New American Standard Bible 1995
Ezekiel 36:4
4Therefore, O 1mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God. Thus says the Lord God to the mountains and to the hills, to the ravines and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes and to the forsaken cities which have become a 2prey and a derision to the rest of the nations which are round about,
Ezekiel 36:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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;
- New International Version (NIV)therefore, mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Sovereign Lord: This is what the Sovereign Lord says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and the deserted towns that have been plundered and ridiculed by the rest of the nations around you—
- English Standard Version (ESV)therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God: Thus says the Lord God to the mountains and the hills, the ravines and the valleys, the desolate wastes and the deserted cities, which have become a prey and derision to the rest of the nations all around,
- New King James Version (NKJV)therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God! Thus says the Lord God to the mountains, the hills, the rivers, the valleys, the desolate wastes, and the cities that have been forsaken, which became plunder and mockery to the rest of the nations all around—
Context of Ezekiel 36:4
2Thus says the Lord God, “Because the enemy has spoken against you, ‘Aha!’ and, ‘The everlasting heights have become our possession,’ 3therefore prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “For good reason they have made you desolate and crushed you from every side, that you would become a possession of the rest of the nations and you have been taken up in the talk and the whispering of the people.”’” Therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God. Thus says the Lord God to the mountains and to the hills, to the ravines and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes and to the forsaken cities which have become a prey and a derision to the rest of the nations which are round about, 5therefore thus says the Lord God, “Surely in the fire of My jealousy I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who appropriated My land for themselves as a possession with wholehearted joy and with scorn of soul, to drive it out for a prey.” 6Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel and say to the mountains and to the hills, to the ravines and to the valleys, “Thus says the Lord God, ‘Behold, I have spoken in My jealousy and in My wrath because you have endured the insults of the nations.’
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לָכֵן֙ הָרֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל שִׁמְע֖וּ דְּבַר־אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֑ה כֹּֽה־אָמַ֣ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יְ֠הוִה לֶהָרִ֨ים וְלַגְּבָע֜וֹת לָאֲפִיקִ֣ים וְלַגֵּאָי֗וֹת וְלֶחֳרָב֤וֹת הַשֹּֽׁמְמוֹת֙ וְלֶעָרִ֣ים הַנֶּעֱזָב֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֨ר הָי֤וּ לְבַז֙ וּלְלַ֔עַג לִשְׁאֵרִ֥ית הַגּוֹיִ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר מִסָּבִֽיב׃ סRead the interlinear
- Thereforeכֵּןkên · soH3651
- mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
- hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
- the wordדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
- of the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
- Godיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- Thusכֹּהkôh · thusH3541
- saysאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- and to the hillsגִּבְעָהgib‛âh · hillH1389
- to the ravinesאָפִיק'âphîyq · channelH650
- and to the valleysגַּיְאgay' gay · valleyH1516
- to the desolateשָׁמֵםshâmêm · be desolate: destroyedH8074
- wastesחׇרְבָּהchorbâh · desolationH2723
- and to the forsakenעָזַב‛âzab · to leave: forsakeH5800
- citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
- whichאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
- have becomeהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
- preyבַּזbaz · plunderH957
- and a derisionלַ֫עַגla‛ag · derisionH3933
- to the restשְׁאֵרִיתshe'êrîyth · remnantH7611
- of the nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
- are roundסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
- aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
Cross-references for Ezekiel 36:4
- Ezekiel 36:1“And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say, ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord.
- Deuteronomy 11:11But the land into which you are about to cross to possess it, a land of hills and valleys, drinks water from the rain of heaven,
- Ezekiel 36:33‘Thus says the Lord God, “On the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste places will be rebuilt.
- Ezekiel 6:14So throughout all their habitations I will stretch out My hand against them and make the land more desolate and waste than the wilderness toward Diblah; thus they will know that I am the Lord.”’”
- 2 Chronicles 36:17Therefore He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or infirm; He gave them all into his hand.
- Isaiah 6:11Then I said, “Lord, how long?” And He answered, “Until cities are devastated and without inhabitant, Houses are without people And the land is utterly desolate,
- Isaiah 24:1Behold, the Lord lays the earth waste, devastates it, distorts its surface and scatters its inhabitants.
- Ezekiel 34:28They will no longer be a prey to the nations, and the beasts of the earth will not devour them; but they will live securely, and no one will make them afraid.
- Psalms 79:4We have become a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and derision to those around us.
- Isaiah 64:10Your holy cities have become a wilderness, Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
- Jeremiah 25:9behold, I will send and take all the families of the north,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will send to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this land and against its inhabitants and against all these nations round about; and I will utterly destroy them and make them a horror and a hissing, and an everlasting desolation.
- Jeremiah 29:10“For thus says the Lord, ‘When seventy years have been completed for Babylon, I will visit you and fulfill My good word to you, to bring you back to this place.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 36:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Therefore - thus saith the Lord God to the mountains, etc. - They shall neither possess mountain nor valley, hill nor dale, fountain nor river; for though in my justice I made you desolate, yet they shall not profit by your disasters. See Ezekiel 36:5-7.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. 44. Inanimate creatures are addressed, to imply that the creature also, as it were, groans for deliverance from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God (Ro 8:19-21) [Polanus]. The completeness of the renewed blessedness of all parts of the land is implied. derision--(Psa 79:4).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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