Ezekiel 6:14

6:14 I will stretch out my hand against them ¹  and make the land a desolate waste from the wilderness to Riblah, ²  in all the places where they live. Then they will know that I am the Lord!”

Ezekiel 23:42

23:42 The sound of a carefree crowd accompanied her, ³  including all kinds of men; ⁴  even Sabeans ⁵  were brought from the desert. The sisters ⁶  put bracelets on their wrists and beautiful crowns on their heads.

[6:14]  ¹ sn I will stretch out my hand against them is a common expression in the book of Ezekiel (14:9, 13; 16:27; 25:7; 35:3).

[6:14]  ² tc The Vulgate reads the name as “Riblah,” a city north of Damascus. The MT reads Diblah, a city otherwise unknown. The letters resh (ר) and dalet (ד) may have been confused in the Hebrew text. The town of Riblah was in the land of Hamath (2 Kgs 23:33) which represented the northern border of Israel (Ezek 47:14).

[23:42]  ³ tn Heb “(was) in her.”

[23:42]  ⁴ tn Heb “and men from the multitude of mankind.”

[23:42]  ⁵ tn An alternate reading is “drunkards.” Sheba is located in the area of modern day Yemen.

[23:42]  ⁶ tn Heb “they”; the referents (the sisters) have been specified in the translation for the sake of clarity.