Ezekiel 5:10
5:10 Therefore fathers will eat their sons within you, Jerusalem, 1 and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments on you, and I will scatter any survivors 2 to the winds. 3
Ezekiel 10:2
10:2 The Lord 4 said to the man dressed in linen, “Go between the wheelwork 5 underneath the cherubim. 6 Fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city.” He went as I watched.
1 tn In context “you” refers to the city of Jerusalem. To make this clear for the modern reader, “Jerusalem” has been supplied in the translation in apposition to “you.”
sn This cannibalism would occur as a result of starvation due to the city being besieged. It is one of the judgments threatened for a covenant law violation (Lev 26:29; see also Deut 28:53; Jer 19:9; Lam 2:20; Zech 11:9).
2 tn Heb “all of your survivors.”
3 tn Heb “to every wind.”
4 tn Heb “and he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn The Hebrew term often refers to chariot wheels (Isa 28:28; Ezek 23:24; 26:10).
6 tc The LXX, Syriac, Vulgate, and Targum mss read plural “cherubim” while the MT is singular here, “cherub.” The plural ending was probably omitted in copying the MT due to the similar beginning of the next word.