Ezekiel 36:18

¹⁶ Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

¹⁷ “Son of man, when the people of Israel lived in their land, they defiled it by their own ways and deeds. Their behavior before Me was like the uncleanness of a woman’s impurity.

So I poured out My wrath upon them because of the blood they had shed on the land, and because they had defiled it with their idols.

¹⁹ I dispersed them among the nations, and they were scattered throughout the lands. I judged them according to their ways and deeds.

²⁰ And wherever they went among the nations, they profaned My holy name, because it was said of them, ‘These are the people of the LORD, yet they had to leave His land.’

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: So I poured out My wrath upon them because of the blood they had shed on the land, and because they had defiled it with their idols.
KJV: 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:
WEB: Therefore I poured out my wrath on them for the blood which they had poured out on the land, and because they had defiled it with their idols.
ASV: Wherefore I poured out my wrath upon them for the blood which they had poured out upon the land, and because they had defiled it with their idols;
DARBY: And I poured out my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and because they had defiled it with their idols.
BLB: And I poured out My fury upon them for the blood that they had poured out upon the land and because they had defiled her with their idols.

ÅB: Da utøste jeg min harme over dem for det blods skyld som de hadde utøst over landet, og fordi de hadde gjort det urent med sine motbydelige avguder.
OTB: Så jeg utøste min vrede over dem for blodet de hadde utøst i landet og fordi de hadde vanhelliget det med sine avguder.
B1930: Da utøste jeg min harme over dem for det blods skyld som de hadde utøst over landet, og fordi de hadde gjort det urent med sine motbydelige avguder.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Ezekiel 7:8
Very soon I will pour out My wrath upon you and vent My anger against you; I will judge you according to your ways and repay you for all your abominations.
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2 Chronicles 34:21
“Go and inquire of the LORD for me and for those remaining in Israel and Judah concerning the words in the book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that has been poured out on us because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD by doing all that is written in this book.”
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Lamentations 4:11
The LORD has exhausted His wrath; He has poured out His fierce anger; He has kindled a fire in Zion, and it has consumed her foundations.
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Lamentations 2:4
He has bent His bow like an enemy; His right hand is positioned. Like a foe He has killed all who were pleasing to the eye; He has poured out His wrath like fire on the tent of the Daughter of Zion.
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Nahum 1:6
Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him.
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Ezekiel 16:36–38
This is what the Lord GOD says: Because you poured out your wealth and exposed your nakedness in your promiscuity with your lovers and with all your detestable idols, and because of the blood of your children which you gave to them,
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Revelation 14:10
he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb.
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Ezekiel 14:19
Or if I send a plague into that land and pour out My wrath upon it through bloodshed, cutting off from it both man and beast,
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