Ezekiel 23:31

23:31 You have followed the ways of your sister, so I will place her cup of judgment ¹  in your hand.

Ezekiel 37:20

37:20 The sticks you write on will be in your hand in front of them.

Ezekiel 37:17

37:17 Join ²  them as one stick; ³  they will be as one in your hand.

[23:31]  ¹ tn Heb “her cup.” A cup of intoxicating strong drink is used, here and elsewhere, as a metaphor for judgment because both leave one confused and reeling. (See Jer 25:15, 17, 28; Hab 2:16.) The cup of wrath is a theme also found in the NT (Mark 14:36).

[37:17]  ² tn Heb “bring near.”

[37:17]  ³ tn Heb “one to one for you for one stick.”