Ezekiel 6:10

6:10 They will know that I am the Lord; my threats to bring this catastrophe on them were not empty.’ ¹ 

Ezekiel 28:10

28:10 You will die the death of the uncircumcised ²  by the hand of foreigners;

for I have spoken, declares the sovereign Lord.’”

Ezekiel 34:24

34:24 I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David will be prince ³  among them; I, the Lord, have spoken!

Ezekiel 39:5

39:5 You will fall dead in the open field; for I have spoken, declares the sovereign Lord.

Ezekiel 39:8

39:8 Realize that it is coming and it will be done, declares the sovereign Lord. It is the day I have spoken about.

¹ tn Heb “not in vain did I speak to do to them this catastrophe.” The wording of the last half of v. 10 parallels God’s declaration after the sin of the golden calf (Exod 32:14).

² sn The Phoenicians practiced circumcision, so the language here must be figurative, indicating that they would be treated in a disgraceful manner. Uncircumcised peoples were viewed as inferior, unclean, and perhaps even sub-human. See 31:18 and 32:17-32, as well as the discussion in D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:99.

³ sn The messianic king (“David”) is called both “king” and “prince” in 37:24-25. The use of the term “prince” for this king facilitates the contrast between this ideal ruler and the Davidic “princes” denounced in earlier prophecies (see 7:27; 12:10, 12; 19:1; 21:25; 22:6, 25).