Ezekiel 27:11

27:11 The Arvadites 1  joined your army on your walls all around,

and the Gammadites 2  were in your towers.

They hung their quivers 3  on your walls all around;

they perfected your beauty.

Ezekiel 38:6

38:6 They are joined by 4  Gomer with all its troops, and by Beth Togarmah from the remote parts of the north with all its troops – many peoples are with you. 5 

1 tn Heb “sons of Arvad.”

2 sn The identity of the Gammadites is uncertain.

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

4 tn The words “they are joined by” are added in the translation for purposes of English style.

5 sn The seven-nation coalition represents the north (Meshech, Tubal, Gomer, Beth-Togarmah), the south/west (Ethiopia, Put) and the east (Persia). The use of the sevenfold list suggests completeness. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:441.