translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: EZK

label: NET study note

text: The phrase officials of the people occurs in Neh 11:1 ; 1 Chr 21:2 ; 2 Chr 24:23 .


text: The expression build houses may mean “establish families” ( Deut 25:9 ; Ruth 4:11 ; Prov 24:27 ).


text: Jerusalem is also compared to a pot in Ezek 24:3-8 . The siege of the city is pictured as heating up the pot.


text: The expression They will be my people, and I will be their God occurs as a promise to Abraham ( Gen 17:8 ), Moses ( Exod 6:7 ), and the nation ( Exod 29:45 ).