Ezekiel 35:5

35:5 “‘You have shown unrelenting hostility and poured the people of Israel onto the blades of a sword ¹  at the time of their calamity, at the time of their final punishment.

Ezekiel 21:25

21:25 “‘As for you, profane and wicked prince of Israel, ² 

whose day has come, the time of final punishment,

Ezekiel 21:29

21:29 while seeing false visions for you

and reading lying omens for you ³  –

to place that sword ⁴  on the necks of the profane wicked, ⁵ 

whose day has come,

the time of final punishment.

[35:5]  ¹ tn Or “gave over…to the power of the sword.” This phrase also occurs in Jer 18:21 and Ps 63:10.

[21:25]  ² tn This probably refers to King Zedekiah.

[21:29]  ³ tn Heb “in the seeing concerning you falsehood, in divining concerning you a lie.” This probably refers to the attempts of the Ammonites to ward off judgment through prophetic visions and divination.

[21:29]  ⁴ tn Heb “you”; the referent (the sword mentioned in v. 28) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:29]  ⁵ sn The second half of the verse appears to state that the sword of judgment would fall upon the wicked, despite their efforts to prevent it.