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Ezekiel 36:35

Eden

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.

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

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.

37 This is what the Lord GOD says: Once again I will hear the plea of the house of Israel and do for them this: I will multiply their people like a flock.

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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
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.’
KJV
And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited.
WEB
They will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. The waste, desolate, and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited.’
ASV
And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited.
DARBY
And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities [are] fortified [and] inhabited.
BLB
And they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden, and the ruined cities, desolate and overthrown, [are] fortified [and] they are inhabited.’
ÅB
Da skal de si: Dette land som var lagt øde, er blitt som Edens have, og de herjede og ødelagte og nedrevne byer er gjenreist og har fått murer.
OTB
De skal si: ‘Dette landet som var øde, har blitt som Edens hage; byene som var i ruiner, øde og ødelagte, er nå befestet og bebodd.’
B1930
Da skal de si: Dette land som var lagt øde, er blitt som Edens have, og de herjede og ødelagte og nedrevne byer er gjenreist og har fått murer.

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 51:3

    For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.

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  • Joel 2:3

    Before them a fire devours, and behind them a flame scorches. The land before them is like the Garden of Eden, but behind them, it is like a desert wasteland— surely nothing will escape them.

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  • Jeremiah 33:9

    So this city will bring Me renown, joy, praise, and glory before all the nations of the earth, who will hear of all the good I do for it. They will tremble in awe because of all the goodness and prosperity that I will provide for it.

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  • Psalms 58:11

    Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”

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  • Psalms 64:9

    Then all mankind will fear and proclaim the work of God; so they will ponder what He has done.

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  • Ezekiel 37:13

    Then you, My people, will know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and bring you up from them.

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  • Psalms 126:2

    Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”

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  • Genesis 13:10

    And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

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