Ezekiel 36:13
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.
12 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.
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.
15 I will no longer allow the taunts of the nations to be heard against you, and you will no longer endure the reproach of the peoples or cause your nation to stumble, 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.
Compare
- BSB
- For this is what the Lord GOD says: Because people say to you, ‘You devour men and deprive your nation of its children,’
- KJV
- Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say unto you, Thou land devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations;
- WEB
- “‘The Lord GOD says: “Because they say to you, ‘You are a devourer of men, and have been a bereaver of your nation;’
- ASV
- Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because they say unto you, Thou [land] art a devourer of men, and hast been a bereaver of thy nation;
- DARBY
- Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because they say unto you, Thou devourest men, and hast bereaved thy nation,
- BLB
- Thus says the Lord YHWH: Because of their saying to you⁺, ‘You are devouring man, and you are bereaving your nations!’
- ÅB
- Så sier Herren, Israels Gud: Fordi de sier til deg: Du er en menneskeeter, og du har gjort dine folk[^2] barnløse,
- OTB
- Så sier Herren Gud: Fordi folk sier til dere: “Dere fortærer folk og fratar deres nasjon barn,”
- B1930
- Så sier Herren, Israels Gud: Fordi de sier til dig: Du er en menneskeeter, og du har gjort dine folk barnløse, / < Israel og Juda.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 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.
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