Yehezkiel 13:20

13:20 “‘Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Take note ¹  that I am against your wristbands with which you entrap people’s lives ²  like birds. I will tear them from your arms and will release the people’s lives, which you hunt like birds.

Yehezkiel 21:29

21:29 while seeing false visions for you

and reading lying omens for you ³  –

to place that sword ⁴  on the necks of the profane wicked, ⁵ 

whose day has come,

the time of final punishment.

[13:20]  ¹ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[13:20]  ² tn Heb “human lives” or “souls.”

[21:29]  ³ tn Heb “in the seeing concerning you falsehood, in divining concerning you a lie.” This probably refers to the attempts of the Ammonites to ward off judgment through prophetic visions and divination.

[21:29]  ⁴ tn Heb “you”; the referent (the sword mentioned in v. 28) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:29]  ⁵ sn The second half of the verse appears to state that the sword of judgment would fall upon the wicked, despite their efforts to prevent it.