Yehezkiel 21:10
Konteks21:10 It is sharpened for slaughter,
it is polished to flash like lightning!
“‘Should we rejoice in the scepter of my son? No! The sword despises every tree! 1
Yehezkiel 31:7
Konteks31:7 It was beautiful in its loftiness, in the length of its branches;
for its roots went down deep to plentiful waters.
Yehezkiel 31:13
Konteks31:13 On its ruins all the birds of the sky will live, and all the wild animals 2 will walk 3 on its branches.
[21:10] 1 tn Heb “Or shall we rejoice, scepter of my son, it despises every tree.” The translation understands the subject of the verb “despises,” which is a feminine form in the Hebrew text, to be the sword (which is a feminine noun) mentioned just before this. Alternatively, the line may be understood as “let us not rejoice, O tribe of my son; it despises every tree.” The same word in Hebrew may be either “rod,” “scepter,” or “tribe.” The word sometimes translated as “or” or taken as an interrogative particle may be a negative particle. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:672, n. 79.
[21:10] sn The people of Judah should not place false hope in their king, symbolized by his royal scepter, for God’s judgment (symbolized by fire and then a sword) would destroy every tree (see 20:47), symbolizing the righteous and wicked (see 21:3-4).
[31:13] 2 tn Heb “the beasts of the field,” referring to wild as opposed to domesticated animals.