Ezekiel 25:9

25:9 So look, I am about to open up Moab’s flank, ¹  eliminating the cities, ²  including its frontier cities, ³  the beauty of the land – Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kiriathaim.

Ezekiel 27:11

27:11 The Arvadites ⁴  joined your army on your walls all around,

and the Gammadites ⁵  were in your towers.

They hung their quivers ⁶  on your walls all around;

they perfected your beauty.

Ezekiel 28:12

28:12 “Son of man, sing ⁷  a lament for the king of Tyre, and say to him, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘You were the sealer ⁸  of perfection,

full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

Ezekiel 28:17

28:17 Your heart was proud because of your beauty;

you corrupted your wisdom on account of your splendor.

I threw you down to the ground;

I placed you before kings, that they might see you.

Ezekiel 31:8

31:8 The cedars in the garden of God could not eclipse it,

nor could the fir trees ⁹  match its boughs;

the plane trees were as nothing compared to its branches;

no tree in the garden of God could rival its beauty.

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¹ tn Heb “shoulder.”

² tn Heb “from the cities.” The verb “eliminating” has been added in the translation to reflect the privative use of the preposition (see BDB 583 s.v. מִן 7.b).

³ tn Heb “from its cities, from its end.”

⁴ tn Heb “sons of Arvad.”

⁵ sn The identity of the Gammadites is uncertain.

⁶ tn See note on “quivers” in Jer 51:11 on the meaning of Hebrew שֶׁלֶט (shelet) and also M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:553.

⁷ tn Heb “lift up.”

⁸ tn For a discussion of possible nuances of this phrase, see M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:580-81.

⁹ tn Or “cypress trees” (cf. NASB, NLT); NIV “pine trees.”