Ezekiel 28:24

28:24 “‘No longer will Israel suffer from the sharp briers 1  or painful thorns of all who surround and scorn them. 2  Then they will know that I am the sovereign Lord.

Ezekiel 28:26

28:26 They will live securely in it; they will build houses and plant vineyards. They will live securely 3  when I execute my judgments on all those who scorn them and surround them. Then they will know that I am the Lord their God.’”

1 sn Similar language is used in reference to Israel’s adversaries in Num 33:55; Josh 23:13.

2 tn Heb “and there will not be for the house of Israel a brier that pricks and a thorn that inflicts pain from all the ones who surround them, the ones who scorn them.”

3 sn This promise was given in Lev 25:18-19.