20:32 “‘What you plan 3 will never happen. You say, “We will be 4 like the nations, like the clans of the lands, who serve gods of wood and stone.” 5
27:10 Men of Persia, Lud, 9 and Put were in your army, men of war.
They hung shield and helmet on you; they gave you your splendor.
27:11 The Arvadites 10 joined your army on your walls all around,
and the Gammadites 11 were in your towers.
They hung their quivers 12 on your walls all around;
they perfected your beauty.
1 tn The words “I did this” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied for stylistic reasons. Verses 23-24 are one long sentence in the Hebrew text. The translation divides this sentence into two for stylistic reasons.
2 tn Or “they worshiped” (NCV, TEV, CEV); Heb “their eyes were on” or “were after” (cf. v. 16).
3 tn Heb “what comes upon your mind.”
4 tn The Hebrew could also read: “Let us be.”
5 tn Heb “serving wood and stone.”
5 tn Heb “men of slander are in you in order to shed blood.”
6 tn Heb “and on the mountains they eat within you.” The mountains mentioned here were the site of pagan sacrifices. See 18:6.
7 sn This statement introduces vv. 10-11 and refers in general terms to the sexual sins described there. For the legal background of vv. 10-11, see Lev 18:7-20; 20:10-21; Deut 22:22-23, 30; 27:22.
7 sn See Gen 10:22.
9 tn Heb “sons of Arvad.”
10 sn The identity of the Gammadites is uncertain.
11 tn See note on “quivers” in Jer 51:11 on the meaning of Hebrew שֶׁלֶט (shelet) and also M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:553.