Discovery BoxEzekiel 23:25-29 
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. 23:27 So I will put an end to your obscene conduct and your prostitution which you have practiced in the land of Egypt. 4 You will not seek their help 5 or remember Egypt anymore.
23:28 “For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look here, 6 I am about to deliver you over to 7 those whom you hate, to those with whom you were disgusted. 23:29 They will treat you with hatred, take away all you have labored for, 8 and leave you naked and bare. Your nakedness will be exposed, just as when you engaged in prostitution and obscene conduct. 9
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 “I will cause your obscene conduct to cease from you and your harlotry from the land of Egypt.”
5 tn Heb “lift your eyes to them.”
6 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
7 tn Heb “I am giving you into the hand of.”
8 tn The Hebrew term means “labor,” but by extension it can also refer to that for which one works.
9 tn Heb “The nakedness of your prostitution will be exposed, and your obscene conduct and your harlotry.”
