Ezekiel 30:13

30:13 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

I will destroy the idols,

and put an end to the gods of Memphis.

There will no longer be a prince from the land of Egypt;

so I will make the land of Egypt fearful. ¹ 

Ezekiel 33:22

33:22 Now the hand of the Lord had been on me ²  the evening before the refugee reached me, but the Lord ³  opened my mouth by the time the refugee arrived ⁴  in the morning; he opened my mouth and I was no longer unable to speak. ⁵ 

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¹ tn Heb “I will put fear in the land of Egypt.”

² tn The other occurrences of the phrase “the hand of the Lord” in Ezekiel are in the context of prophetic visions.

³ tn Heb “he”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Heb “by the time of the arrival to me.” For clarity the translation specifies the refugee as the one who arrived.

⁵ sn Ezekiel’s God-imposed muteness was lifted (see 3:26).