Yehezkiel 35:13

35:13 You exalted yourselves against me with your speech ¹  and hurled many insults against me ²  – I have heard them all!

Daniel 8:24

8:24 His power will be great, but it will not be by his strength alone. He will cause terrible destruction. ³  He will be successful in what he undertakes. ⁴  He will destroy powerful people and the people of the holy ones. ⁵ 

[35:13]  ¹ tn Heb “your mouth.”

[35:13]  ² tn Heb “and you multiplied against me your words.” The Hebrew verb occurs only here and in Prov 27:6, where it refers to the “excessive” kisses of an enemy. The basic idea of the verb appears to be “to be abundant.” Here it occurs in the causative (Hiphil) stem.

[8:24]  ³ tn Heb “extraordinarily he will destroy.”

[8:24]  ⁴ tn Heb “he will succeed and act.”

[8:24]  ⁵ tn See the corresponding Aramaic expression in 7:27. If the “holy ones” are angels, then this probably refers to the angels as protectors of God’s people. One could translate, “people belonging to (i.e., protected by) the holy ones.” If the “holy ones” are God’s people, then this is an appositional construction, “the people who are the holy ones.” One could translate simply “holy people.” For examples of a plural appositional genitive after “people,” see 11:15, 32. Because either interpretation is possible, the translation has deliberately preserved the ambiguity of the Hebrew grammar here.