Ezekiel 36:12

Ezekiel 36:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel; and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of men.
• New International Version (NIV)I will cause people, my people Israel, to live on you. They will possess you, and you will be their inheritance; you will never again deprive them of their children.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I will let people walk on you, even my people Israel. And they shall possess you, and you shall be their inheritance, and you shall no longer bereave them of children.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Yes, I will cause men to walk on you, My people Israel; they shall take possession of you, and you shall be their inheritance; no more shall you bereave them of children.”

Context of Ezekiel 36:12

10I will multiply your people – the whole house of Israel, all of it. The cities will be populated and the ruins rebuilt. 11I will increase the number of people and animals on you; they will increase and be fruitful. I will cause you to be inhabited as in ancient times, and will do more good for you than at the beginning of your history. Then you will know that I am the Lord. I will lead people, my people Israel, across you; they will possess you and you will become their inheritance. No longer will you bereave them of their children. 13“‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Because they are saying to you, “You are a devourer of men, and bereave your nation of children,” 14therefore you will no longer devour people and no longer bereave your nation of children, declares the sovereign Lord.

Ezekiel 36:12 word by word

וְהוֹלַכְתִּי֩ עֲלֵיכֶ֨ם אָדָ֜ם אֶת־עַמִּ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וִֽירֵשׁ֔וּךָ וְהָיִ֥יתָ לָהֶ֖ם לְנַחֲלָ֑ה וְלֹא־תוֹסִ֥ף ע֖וֹד לְשַׁכְּלָֽם׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Yea, I will cause menאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• to walkיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• my peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• and they shall possessיָרַשׁyârash yârêsh · to possess: possessH3423
• thee, and thou shalt be their inheritanceנַחֲלָהnachălâh · inheritanceH5159
• and thou shalt no moreיָסַףyâsaph · to add: againH3254
• henceforth bereaveשָׁכֹלshâkôl · be bereavedH7921

Cross-references for Ezekiel 36:12

• Jeremiah 32:15For the Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, “Houses, fields, and vineyards will again be bought in this land.”’
• Obadiah 1:17But on Mount Zion there will be a remnant of those who escape, and it will be a holy place once again. The descendants of Jacob will conquer those who had conquered them.
• Ezekiel 36:13“‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Because they are saying to you, “You are a devourer of men, and bereave your nation of children,”
• Numbers 13:32Then they presented the Israelites with a discouraging report of the land they had investigated, saying, “The land that we passed through to investigate is a land that devours its inhabitants. All the people we saw there are of great stature.
• Jeremiah 15:7The Lord continued, “In every town in the land I will purge them like straw blown away by the wind. I will destroy my people. I will kill off their children. I will do so because they did not change their behavior.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 36:12

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-13God intended the land to provide plenty for his people and their children. Instead, it took their children and consumed its own people. This happened because Israel did not follow the covenant, leading to the Lord's judgment with disastrous effects for them and their children (see Ezekiel 5:17). Now that the people were changing, they would receive the covenant blessing of a fruitful land.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. to walk upon you--O mountains of Israel (Eze 36:8)! thee ... thou--change from plural to singular: O hill of Zion, singled out from the other mountains of Israel (Eze 34:26); or land. thou shall no more ... bereave them of men--Thou shalt no more provoke God to bereave them of children (so the ellipsis ought to be supplied, as Ezekiel probably alludes to Jr 15:7, "I will bereave them of children").Read the comment

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• Israel, Prophecies Concerning

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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