Ezekiel 21:28

21:28 “As for you, son of man, prophesy and say, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says concerning the Ammonites and their coming humiliation; ¹  say:

“‘A sword, a sword drawn for slaughter,

polished to consume, ²  to flash like lightning –

Ezekiel 29:18

29:18 “Son of man, King Nebuchadrezzar ³  of Babylon made his army labor hard against Tyre. ⁴  Every head was rubbed bald and every shoulder rubbed bare; yet he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the work he carried out against it.

[21:28]  ¹ tn Heb “their reproach.”

[21:28]  ² tn Heb “to contain, endure.” Since the Hebrew text as it stands makes little, if any, sense, most emend the text to read either “to consume” or “for destruction.” For discussion of options see D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:693.

[29:18]  ³ tn Heb “Nebuchadrezzar” is a variant and more correct spelling of Nebuchadnezzar, as the Babylonian name Nabu-kudurri-usur has an “r” rather than an “n” (so also in v. 19).

[29:18]  ⁴ sn Nebuchadnezzar besieged Tyre from 585 to 571 b.c.