Ezekiel 23:42
Context23:42 The sound of a carefree crowd accompanied her, 1 including all kinds of men; 2 even Sabeans 3 were brought from the desert. The sisters 4 put bracelets on their wrists and beautiful crowns on their heads.
Ezekiel 25:9
Context25:9 So look, I am about to open up Moab’s flank, 5 eliminating the cities, 6 including its frontier cities, 7 the beauty of the land – Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kiriathaim.
1 tn Heb “(was) in her.”
2 tn Heb “and men from the multitude of mankind.”
3 tn An alternate reading is “drunkards.” Sheba is located in the area of modern day Yemen.
4 tn Heb “they”; the referents (the sisters) have been specified in the translation for the sake of clarity.
5 tn Heb “shoulder.”
6 tn Heb “from the cities.” The verb “eliminating” has been added in the translation to reflect the privative use of the preposition (see BDB 583 s.v. מִן 7.b).
7 tn Heb “from its cities, from its end.”