Discovery BoxEzekiel 23:25-26 
Context23:25 I will direct 1 my jealous anger against you, and they will deal with you in rage. They will cut off your nose and your ears, 2 and your survivors will die 3 by the sword. They will seize your sons and daughters, and your survivors will be consumed by fire. 23:26 They will strip your clothes off you and take away your beautiful jewelry.
Ezekiel 23:45-47
Context23:45 But upright men will punish them appropriately for their adultery and bloodshed, 4 because they are adulteresses and blood is on their hands.
23:46 “For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Bring up an army 5 against them and subject them 6 to terror and plunder. 23:47 That army will pelt them with stones and slash them with their swords; they will kill their sons and daughters and burn their houses. 7
1 tn Heb “give.”
2 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.
3 tn Heb “fall.”
4 tn Heb “and upright men will judge them (with) the judgment of adulteresses and the judgment of those who shed blood.”
5 tn Heb “assembly.”
6 tn Heb “give them to.”
7 tn The Hebrew text adds “with fire.”
