Ezekiel 36:12
10 I will multiply the people upon you—the house of Israel in its entirety. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt.
11 I will fill you with people and animals, and they will multiply and be fruitful. I will make you as inhabited as you once were, and I will make you prosper more than before. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
Yes, I will cause My people Israel to walk upon you; they will possess you, and you will be their inheritance, and you will no longer deprive them of their children.
13 For this is what the Lord GOD says: Because people say to you, ‘You devour men and deprive your nation of its children,’
14 therefore you will no longer devour men or deprive your nation of its children, declares the Lord GOD.
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.
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- BSB
- Yes, I will cause My people Israel to walk upon you; they will possess you, and you will be their inheritance, and you will no longer deprive them of their children.
- KJV
- Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel; and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of men.
- WEB
- Yes, I will cause men to walk on you, even my people Israel. They will possess you, and you will be their inheritance, and you will never again bereave them of their children.”
- ASV
- Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel; and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of children.
- DARBY
- And I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel; and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of children.
- BLB
- And I will cause man to walk over you⁺—My people Israel—they will possess you, and you will be unto them as an inheritance, and you will no more bereave them.
- ÅB
- Jeg vil la mennesker, mitt folk Israel, ferdes på dere, og de skal ta deg[^1] i eie, og du skal være deres arv, og du skal ikke mere bli ved å gjøre dem barnløse.
- OTB
- Jeg vil la mitt folk Israel vandre på dere; de skal eie dere, og dere skal være deres arv; dere skal ikke lenger frata dem barn.
- B1930
- Jeg vil la mennesker, mitt folk Israel, ferdes på eder, og de skal ta dig i eie, og du skal være deres arv, og du skal ikke mere bli ved å gjøre dem barnløse. / < d.e. Israels land.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 15:7
I will scatter them with a winnowing fork at the gates of the land. I will bereave and destroy My people who have not turned from their ways.
Read in contextEzekiel 47:14
You are to divide it equally among them. Because I swore with an uplifted hand to give it to your forefathers, this land will fall to you as an inheritance.
Read in contextObadiah 1:17–21
But on Mount Zion there will be deliverance, and it will be holy, and the house of Jacob will reclaim their possession.
Read in contextNumbers 13:32
So they gave the Israelites a bad report about the land that they had spied out: “The land we explored devours its inhabitants, and all the people we saw there are great in stature.
Read in contextEzekiel 36:13
For this is what the Lord GOD says: Because people say to you, ‘You devour men and deprive your nation of its children,’
Read in contextJeremiah 32:44
Fields will be purchased with silver, and deeds will be signed, sealed, and witnessed in the land of Benjamin, in the areas surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah—the cities of the hill country, the foothills, and the Negev—because I will restore them from captivity, declares the LORD.”
Read in contextJeremiah 32:15
For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Houses, fields, and vineyards will again be bought in this land.”
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