23:36 The Lord said to me: “Son of man, are you willing to pronounce judgment 1 on Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominable deeds!
34:23 I will set one shepherd over them, and he will feed them – namely, my servant David. 2 He will feed them and will be their shepherd.
1 tn Heb “will you judge.” Here the imperfect form of the verb is probably used with a desiderative nuance. Addressed to the prophet, “judge” means to warn of or pronounce God’s impending judgment. See 20:4; 22:2.
2 sn The messianic king is here called “David” (see Jer 30:9 and Hos 3:5, as well as Isa 11:1 and Mic 5:2) because he will fulfill the Davidic royal ideal depicted in the prophets and royal psalms (see Ps 2, 89).
3 tn The phrase “upper chambers” is not in the Hebrew text but is supplied from the context.