Yehezkiel 25:2-6

25:2 “Son of man, turn toward ¹  the Ammonites ²  and prophesy against them. 25:3 Say to the Ammonites, ‘Hear the word of the sovereign Lord: This is what the sovereign Lord says: You said “Aha!” about my sanctuary when it was desecrated, about the land of Israel when it was made desolate, and about the house of Judah when they went into exile. 25:4 So take note, ³  I am about to make you slaves of ⁴  the tribes ⁵  of the east. They will make camps among you and pitch their tents among you. They will eat your fruit and drink your milk. 25:5 I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels and Ammon ⁶  a resting place for sheep. Then you will know that I am the Lord. 25:6 For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Because you clapped your hands, stamped your feet, and rejoiced with intense scorn ⁷  over the land of Israel,

Yehezkiel 26:2

26:2 “Son of man, because Tyre ⁸  has said about Jerusalem, ⁹  ‘Aha, the gateway of the peoples is broken; it has swung open to me. I will become rich, ¹⁰  now that she ¹¹  has been destroyed,’

Yehezkiel 29:6-7

29:6 Then all those living in Egypt will know that I am the Lord

because they were a reed staff ¹²  for the house of Israel;

29:7 when they grasped you with their hand, ¹³  you broke and tore ¹⁴  their shoulders,

and when they leaned on you, you splintered and caused their legs to be unsteady. ¹⁵ 

Yehezkiel 35:10-15

35:10 “‘You said, “These two nations, these two lands ¹⁶  will be mine, and we will possess them,” ¹⁷  – although the Lord was there – 35:11 therefore, as surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, I will deal with you according to your anger, and according to your envy, by which you acted spitefully against them. I will reveal myself to them when I judge you. 35:12 Then you will know that I, the Lord, have heard all the insults you spoke against the mountains of Israel, saying, “They are desolate, they have been given to us for food.” 35:13 You exalted yourselves against me with your speech ¹⁸  and hurled many insults against me ¹⁹  – I have heard them all! 35:14 This is what the sovereign Lord says: While the whole earth rejoices, I will turn you into a desolation. 35:15 As you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel because it was desolate, so will I deal with you – you will be desolate, Mount Seir, and all of Edom – all of it! Then they will know that I am the Lord.’”

[25:2]  ¹ tn Heb “set your face toward.”

[25:2]  ² tn Heb “the sons of Ammon.” Ammon was located to the east of Israel.

[25:4]  ³ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates being aware of or taking notice of something and has been translated here with a verb (so also throughout the chapter).

[25:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “Look I am about to give you for a possession to.”

[25:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “sons.”

[25:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “the sons of Ammon.”

[25:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “with all your scorn in (the) soul.”

[26:2]  ⁸ sn Tyre was located on the Mediterranean coast north of Israel.

[26:2]  ⁹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[26:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “I will be filled.”

[26:2]  ¹¹ sn That is, Jerusalem.

[29:6]  ¹² sn Compare Isa 36:6.

[29:7]  ¹³ tn The Hebrew consonantal text (Kethib) has “by your hand,” but the marginal reading (Qere) has simply “by the hand.” The LXX reads “with their hand.”

[29:7]  ¹⁴ tn Or perhaps “dislocated.”

[29:7]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “you caused to stand for them all their hips.” An emendation which switches two letters but is supported by the LXX yields the reading “you caused all their hips to shake.” See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:103. In 2 Kgs 18:21 and Isa 36:6 trusting in the Pharaoh is compared to leaning on a staff. The oracle may reflect Hophra’s attempt to aid Jerusalem (Jer 37:5-8).

[35:10]  ¹⁶ sn The reference is to Israel and Judah.

[35:10]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “it.”

[35:13]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “your mouth.”

[35:13]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “and you multiplied against me your words.” The Hebrew verb occurs only here and in Prov 27:6, where it refers to the “excessive” kisses of an enemy. The basic idea of the verb appears to be “to be abundant.” Here it occurs in the causative (Hiphil) stem.