Ezekiel 23:25-26

23:25 I will direct 1  my jealous anger against you, and they will deal with you in rage. They will cut off your nose and your ears, 2  and your survivors will die 3  by the sword. They will seize your sons and daughters, and your survivors will be consumed by fire. 23:26 They will strip your clothes off you and take away your beautiful jewelry.

Ezekiel 23:45-47

23:45 But upright men will punish them appropriately for their adultery and bloodshed, 4  because they are adulteresses and blood is on their hands.

23:46 “For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Bring up an army 5  against them and subject them 6  to terror and plunder. 23:47 That army will pelt them with stones and slash them with their swords; they will kill their sons and daughters and burn their houses. 7 

1 tn Heb “give.”

2 tn Heb “they will remove.”

sn This method of punishment is attested among ancient Egyptian and Hittite civilizations. See W. Zimmerli, Ezekiel (Hermeneia), 1:489.

3 tn Heb “fall.”

4 tn Heb “and upright men will judge them (with) the judgment of adulteresses and the judgment of those who shed blood.”

5 tn Heb “assembly.”

6 tn Heb “give them to.”

7 tn The Hebrew text adds “with fire.”