God’s Word Translation
Ezekiel 36:14
14So you will no longer devour your people or take the children away from your nation, declares the Almighty Lord.
Ezekiel 36:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nations any more, saith the Lord God.
- New International Version (NIV)therefore you will no longer devour people or make your nation childless, declares the Sovereign Lord.
- English Standard Version (ESV)therefore you shall no longer devour people and no longer bereave your nation of children, declares the Lord God.
- New King James Version (NKJV)therefore you shall devour men no more, nor bereave your nation anymore,” says the Lord God.
Context of Ezekiel 36:14
12I will bring people, my people Israel, to you. They will take possession of you, and you will be their inheritance. You will no longer take their children away from them. 13“ ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: People say that you devour your people and take the children away from your nation. So you will no longer devour your people or take the children away from your nation, declares the Almighty Lord. 15I will no longer let you hear the insults from the nations. You will no longer suffer the disgrace of the people. You will never again take the children away from your own nation, declares the Almighty Lord.’ ” 16The Lord spoke his word to me. He said,
Read all of Ezekiel 36Ezekiel 36:14 word by word
לָכֵ֗ן אָדָם֙ לֹא־תֹ֣אכְלִי ע֔וֹד וְגוֹיַ֖יִךְ לֹ֣א תְשַׁכְּלִי ע֑וֹד נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Therefore thou shalt devourאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
- menאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
- no more, neither bereaveכָּשַׁלkâshal · to stumbleH3782
- no more, neither bereaveשָׁכֹלshâkôl · be bereavedH7921
- thy nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
- any more, saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
- the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
- Godיְהֹוִהyehôvih · YHWH/GodH3069
Cross-references for Ezekiel 36:14
- Ezekiel 37:25They will live in the land that I gave my servant Jacob, the land where their ancestors lived. They, their children, and their grandchildren will live in it permanently. My servant David will always be their prince.
- Isaiah 60:21Then all your people will be righteous, and they will possess the land permanently. They will be the seedling I have planted, the honored work of my hands.
- Amos 9:15I will plant the people of Israel in their land, and they won’t be uprooted again from the land that I gave them, says the Lord your God.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 36:14
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Bereave - Or, as in the margin: i. e., the land shall not prove the ruin of its inhabitants by tempting them (as of old time) to the sin of idolatry.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-15The destruction of Edom (chapter 35) would prepare the way for the restoration of the mountains of Israel, reversing the devastation threatened in chapter 6.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. bereave--so the Keri, or Hebrew Margin reads, to correspond to "bereave" in Eze 36:13; but "cause to fall" or "stumble," in the Hebrew text or Chetib, being the more difficult reading, is the one least likely to come from a corrector; also, it forms a good transition to the next subject, namely, the moral cause of the people's calamities, namely, their falls, or stumblings through sin. The latter ceasing, the former also cease. So the same expression…Read the comment
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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
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