Ezekiel 16:59

16:59 “‘For this is what the sovereign Lord says: I will deal with you according to what you have done when you despised your oath by breaking your covenant.

Ezekiel 17:13

17:13 He took one from the royal family, ¹  made a treaty with him, and put him under oath. ²  He then took the leaders of the land

Ezekiel 17:15

17:15 But this one from Israel’s royal family ³  rebelled against the king of Babylon ⁴  by sending his emissaries to Egypt to obtain horses and a large army. Will he prosper? Will the one doing these things escape? Can he break the covenant and escape?

Ezekiel 34:25

34:25 “‘I will make a covenant of peace with them and will rid the land of wild beasts, so that they can live securely ⁵  in the wilderness and even sleep in the woods. ⁶ 

¹ tn Or “descendants”; Heb “seed” (cf. v. 5).

² tn Heb “caused him to enter into an oath.”

¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the member of the royal family, v. 13) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “him”; the referent (the king of Babylon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹ tn The phrase “live securely” occurs in Ezek 28:26; 38:8, 11, 14; 39:26 as an expression of freedom from fear. It is a promised blessing resulting from obedience (see Lev 26:5-6).

² sn The woods were typically considered to be places of danger (Ps 104:20-21; Jer 5:6).