Ezekiel 28:23-26

28:23 I will send a plague into the city ¹  and bloodshed into its streets;

the slain will fall within it, by the sword that attacks it ²  from every side.

Then they will know that I am the Lord.

28:24 “‘No longer will Israel suffer from the sharp briers ³  or painful thorns of all who surround and scorn them. ⁴  Then they will know that I am the sovereign Lord.

28:25 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: When I regather the house of Israel from the peoples where they are dispersed, I will reveal my sovereign power ⁵  over them in the sight of the nations, and they will live in their land that I gave to my servant Jacob. 28:26 They will live securely in it; they will build houses and plant vineyards. They will live securely ⁶  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.’”

[28:23]  ¹ tn Heb “into it”; the referent of the feminine pronoun has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[28:23]  ² tn Heb “by a sword against it.”

[28:24]  ³ sn Similar language is used in reference to Israel’s adversaries in Num 33:55; Josh 23:13.

[28:24]  ⁴ 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.”

[28:25]  ⁵ tn Or “reveal my holiness.” See verse 22.

[28:26]  ⁷ sn This promise was given in Lev 25:18-19.