Ezekiel 36:3

¹ “And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say: O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD.

² This is what the Lord GOD says: Because the enemy has said of you, ‘Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession,’

therefore prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Because they have made you desolate and have trampled you on every side, so that you became a possession of the rest of the nations and were taken up in slander by the lips of their talkers,

⁴ therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD. This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and abandoned cities, which have become a spoil and a mockery to the rest of the nations around you.

⁵ Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Surely in My burning zeal I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who took My land as their own possession with wholehearted joy and utter contempt, so that its pastureland became plunder.

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: therefore prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Because they have made you desolate and have trampled you on every side, so that you became a possession of the rest of the nations and were taken up in slander by the lips of their talkers,
KJV: Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people:
WEB: therefore prophesy, and say, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Because, even because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that you might be a possession to the residue of the nations, and you are taken up in the lips of talkers, and the evil report of the people;”
ASV: therefore prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because, even because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the nations, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and the evil report of the people;
DARBY: therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because, yea, because they have made [you] desolate, and have swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the remnant of the nations, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and in the defaming of the people:
BLB: therefore prophesy and say, thus says the Lord YHWH: Because, even because of making [you⁺] desolate and swallowing you⁺ up from all around for your⁺ being the possession of the rest of the nations, and you⁺ were taken up on the lip of the tongue in slander of the people,

ÅB: derfor skal du spå og si: Så sier Herren, Israels Gud: Fordi, ja fordi de ødelegger og higer etter å oppsluke dere fra alle sider, så dere kan bli de andre folks eiendom, og fordi dere er kommet på tunger og lepper og i ondt rykte blant folk,
OTB: Derfor, profetér og si: ‘Så sier Herren Gud: Fordi de har gjort dere øde og trakassert dere fra alle kanter, har dere blitt en eiendom for de gjenværende nasjonene og et emne for ondsinnet snakk og baktalelse.
B1930: derfor skal du spå og si: Så sier Herren, Israels Gud: Fordi, ja fordi de ødelegger og higer efter å opsluke eder fra alle sider, så I kan bli de andre folks eiendom, og fordi I er kommet på tunger og leber og i ondt rykte blandt folk,

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Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 44:13–14
You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.
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Lamentations 2:15–16
All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”
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Jeremiah 18:16
They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.
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Jeremiah 41:1–18
In the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family and one of the king’s chief officers, came with ten men to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah, and they ate a meal together there.
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Ezekiel 13:10
Because they have led My people astray, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and whitewashing any flimsy wall that is built,
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Jeremiah 33:24
“Have you not noticed what these people are saying: ‘The LORD has rejected the two families He had chosen’? So they despise My people and no longer regard them as a nation.
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Matthew 27:39–44
And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads
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Psalms 35:25
Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”
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