Ezekiel 11:9

11:9 ‘But I will take you out of the city. ¹  And I will hand you over to foreigners. I will execute judgments on you.

Ezekiel 14:5

14:5 I will do this in order to capture the hearts of the house of Israel, who have alienated themselves from me on account of all their idols.’

Ezekiel 28:10

28:10 You will die the death of the uncircumcised ²  by the hand of foreigners;

for I have spoken, declares the sovereign Lord.’”

¹ tn Heb “its midst.”

² sn The Phoenicians practiced circumcision, so the language here must be figurative, indicating that they would be treated in a disgraceful manner. Uncircumcised peoples were viewed as inferior, unclean, and perhaps even sub-human. See 31:18 and 32:17-32, as well as the discussion in D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:99.