translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: EZK

label: NET translator note

text: Heb “from their mind.” sn Who prophesy from their imagination . Note the testimony of Moses in Num 16:28 , which contains a similar expression.


text: Or “confirmed”; NIV “to be fulfilled”; TEV “to come true.”


text: The word h!nn@h indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.


text: Or “I challenge you.” The phrase “I am against you” may be a formula for challenging someone to combat or a duel. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:201-2, and P. Humbert, “Die Herausforderungsformel ‘ h!nn#n' ?l?K> ,’” ZAW 45 (1933): 101-8.


text: The Hebrew term may refer to the secret council of the Lord ( Jer 23:18 ; Job 15:8 ), but here it more likely refers to a human council comprised of civic leaders ( Gen 49:6 ; Jer 6:11; 15:17 Ps 64:3; 111:1 ).


text: The reference here is probably to a civil list (as in Ezra 2:16 ; Neh 7:64 ) rather than to a “book of life” ( Exod 32:32 ; Isa 4:3 ; Ps 69:29 ; Dan 12:1 ). This registry may have been established at the making of David’s census ( 2 Sam 24:2, 9 ).


text: Or “peace.”


text: The Hebrew word only occurs here in the Bible. According to L. C. Allen ( Ezekiel [WBC], 1:202-3) it is also used in the Mishnah of a wall of rough stones without mortar. This fits the context here comparing the false prophetic messages to a nice coat of whitewash on a structurally unstable wall.


text: Heb “and you, O hailstones.”


text: Or “within it,” referring to the city of Jerusalem.


text: For location see Map5-B1 ; Map6-F3 ; Map7-E2 ; Map8-F2 ; Map10-B3 ; JP1-F4 ; JP2-F4 ; JP3-F4 ; JP4-F4 .


text: Heb “set your face against.”


text: Heb “from their heart.”


text: Heb “joints of the hands.” This may include the elbow and shoulder joints.


text: The Hebrew term occurs in the Bible only here and in v. 21 . It has also been understood as a veil or type of head covering. D. I. Block ( Ezekiel [NICOT], 1:414) suggests that given the context of magical devices, the expected parallel to the magical arm bands, and the meaning of this Hebrew root ( סָפַח [ safakh , “to attach” or “join”]), it may refer to headbands or necklaces on which magical amulets were worn.


text: Heb “human lives” or “souls” (three times in v. 18 and twice in v. 19 ).


text: Heb “human lives” or “souls.”


text: The word הִנֵּה ( hinneh , traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.


text: Heb “from your hand(s).” This refers to their power over the people.


text: The Hebrew verb is feminine plural, indicating that it is the false prophetesses who are addressed here.