28:24 “‘No longer will Israel suffer from the sharp briers 1 or painful thorns of all who surround and scorn them. 2 Then they will know that I am the sovereign Lord.
28:25 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: When I regather the house of Israel from the peoples where they are dispersed, I will reveal my sovereign power 3 over them in the sight of the nations, and they will live in their land that I gave to my servant Jacob.
1 sn Similar language is used in reference to Israel’s adversaries in Num 33:55; Josh 23:13.
2 tn Heb “and there will not be for the house of Israel a brier that pricks and a thorn that inflicts pain from all the ones who surround them, the ones who scorn them.”
3 tn Or “reveal my holiness.” See verse 22.