translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: EZK

label: NET study note

text: The day refers to the day of the Lord, a concept which, beginning in Amos 5:18-20 , became a common theme in the OT prophetic books. It refers to a time when the Lord intervenes in human affairs as warrior and judge.


text: Compare Zeph 1:18 .


text: My treasured place probably refers to the temple (however, cf. NLT “my treasured land”).


text: Since the pronouns “it” are both feminine, they do not refer to the masculine “my treasured place”; instead they probably refer to Jerusalem or the land, both of which are feminine in Hebrew.


text: Or “their holy places” (KJV, ASV, NASB, NCV, NRSV).