Ezekiel 36:8

36:8 “‘But you, mountains of Israel, will grow your branches, and bear your fruit for my people Israel; for they will arrive soon. ¹ 

Ezekiel 13:18-19

13:18 and say ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to those who sew bands ²  on all their wrists ³  and make headbands ⁴  for heads of every size to entrap people’s lives! ⁵  Will you entrap my people’s lives, yet preserve your own lives? 13:19 You have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. You have put to death people ⁶  who should not die and kept alive those who should not live by your lies to my people, who listen to lies!

[36:8]  ¹ tn Heb “they draw near to arrive.”

[13:18]  ² sn The wristbands mentioned here probably represented magic bands or charms. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:413.

[13:18]  ³ tn Heb “joints of the hands.” This may include the elbow and shoulder joints.

[13:18]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew term occurs in the Bible only here and in v. 21. It has also been understood as a veil or type of head covering. D. I. Block (Ezekiel [NICOT], 1:414) suggests that given the context of magical devices, the expected parallel to the magical arm bands, and the meaning of this Hebrew root (סָפַח [safakh, “to attach” or “join”]), it may refer to headbands or necklaces on which magical amulets were worn.

[13:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “human lives” or “souls” (three times in v. 18 and twice in v. 19).

[13:19]  ³ tn Heb “human lives” or “souls.”