Ezekiel 30:17

30:17 The young men of On and of Pi-beseth ¹  will die by the sword;

and the cities will go ²  into captivity.

Ezekiel 11:2

11:2 The Lord ³  said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked advice in this city.

[30:17]  ¹ sn On and Pi-beseth are generally identified with the Egyptian cities of Heliopolis and Bubastis.

[30:17]  ² tn Heb “they will go.” The pronoun and verb are feminine plural, indicating that the cities just mentioned are the antecedent of the pronoun and the subject of the verb. The translation makes this clear by stating the subject as “the cities.”

[11:2]  ³ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.