Yehezkiel 30:5

30:5 Ethiopia, Put, Lud, all the foreigners, ¹  Libya, and the people ²  of the covenant land ³  will die by the sword along with them.

Yehezkiel 37:2

37:2 He made me walk all around among them. ⁴  I realized ⁵  there were a great many bones in the valley and they were very dry.

Yehezkiel 38:6

38:6 They are joined by ⁶  Gomer with all its troops, and by Beth Togarmah from the remote parts of the north with all its troops – many peoples are with you. ⁷ 

[30:5]  ¹ tn The same expression appears in Exod 12:38; Jer 25:20; 50:37; Neh 13:3. It may refer to foreign mercenaries serving in the armies of the nations listed here.

[30:5]  ² tn Heb “sons.”

[30:5]  ³ tn The expression “sons of the covenant land” possibly refers to Jews living in Egypt (Jer 44).

[37:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he made me pass over them, around, around.”

[37:2]  ⁵ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and is here translated as “I realized” because it results from Ezekiel’s recognition of the situation around him. In Hebrew, the exclamation is repeated in the following sentence.

[38:6]  ⁶ tn The words “they are joined by” are added in the translation for purposes of English style.

[38:6]  ⁷ sn The seven-nation coalition represents the north (Meshech, Tubal, Gomer, Beth-Togarmah), the south/west (Ethiopia, Put) and the east (Persia). The use of the sevenfold list suggests completeness. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:441.