Discovery BoxEzekiel 11:8 
Context11:8 You fear the sword, so the sword I will bring against you,’ declares the sovereign Lord.
Ezekiel 15:8
Context15:8 I will make 1 the land desolate because they have acted unfaithfully, declares the sovereign Lord.”
Ezekiel 28:10
Context28:10 You will die the death of the uncircumcised 2 by the hand of foreigners;
for I have spoken, declares the sovereign Lord.’”
Ezekiel 34:15
Context34:15 I myself will feed my sheep and I myself will make them lie down, declares the sovereign Lord.
Ezekiel 39:8
Context39:8 Realize that it is coming and it will be done, declares the sovereign Lord. It is the day I have spoken about.
1 tn The word translated “make” is the same Hebrew word translated as “provide” in v. 6.
2 sn The Phoenicians practiced circumcision, so the language here must be figurative, indicating that they would be treated in a disgraceful manner. Uncircumcised peoples were viewed as inferior, unclean, and perhaps even sub-human. See 31:18 and 32:17-32, as well as the discussion in D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:99.
