Ezekiel 36:18

Ezekiel 36:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it:
• New International Version (NIV)So I poured out my wrath on them because they had shed blood in the land and because they had defiled it with their idols.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So I poured out my wrath upon them for the blood that they had shed in the land, for the idols with which they had defiled it.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore I poured out My fury on them for the blood they had shed on the land, and for their idols with which they had defiled it.

Context of Ezekiel 36:18

16The Lord gave this message to me: 17‘Son of man, Israel's people made their own land unclean when they lived there. They lived in a bad way and they did bad things. It made them unclean, like a woman when she bleeds each month. So I punished them with my great anger. I punished them because they murdered people on their land. And they made the land unclean with idols that they worshipped. 19I sent them to live among people of other nations in foreign countries. I punished them as they deserved for the bad things that they did. 20But among the nations where they went, they continued to bring shame to my holy name. People said, “These are the Lord's people, but they had to leave the land that he gave to them.”

Ezekiel 36:18 word by word

וָאֶשְׁפֹּ֤ךְ חֲמָתִי֙ עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם עַל־הַדָּ֖ם אֲשֶׁר־שָׁפְכ֣וּ עַל־הָאָ֑רֶץ וּבְגִלּוּלֵיהֶ֖ם טִמְּאֽוּהָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Wherefore I pouredשָׁפַךְshâphak · to pour: pourH8210
• my furyחֵמָהchêmâh chêmâ' · rageH2534
• upon them for the bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• that they had shedשָׁפַךְshâphak · to pour: killH8210
• upon the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• and for their idolsגִּלּוּלgillûl gillûl · idolH1544
• they had pollutedטָמֵאţâmê' · to defileH2930

Cross-references for Ezekiel 36:18

• Ezekiel 7:8Very soon, I will punish you because of my great anger. You will know how angry I am. I will judge you for the way that you have lived. I will punish you as you deserve for the disgusting things that you have done.
• Ezekiel 14:19Or I might punish that nation with a terrible disease. Because I am very angry with those people, I would cause people and animals to die in that place.
• Ezekiel 21:31I will punish you very strongly, because I am so angry with you. I will put you under the power of cruel men who know how to destroy people.
• 2 Chronicles 34:21He told them, ‘Go to the temple. Ask the Lord about the message in this book that Hilkiah has found. I need to know what I should do, as well as the people who still live in Judah and in Israel. The Lord has become very angry with us because our ancestors have not obeyed his message. They have not done the things that this book tells us that we should do.’
• Isaiah 42:25So the Lord was very angry with them. He punished them with a cruel war. His anger was like a fire all round them, but they did not understand what he was doing. His anger burned them, but they did not learn their lesson.
• Jeremiah 7:20The Lord God says, ‘Because I am so angry, I will punish this land very much. It will be like a fire that nobody can stop. My punishment will destroy people, animals, trees and crops.’
• Jeremiah 44:6So I became very angry with the people of Judah and Jerusalem. I sent them terrible trouble, like a fire that burned their towns and their streets. That is why their towns have become heaps of stones, as they still are today.”
• Lamentations 2:4He prepared his bow and his arrows, like an enemy ready to kill people. Like an enemy, he has killed all our strong men that once we were proud of. He has shown how angry he was. He has sent a fire to destroy all Zion's houses.
• Lamentations 4:11The Lord was very angry. So he sent fire to burn Zion. It destroyed the whole city, even the strongest houses.
• Nahum 1:6Nobody can fight God when he is very angry. The Lord pours his anger out like fire and he breaks the rocks in his path.
• Revelation 14:10God will be very angry with all those people. They will be like people who must drink God's strong wine. When they drink wine from the cup of God's anger, they will have terrible pain. Fire and sulphur will burn them. God's angels and the Lamb will watch while God punishes them.
• Revelation 16:1Then I heard a loud voice speak from God's house in heaven. It said to the seven angels, ‘Take your seven bowls that are full of God's anger. Go and pour them out on the earth.’
• Ezekiel 16:36This is what the Almighty Lord says: You wanted to have sex with many men. You offered your bare body to them, like a prostitute. You have worshipped disgusting idols. You have killed your own children as sacrifices to those idols.
• Ezekiel 23:37They have not been faithful to me. They have murdered people. They have worshipped idols. They have not been faithful to me as their husband. They have even offered their children as food to their idols. Those were my children that they burned with fire.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 36:18

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16-20Verses 16-20 The defilement of the people described in order to its removal. Ezekiel 36:20 They profaned my holy name - Caused it to be dishonored by the pagan who said in scorn, “This is the people of God.” The pagan, seeing the miserable state of the exiles, fancied that Yahweh was no more than a national god, powerless to protect his subjects.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-24Verses 16-24 The restoration of that people, being typical of our redemption by Christ, shows that the end aimed at in our salvation is the glory of God. The sin of a people defiles their land; renders it abominable to God, and uncomfortable to themselves. God's holy name is his great name; his holiness is his greatness, nor does any thing else make a man truly great.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18Israel made the land unsuitable for God's presence by committing murder and worshiping idols. Because they broke their covenant, they were expelled and scattered among the nations (see Deuteronomy 29:22–28).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 18-1918-19. The reason for their removal was their sin, which God's holiness could not let pass unpunished; just as a woman's legal uncleanness was the reason for her being separated from the congregation.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 36:18

• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Sin

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Commentaries on Ezekiel 36

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings