Ezekiel 6:6
6:6 In all your dwellings, the cities will be laid waste and the high places ruined so that your altars will be laid waste and ruined, your idols will be shattered and demolished, your incense altars will be broken down, and your works wiped out. 1
Ezekiel 23:25
23:25 I will direct 2 my jealous anger against you, and they will deal with you in rage. They will cut off your nose and your ears, 3 and your survivors will die 4 by the sword. They will seize your sons and daughters, and your survivors will be consumed by fire.
1 tn The Hebrew verb translated “wiped out” is used to describe the judgment of the Flood (Gen 6:7; 7:4, 23).
2 tn Heb “give.”
3 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.
4 tn Heb “fall.”