Ezekiel 36:16
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.
Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
17 Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman.
18 Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it:
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- KJV
- Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
- WEB
- Moreover the LORD’s word came to me, saying,
- ASV
- Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
- DARBY
- And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
- BLB
- And the word of YHWH came to me, saying:
- ÅB
- Og Herrens ord kom til meg, og det lød så:
- OTB
- Herrens ord kom til meg igjen, og sa,
- B1930
- Og Herrens ord kom til mig, og det lød så: