Ezekiel 6:14
Context6:14 I will stretch out my hand against them 1 and make the land a desolate waste from the wilderness to Riblah, 2 in all the places where they live. Then they will know that I am the Lord!”
Ezekiel 26:11
Context26:11 With his horses’ hoofs he will trample all your streets. He will kill your people with the sword, and your strong pillars will tumble down to the ground.
Ezekiel 40:17
Context40:17 Then he brought me to the outer court. I saw 3 chambers there, and a pavement made for the court all around; thirty chambers faced the pavement.
1 sn I will stretch out my hand against them is a common expression in the book of Ezekiel (14:9, 13; 16:27; 25:7; 35:3).
2 tc The Vulgate reads the name as “Riblah,” a city north of Damascus. The MT reads Diblah, a city otherwise unknown. The letters resh (ר) and dalet (ד) may have been confused in the Hebrew text. The town of Riblah was in the land of Hamath (2 Kgs 23:33) which represented the northern border of Israel (Ezek 47:14).
3 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.