Yehezkiel 28:7
Konteks28:7 I am about to bring foreigners 1 against you, the most terrifying of nations.
They will draw their swords against the grandeur made by your wisdom, 2
and they will defile your splendor.
Yehezkiel 28:10
Konteks28:10 You will die the death of the uncircumcised 3 by the hand of foreigners;
for I have spoken, declares the sovereign Lord.’”
[28:7] 1 sn This is probably a reference to the Babylonians.
[28:7] 2 tn Heb “they will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom.”
[28:10] 3 sn The Phoenicians practiced circumcision, so the language here must be figurative, indicating that they would be treated in a disgraceful manner. Uncircumcised peoples were viewed as inferior, unclean, and perhaps even sub-human. See 31:18 and 32:17-32, as well as the discussion in D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:99.