Context 22:2 “As for you, son of man, are you willing to pronounce judgment,1 are you willing to pronounce judgment on the bloody city?2 Then confront her with all her abominable deeds!
[22:2]1tnHeb “will you judge.” Here the imperfect form of the verb is probably used with a desiderative nuance. Addressed to the prophet, “judge” means to warn of or pronounce God’s impending judgment upon the city. See 20:4.
[22:2]2tn The phrase “bloody city” is used of Nineveh in Nah 3:1.
