translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: EZK

label: NET study note

text: The imagery may reflect the overthrow of the Israelites by the Babylonians in 587/6 b.c .


text: The messianic king is here called “David” (see Jer 30:9 and Hos 3:5 , as well as Isa 11:1 and Mic 5:2 ) because he will fulfill the Davidic royal ideal depicted in the prophets and royal psalms (see Ps 2, 89 ).


text: The messianic king (“David”) is called both “king” and “prince” in 37:24-25 . The use of the term “prince” for this king facilitates the contrast between this ideal ruler and the Davidic “princes” denounced in earlier prophecies (see 7:27; 12:10, 12; 19:1; 21:25; 22:6, 25 ).


text: The woods were typically considered to be places of danger ( Ps 104:20-21 ; Jer 5:6 ).


text: A promise given to Abraham ( Gen 15:7 ) and his descendants ( Gen 15:8 ; Exod 6:7 ).


text: The blessings described in vv. 25-30 are those promised for obedience in Lev 26:4-13 .