Ezekiel 33:26

Sin

²⁴ “Son of man, those living in the ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land. But we are many; surely the land has been given to us as a possession.’

²⁵ Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You eat meat with the blood in it, lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. Should you then possess the land?

You have relied on your swords, you have committed detestable acts, and each of you has defiled his neighbor’s wife. Should you then possess the land?’

²⁷ Tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, those in the ruins will fall by the sword, those in the open field I will give to be devoured by wild animals, and those in the strongholds and caves will die by plague.

²⁸ I will make the land a desolate waste, and the pride of her strength will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will become desolate, so that no one will pass through.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: You have relied on your swords, you have committed detestable acts, and each of you has defiled his neighbor’s wife. Should you then possess the land?’
KJV: Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour’s wife: and shall ye possess the land?
WEB: You stand on your sword, you work abomination, and every one of you defiles his neighbor’s wife. So should you possess the land?”’
ASV: Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbor`s wife: and shall ye possess the land?
DARBY: Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife; and shall ye possess the land?
BLB: You⁺ rely on your⁺ sword, you⁺ commit abominations, and each man defiles the wife of his neighbor—and you⁺ would possess the land?’

ÅB: I trosser på deres sverd, dere gjør det som avskyelig er, og krenker hverandres hustruer - og dere skulle eie landet?
OTB: Dere stoler på deres sverd, dere begår avskyeligheter, og hver av dere vanærer sin nabos kone. Skulle dere da eie landet?'
B1930: I trosser på eders sverd, I gjør det som vederstyggelig er, og krenker hverandres hustruer - og I skulde eie landet?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Micah 2:1–2
Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
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Genesis 27:40
You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck.”
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Zephaniah 3:3
Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.
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Ezekiel 18:11–12
though the father has done none of them: Indeed, the son eats at the mountain and defiles his neighbor’s wife.
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1 Peter 4:3
For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.
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Revelation 21:27
But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
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Leviticus 20:22
You are therefore to keep all My statutes and ordinances, so that the land where I am bringing you to live will not vomit you out.
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Deuteronomy 4:25–26
After you have children and grandchildren and you have been in the land a long time, if you then act corruptly and make an idol of any form—doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God and provoking Him to anger—
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