8:5 He said to me, “Son of man, look up toward 1 the north.” So I looked up toward the north, and I noticed to the north of the altar gate was this statue of jealousy at the entrance.
17:7 “‘There was another great eagle 2
with broad wings and thick plumage.
Now this vine twisted its roots toward him
and sent its branches toward him
to be watered from the soil where it was planted.
1 tn Heb “lift your eyes (to) the way of.”
2 sn The phrase another great eagle refers to Pharaoh Hophra.
3 sn Decorative palm trees were also a part of Solomon’s temple (1 Kgs 6:29, 32, 35).
4 tc The MT apparently evidences dittography, repeating most of the last word of the previous verse: “and like the openings of.”