21:30 Return it to its sheath! 1
In the place where you were created, 2
in your native land, I will judge you.
28:15 You were blameless in your behavior 3 from the day you were created,
until sin was discovered in you.
1 sn Once the Babylonian king’s sword (vv. 19-20) has carried out its assigned task, the Lord commands it to halt and announces that Babylon itself will also experience his judgment. See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:28.
2 tn In the Hebrew text of vv. 30-32 the second person verbal and pronominal forms are feminine singular. This may indicate that the personified Babylonian sword is being addressed. The Hebrew word for “sword” (see v. 28) is feminine. However, it may refer to the Ammonites.
3 tn Heb “ways.”