18:3 “As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, 1 you will not quote this proverb in Israel anymore!
28:22 So now, do not mock,
or your chains will become heavier!
For I have heard a message about decreed destruction,
from the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, against the entire land. 2
1 tn This expression occurs often in Ezekiel (5:11; 14:16, 18, 20; 16:48; 17:16, 19; 20:3, 31, 33; 33:11, 27; 34:8; 35:6, 11).
2 tn Or “the whole earth” (KJV, ASV, NAB, NCV).