Ezekiel 2:6

2:6 But you, son of man, do not fear them, and do not fear their words – even though briers 1  and thorns 2  surround you and you live among scorpions – do not fear their words and do not be terrified of the looks they give you, 3  for they are a rebellious house!

Ezekiel 28:2

28:2 “Son of man, say to the prince 4  of Tyre, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘Your heart is proud 5  and you said, “I am a god; 6 

I sit in the seat of gods, in the heart of the seas” –

yet you are a man and not a god,

though you think you are godlike. 7 

1 tn The Hebrew term occurs only here in the OT.

2 tn The Hebrew term is found elsewhere in the OT only in Ezek 28:24.

sn Here thorns may be a figure for hostility (Ezek 28:24; Mic 7:4).

3 tn Heb “of their faces.”

4 tn Or “ruler” (NIV, NCV).

5 tn Heb “lifted up.”

sn See Prov 16:5.

6 tn Or “I am divine.”

7 tn Heb “and you made your heart (mind) like the heart (mind) of gods.”