Text -- Ezekiel 28:23-26 (NET)

28:23 I will send a plague into the city and bloodshed into its streets; the slain will fall within it, by the sword that attacks it from every side. Then they will know that I am the Lord. 28:24 “‘No longer will Israel suffer from the sharp briers or painful thorns of all who surround and scorn them. Then they will know that I am the sovereign Lord. 28:25 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: When I regather the house of Israel from the peoples where they are dispersed, I will reveal my sovereign power over them in the sight of the nations, and they will live in their land that I gave to my servant Jacob. 28:26 They will live securely in it; they will build houses and plant vineyards. They will live securely when I execute my judgments on all those who scorn them and surround them. Then they will know that I am the Lord their God.’”

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Eze 28:23

¹ tn Heb “into it”; the referent of the feminine pronoun has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “by a sword against it.”

NET Notes: Eze 28:24

¹ sn Similar language is used in reference to Israel’s adversaries in Num 33:55; Josh 23:13.

² tn Heb “and there will not be for the house of Israel a brier that pricks and a thorn that inflicts pain from all the ones who surround them, the ones who scorn them.”

NET Notes: Eze 28:25

¹ tn Or “reveal my holiness.” See verse 22.

NET Notes: Eze 28:26

¹ sn This promise was given in Lev 25:18-19.