Ezekiel 36:7

Israel and the nations

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.

⁶ Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen:

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I have lifted up mine hand, Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame.

⁸ But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to come.

⁹ For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown:

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 this is what the Lord GOD says: I have sworn with an uplifted hand that surely the nations around you will endure reproach of their own.
KJV: Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I have lifted up mine hand, Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame.
WEB: Therefore the Lord GOD says: “I have sworn, ‘Surely the nations that are around you will bear their shame.’
ASV: therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I have sworn, [saying], Surely the nations that are round about you, they shall bear their shame.
DARBY: therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I have lifted up my hand, [saying,] Verily the nations that are about you, they shall bear their shame.
BLB: Therefore, thus says the Lord YHWH: I—I have lifted up My hand [that] surely the nations that [are] surrounding you⁺, they will bear their own shame!

ÅB: derfor sier Herren, Israels Gud, så: Jeg har løftet min hånd og svoret: Sannelig, de folk som bor rundt omkring dere, de skal selv lide hån.
OTB: Derfor, så sier Herren Gud: Jeg har sverget at nasjonene rundt dere også skal tåle sine egne fornærmelser.
B1930: derfor sier Herren, Israels Gud, så: Jeg har løftet min hånd og svoret: Sannelig, de folk som bor rundt omkring eder, de skal selv lide hån.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Ezekiel 20:5
And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the LORD your God;
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Amos 1:1–15
The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
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Ezekiel 25:1–17
The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
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Jeremiah 25:15–29
For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.
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Jeremiah 47:1–7
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.
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Revelation 10:5–6
And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,
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Jeremiah 25:9
Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.
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Deuteronomy 32:40
For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.
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