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Ezekiel 36:34

32 It is not for your sake that I will act, declares the Lord GOD—let it be known to you. Be ashamed and disgraced for your ways, O house of Israel!

33 This is what the Lord GOD says: On the day I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be resettled and the ruins to be rebuilt.

The desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass through.

35 Then they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. The cities that were once ruined, desolate, and destroyed are now fortified and inhabited.’

36 Then the nations around you that remain will know that I, the LORD, have rebuilt what was destroyed, and I have replanted what was desolate. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it.

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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
The desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass through.
KJV
And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by.
WEB
The land that was desolate will be tilled instead of being a desolation in the sight of all who passed by.
ASV
And the land that was desolate shall be tilled, whereas it was a desolation in the sight of all that passed by.
DARBY
And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it was a desolation in the sight of all that passed by.
BLB
And the land that was desolate will be tilled, instead of that it has been a desolation before the eyes of all passing by.
ÅB
og det land som var lag øde, skal bli dyrket i stedet for at det var en ørken for hver manns øyne som gikk forbi.
OTB
Det øde landet skal bli dyrket i stedet for å ligge øde for øynene til alle som går forbi.
B1930
og det land som var lag øde, skal bli dyrket i stedet for at det var en ørken for hver manns øine som gikk forbi.

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Cross references

  • Ezekiel 6:14

    I will stretch out My hand against them, and wherever they live I will make the land a desolate waste, from the wilderness to Diblah. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”

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  • Jeremiah 25:9–11

    behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.

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  • Deuteronomy 29:23–28

    All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger.

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  • 2 Chronicles 36:21

    So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD through Jeremiah.

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