Discovery BoxEzekiel 28:24 
Context28:24 “‘No longer will Israel suffer from the sharp briers 1 or painful thorns of all who surround and scorn them. 2 Then they will know that I am the sovereign Lord.
Ezekiel 2:6
Context2:6 But you, son of man, do not fear them, and do not fear their words – even though briers 3 and thorns 4 surround you and you live among scorpions – do not fear their words and do not be terrified of the looks they give you, 5 for they are a rebellious house!
1 sn Similar language is used in reference to Israel’s adversaries in Num 33:55; Josh 23:13.
2 tn Heb “and there will not be for the house of Israel a brier that pricks and a thorn that inflicts pain from all the ones who surround them, the ones who scorn them.”
3 tn The Hebrew term occurs only here in the OT.
4 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).
5 tn Heb “of their faces.”
