Ezekiel 28:24-26

EZEKIEL—NOTE ON Ezekiel 28:24 This hopeful note occurs precisely at the halfway point in Ezekiel’s oracles against other nations (chs. Ezekiel 25:1). The defeat of God’s enemies will result in the well-being of God’s own people. Since “scattering” is one of the primary judgments on Israel (e.g., Leviticus 26:33; Deuteronomy 28:64), “gathering” (Ezekiel 28:25) is one of God’s distinctive saving responses (compare Deuteronomy 30:3). This theme will be repeated throughout the latter part of Ezekiel.