofar,” a ram’s horn rather than a brass instrument (so throughout the chapter).
3tn Sounding the trumpet was a warning of imminent danger (Neh 4:18-20; Jer 4:19; Amos 3:6).
4tnHeb “his blood will be on his own head.”
5tnHeb “his blood will be on him.”
6tn Or “in his punishment.” The phrase “in/for [a person’s] iniquity/punishment” occurs fourteen times in Ezekiel: here and in vv. 8 and 9; 3:18, 19; 4:17; 7:13, 16; 18: 17, 18, 19, 20; 24:23; 39:23. The Hebrew word for “iniquity” may also mean the “punishment” for iniquity or “guilt” of iniquity.
7tnHeb “his blood from the hand of the watchman I will seek.”
8sn Jeremiah (Jer 6:17) and Habakkuk (Hab 2:1) also served in the role of a watchman.
9tn The same expression occurs in Gen 2:17.
10tnHeb “and you do not speak to warn.”
11tnHeb “way.”
12tnHeb “and his blood from your hand I will seek.”
13tnHeb “from his way to turn from it.”
14tnHeb “and he does not turn from his way.”
15tnHeb “(are) upon us.”
16tnHeb “turn from his way.”
17tnHeb “ways.” This same word is translated “behavior” earlier in the verse.
18tnHeb “the sons of your people.”
19tnHeb “in the day of his rebellion.” The statement envisions a godly person rejecting what is good and becoming sinful. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:247-48.
20tnHeb “and the wickedness of the wicked, he will not stumble in it in the day of his turning from his wickedness.”
21tnHeb “by it.”
22tnHeb “in the day of his sin.”
23tnHeb “the wicked one.”
24tnHeb “and in the statutes of life he walks.”
25tnHeb “remembered.”
26tnHeb “the sons of your people.”
27tnHeb “way.”
28tn The Hebrew verb translated “is (not) right” has the basic meaning of “to measure.” For a similar concept, see Ezek 18:25, 29.
29tnHeb “ways.”
30tn January 19, 585 b.c.
31map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
32tnHeb “smitten.”
33tn The other occurrences of the phrase “the hand of the Lord” in Ezekiel are in the context of prophetic visions.
34tnHeb “he”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.
35tnHeb “by the time of the arrival to me.” For clarity the translation specifies the refugee as the one who arrived.
36sn Ezekiel’s God-imposed muteness was lifted (see 3:26).
37sn Outside of its seven occurrences in Ezekiel the term translated “possession” appears only in Exod 6:8 and Deut 33:4.
38sn This practice was a violation of Levitical law (see Lev 19:26).
39tnHeb “lift up your eyes.”
40tnHeb “Will you possess?”
41tnHeb “stand.”
42tnHeb “fall.”
43sn The judgments of vv. 27-29 echo the judgments of Lev 26:22, 25.
44tnHeb “sons of your people.”
45tnHeb “one to one, a man to his brother.”
46tnHeb “comes out.”
47tnHeb “as people come.” Apparently this is an idiom indicating that they come in crowds. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:264.
48tn The word “as” is supplied in the translation.
49tnHeb “do.”
50tnHeb “They do lust with their mouths.”
51tnHeb “goes after.”
52tn 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.
53tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
54tnHeb “one who makes playing music well.”
55sn Similar responses are found in Isa 29:13; Matt 21:28-32; James 1:22-25.