Discovery BoxEzekiel 2:6 
Context2:6 But you, son of man, do not fear them, and do not fear their words – even though briers 1 and thorns 2 surround you and you live among scorpions – do not fear their words and do not be terrified of the looks they give you, 3 for they are a rebellious house!
Ezekiel 28:2
Context28:2 “Son of man, say to the prince 4 of Tyre, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:
“‘Your heart is proud 5 and you said, “I am a god; 6
I sit in the seat of gods, in the heart of the seas” –
yet you are a man and not a god,
though you think you are godlike. 7
1 tn The Hebrew term occurs only here in the OT.
2 tn The Hebrew term is found elsewhere in the OT only in Ezek 28:24.
sn Here thorns may be a figure for hostility (Ezek 28:24; Mic 7:4).
3 tn Heb “of their faces.”
4 tn Or “ruler” (NIV, NCV).
5 tn Heb “lifted up.”
sn See Prov 16:5.
6 tn Or “I am divine.”
7 tn Heb “and you made your heart (mind) like the heart (mind) of gods.”
