Yehezkiel 23:28
Konteks23:28 “For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look here, 1 I am about to deliver you over to 2 those whom you hate, to those with whom you were disgusted.
Yehezkiel 28:10
Konteks28:10 You will die the death of the uncircumcised 3 by the hand of foreigners;
for I have spoken, declares the sovereign Lord.’”
Yehezkiel 36:7
Konteks36:7 So this is what the sovereign Lord says: I vow 4 that the nations around you will endure insults as well.
[23:28] 1 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
[23:28] 2 tn Heb “I am giving you into the hand of.”
[28:10] 3 sn The Phoenicians practiced circumcision, so the language here must be figurative, indicating that they would be treated in a disgraceful manner. Uncircumcised peoples were viewed as inferior, unclean, and perhaps even sub-human. See 31:18 and 32:17-32, as well as the discussion in D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:99.