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 28:26
28:26 They will live securely in it; they will build houses and plant vineyards. They will live securely 4 when I execute my judgments on all those who scorn them and surround them. Then they will know that I am the Lord their God.’”
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 sn This promise was given in Lev 25:18-19.