Ezekiel 23:25-29

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. 23:27 So I will put an end to your obscene conduct and your prostitution which you have practiced in the land of Egypt. ⁴  You will not seek their help ⁵  or remember Egypt anymore.

23:28 “For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look here, ⁶  I am about to deliver you over to ⁷  those whom you hate, to those with whom you were disgusted. 23:29 They will treat you with hatred, take away all you have labored for, ⁸  and leave you naked and bare. Your nakedness will be exposed, just as when you engaged in prostitution and obscene conduct. ⁹ 

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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 “I will cause your obscene conduct to cease from you and your harlotry from the land of Egypt.”

⁵ tn Heb “lift your eyes to them.”

⁶ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

⁷ tn Heb “I am giving you into the hand of.”

⁸ tn The Hebrew term means “labor,” but by extension it can also refer to that for which one works.

⁹ tn Heb “The nakedness of your prostitution will be exposed, and your obscene conduct and your harlotry.”