Ezekiel 21:12

21:12 Cry out and moan, son of man,

for it is wielded against my people;

against all the princes of Israel.

They are delivered up to the sword, along with my people.

Therefore, strike your thigh. ¹ 

Ezekiel 30:4

30:4 A sword will come against Egypt

and panic will overtake Ethiopia

when the slain fall in Egypt

and they carry away her wealth

and dismantle her foundations.

Ezekiel 30:9

30:9 On that day messengers will go out from me in ships to frighten overly confident Ethiopia; panic will overtake them on the day of Egypt’s doom; ²  for beware – it is coming!

Ezekiel 30:11

30:11 He and his people with him,

the most terrifying of the nations, ³ 

will be brought there to destroy the land.

They will draw their swords against Egypt,

and fill the land with corpses.

Ezekiel 32:12

32:12 By the swords of the mighty warriors I will cause your hordes to fall –

all of them are the most terrifying among the nations.

They will devastate the pride of Egypt,

and all its hordes will be destroyed.

Ezekiel 32:23

32:23 Their ⁴  graves are located in the remote slopes of the pit. ⁵  Her assembly is around her grave, all of them struck down by the sword, those who spread terror in the land of the living.

Ezekiel 32:26

32:26 “Meshech-Tubal is there, along with all her hordes around her grave. ⁶  All of them are uncircumcised, killed by the sword, for they spread their terror in the land of the living.

Ezekiel 32:32

32:32 Indeed, I terrified him in the land of the living, yet he will lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with those killed by the sword, Pharaoh and all his hordes, declares the sovereign Lord.”

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 ⁷  in the wilderness and even sleep in the woods. ⁸ 

Ezekiel 34:28

34:28 They will no longer be prey for the nations and the wild beasts will not devour them. They will live securely and no one will make them afraid.

Ezekiel 38:11

38:11 You will say, “I will invade ⁹  a land of unwalled towns; I will advance against ¹⁰  those living quietly in security – all of them living without walls and barred gates –

Ezekiel 38:14

38:14 “Therefore, prophesy, son of man, and say to Gog: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: On that day when my people Israel are living securely, you will take notice ¹¹ 

Ezekiel 39:26

39:26 They will bear their shame for all their unfaithful acts against me, when they live securely on their land with no one to make them afraid.

¹ sn This physical action was part of an expression of grief. Cp. Jer. 31:19.

² tn Heb “in the day of Egypt.” The word “doom” has been added in the translation to clarify the nature of this day.

³ tn The Babylonians were known for their cruelty (2 Kgs 25:7).

⁴ tn Heb “whose.”

⁵ tn The only other occurrence of the phrase “remote slopes of the pit” is in Isa 14:15.

⁵ tn Heb “around him her graves,” but the expression is best emended to read “around her grave” (see vv. 23-24).

⁶ 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).

⁷ sn The woods were typically considered to be places of danger (Ps 104:20-21; Jer 5:6).

⁷ tn Heb “go up against.”

⁸ tn Heb “come (to).”

⁸ tn The Hebrew text is framed as a rhetorical question: “will you not take notice?”