New King James Version
Ezekiel 36:14
14therefore you shall devour men no more, nor bereave your nation anymore,” says the Lord God.
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 Living Translation (NLT)But you will never again devour your people or rob them of their children, says the Sovereign Lord.
Context of Ezekiel 36:14
12Yes, 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.” 13‘Thus says the Lord God: “Because they say to you, ‘You devour men and bereave your nation of children,’ therefore you shall devour men no more, nor bereave your nation anymore,” says the Lord God. 15“Nor will I let you hear the taunts of the nations anymore, nor bear the reproach of the peoples anymore, nor shall you cause your nation to stumble anymore,” says the Lord God.’ ” 16Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
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
People and places in Ezekiel 36:14
Cross-references for Ezekiel 36:14
- Ezekiel 37:25Then they shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob My servant, where your fathers dwelt; and they shall dwell there, they, their children, and their children’s children, forever; and My servant David shall be their prince forever.
- Isaiah 60:21Also your people shall all be righteous; They shall inherit the land forever, The branch of My planting, The work of My hands, That I may be glorified.
- Amos 9:15I will plant them in their land, And no longer shall they be pulled up From the land I have given 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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