Yehezkiel 2:4
Konteks2:4 The people 1 to whom I am sending you are obstinate and hard-hearted, 2 and you must say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says.’ 3
Yehezkiel 35:5
Konteks35:5 “‘You have shown unrelenting hostility and poured the people of Israel onto the blades of a sword 4 at the time of their calamity, at the time of their final punishment.
[2:4] 1 tn Heb “sons.” The word choice may reflect treaty idiom, where the relationship between an overlord and his subjects can be described as that of father and son.
[2:4] 2 tc Heb “stern of face and hard of heart.” The phrases “stern of face” and “hard of heart” are lacking in the LXX.
[2:4] 3 tn The phrase “thus says [the
[35:5] 4 tn Or “gave over…to the power of the sword.” This phrase also occurs in Jer 18:21 and Ps 63:10.