33:27 “This is what you must say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: As surely as I live, those living in the ruins will die 7 by the sword, those in the open field I will give to the wild beasts for food, and those who are in the strongholds and caves will die of disease. 33:28 I will turn the land into a desolate ruin; her confident pride will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will be so desolate no one will pass through them. 33:29 Then they will know that I am the Lord when I turn the land into a desolate ruin because of all the abominable deeds they have committed.’ 8
1 tn Heb “Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard.” However, the subject is clear from the preceding and contemporary English style would normally avoid repeating the proper name and title.
2 sn Outside of its seven occurrences in Ezekiel the term translated “possession” appears only in Exod 6:8 and Deut 33:4.
3 sn This practice was a violation of Levitical law (see Lev 19:26).
4 tn Heb “lift up your eyes.”
5 tn Heb “Will you possess?”
6 tn Heb “stand.”
7 tn Heb “fall.”
8 sn The judgments of vv. 27-29 echo the judgments of Lev 26:22, 25.
9 tn Heb “will be.”