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.
“‘O Tyre, you have said, “I am perfectly beautiful.”
46:19 Then he brought me through the entrance, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers for the priests which faced north. There I saw 4 a place at the extreme western end.
1 tn Heb “lift your eyes (to) the way of.”
2 tn Heb “entrances.” The plural noun may reflect the fact that Tyre had two main harbors.
3 sn Rome, another economic power, is described in a similar way in Rev 17:1.
4 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.