Ezekiel 36:3

Israel and the nations

¹ Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD:

² Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession:

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:

⁴ Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round about;

⁵ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.

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.

Compare

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,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 44:13–14
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
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Lamentations 2:15–16
All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
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Jeremiah 18:16
To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
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Jeremiah 41:1–18
Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah.
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Ezekiel 13:10
Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered morter:
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Jeremiah 33:24
Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.
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Matthew 27:39–44
And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,
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Psalms 35:25
Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
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