2tn Heb “caused me to rest.”

3tn Heb “and he made me pass over them, around, around.”

4tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and is here translated as “I realized” because it results from Ezekiel’s recognition of the situation around him. In Hebrew, the exclamation is repeated in the following sentence.

5tn Heb “I am about to bring a spirit.”

6tn The exact physiological meaning of the term is uncertain. In addition to v. 8, the term occurs only in Gen 32:33; Job 10:11; 40:17; and Jer 48:4.

7tn Or “a spirit.”

8tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

9tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

10tn Heb “came up.”

11tn Or “spirit.”

12tn Or “spirit,” and several times in this verse.

13tn Or “spirit.” This is likely an allusion to Gen 2 and God’s breath which creates life.

14tn Heb “bring near.”

15tn Heb “one to one for you for one stick.”

16tn Heb “the sons of your people.”

17tn Heb “I will place them on it, that is, on the stick of Judah.”

18sn The reunification of Israel and Judah is envisioned as well in Ezek 33:23, 29; Jer 3:18; 23:5-6; Hos 1:11; Amos 9:11.

19sn Jeremiah also attested to the reuniting of the northern and southern kingdoms (Jer 3:12, 14; 31:2-6).

20tc Heb “their dwellings.” The text as it stands does not make sense. Based on the LXX, a slight emendation of two vowels, including a mater, yields the reading “from their turning,” a reference here to their turning from God and deviating from his commandments. See BDB 1000 s.v. מְשׁוּבָה, and D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:407.

21tn Heb “walk [in].”

22tn Heb “and my statutes they will guard and they will do them.”

23sn See Isa 24:5; 55:3; 61:8; Jer 32:40; 50:5; Ezek 16:60, for other references to perpetual covenants.

24tn Heb “give them.”

25sn The sanctuary of Israel becomes the main focus of Ezek 40-48.