translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: EZK

label: NET study note

text: Or perhaps “Danel” (so TEV), referring to a ruler known from Canaanite legend. See the note on “Daniel” in 14:14 . A reference to Danel (preserved in legend at Ugarit, near the northern end of the Phoenician coast) makes more sense here when addressing Tyre than in 14:14 .


text: The tone here is sarcastic, reflecting the ruler’s view of himself.


text: This is probably a reference to the Babylonians.


text: The Phoenicians practiced circumcision, so the language here must be figurative, indicating that they would be treated in a disgraceful manner. Uncircumcised peoples were viewed as inferior, unclean, and perhaps even sub-human. See 31:18 and 32:17-32 , as well as the discussion in D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:99.


text: The imagery of the lament appears to draw upon an extrabiblical Eden tradition about the expulsion of the first man (see v. 14 and the note there) from the garden due to his pride. The biblical Eden tradition speaks of cherubs placed as guardians at the garden entrance following the sin of Adam and Eve ( Gen 3:24 ), but no guardian cherub like the one described in verse 14 is depicted or mentioned in the biblical account. Ezekiel’s imagery also appears to reflect Mesopotamian and Canaanite mythology at certain points. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:119-20.


text: Sidon was located 25 miles north of Tyre. map For location see Map1-A1 ; JP3-F3 ; JP4-F3 .


text: Similar language is used in reference to Israel’s adversaries in Num 33:55 ; Josh 23:13 .


text: This promise was given in Lev 25:18-19 .