Yehezkiel 20:22

20:22 But I refrained from doing so, ¹  and acted instead for the sake of my reputation, so that I would not be profaned before the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

Yehezkiel 25:16

25:16 So this is what the sovereign Lord says: Take note, I am about to stretch out my hand against the Philistines. I will kill ²  the Cherethites ³  and destroy those who remain on the seacoast.

Yehezkiel 39:21

39:21 “I will display my majesty ⁴  among the nations. All the nations will witness the judgment I have executed, and the power I have exhibited ⁵  among them.

[20:22]  ¹ tn Heb “drew my hand back.” This idiom also occurs in Lam 2:8 and Ps 74:11.

[25:16]  ² tn In Hebrew the verb “and I will cut off” sounds like its object, “the Cherethites,” and draws attention to the statement.

[25:16]  ³ sn This is a name for the Philistines, many of whom migrated to Palestine from Crete.

[39:21]  ⁴ tn Or “my glory.”

[39:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “my hand which I have placed.”