Ezekiel 36:13
11 And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
12 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.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say unto you, Thou land devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations;
14 Therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nations any more, saith the Lord GOD.
15 Neither will I cause men to hear in thee the shame of the heathen any more, neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the people any more, neither shalt thou cause thy nations to fall any more, saith 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
And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.
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