New King James Version
Ezekiel 36:3
3therefore prophesy, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Because they made you desolate and swallowed you up on every side, so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations, and you are taken up by the lips of talkers and slandered by the people”—
Ezekiel 36:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people:
- New International Version (NIV)Therefore prophesy and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because they ravaged and crushed you from every side so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations and the object of people’s malicious talk and slander,
- English Standard Version (ESV)therefore prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God: Precisely because they made you desolate and crushed you from all sides, so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations, and you became the talk and evil gossip of the people,
- New Living Translation (NLT)Therefore, son of man, give the mountains of Israel this message from the Sovereign Lord: Your enemies have attacked you from all directions, making you the property of many nations and the object of much mocking and slander.
Context of Ezekiel 36:3
1“And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say, ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord! 2Thus says the Lord God: “Because the enemy has said of you, ‘Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession,’ ” ’ therefore prophesy, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Because they made you desolate and swallowed you up on every side, so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations, and you are taken up by the lips of talkers and slandered by the people”— 4therefore, 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— 5therefore thus says the Lord God: “Surely I have spoken in My burning jealousy against the rest of the nations and against all Edom, who gave My land to themselves as a possession, with wholehearted joy and spiteful minds, in order to plunder its open country.” ’
Read all of Ezekiel 36Ezekiel 36:3 word by word
לָכֵן֙ הִנָּבֵ֣א וְאָמַרְתָּ֔ כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֖ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֑ה יַ֣עַן בְּיַ֡עַן שַׁמּוֹת֩ וְשָׁאֹ֨ף אֶתְכֶ֜ם מִסָּבִ֗יב לִֽהְיוֹתְכֶ֤ם מֽוֹרָשָׁה֙ לִשְׁאֵרִ֣ית הַגּוֹיִ֔ם וַתֵּֽעֲל֛וּ עַל־שְׂפַ֥ת לָשׁ֖וֹן וְדִבַּת־עָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Therefore prophesyנָבָאnâbâ' · to prophesyH5012
- and sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
- Godיְהֹוִהyehôvih · YHWH/GodH3069
- desolateשָׁמֵםshâmêm · be desolate: destroyedH8074
- and swallowed you upשָׁאַףshâ'aph · to crushH7602
- on every sideסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · around: sideH5439
- that ye might be a possessionמוֹרָשָׁהmôrâshâh · possessionH4181
- unto the residueשְׁאֵרִיתshe'êrîyth · remnantH7611
- of the heathenגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
- and ye are taken upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
- in the lipsשָׂפָהώâphâh ώepheth · lip: wordsH8193
- of talkersלָשׁוֹןlâshôn lâshôn leshônâh · tongueH3956
- an infamyדִּבָּהdibbâh · slanderH1681
- of the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
Cross-references for Ezekiel 36:3
- Ezekiel 13:10“Because, indeed, because they have seduced My people, saying, ‘Peace!’ when there is no peace—and one builds a wall, and they plaster it with untempered mortar—
- Leviticus 26:43The land also shall be left empty by them, and will enjoy its sabbaths while it lies desolate without them; they will accept their guilt, because they despised My judgments and because their soul abhorred My statutes.
- Jeremiah 39:1In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem, and besieged it.
- Jeremiah 41:1Now it came to pass in the seventh month that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal family and of the officers of the king, came with ten men to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, at Mizpah. And there they ate bread together in Mizpah.
- Jeremiah 52:1Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
- Lamentations 1:1How lonely sits the city That was full of people! How like a widow is she, Who was great among the nations! The princess among the provinces Has become a slave!
- Psalms 35:25Let them not say in their hearts, “Ah, so we would have it!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up.”
- Psalms 61:1Hear my cry, O God; Attend to my prayer.
- Proverbs 1:12Let us swallow them alive like Sheol, And whole, like those who go down to the Pit;
- Jeremiah 51:34“Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon Has devoured me, he has crushed me; He has made me an empty vessel, He has swallowed me up like a monster; He has filled his stomach with my delicacies, He has spit me out.
- Lamentations 2:2The Lord has swallowed up and has not pitied All the dwelling places of Jacob. He has thrown down in His wrath The strongholds of the daughter of Judah; He has brought them down to the ground; He has profaned the kingdom and its princes.
- Deuteronomy 28:37And you shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword among all nations where the Lord will drive you.
- 1 Kings 9:7then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them; and this house which I have consecrated for My name I will cast out of My sight. Israel will be a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
- Psalms 44:13You make us a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and a derision to those all around us.
- Psalms 79:10Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” Let there be known among the nations in our sight The avenging of the blood of Your servants which has been shed.
- Jeremiah 18:16To make their land desolate and a perpetual hissing; Everyone who passes by it will be astonished And shake his head.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 36:3
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3The residue of the pagan - Those of the surrounding nations which had survived Jerusalem‘s fall, and may have profited by it.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. 33. Literally, "Because, even because." swallowed you up--literally, "panted after" you, as a beast after its prey; implying the greedy cupidity of Edom as to Israel's inheritance (Psa 56:1, 2). lips of talkers--literally, "lips of the tongue," that is, of the slanderer, the man of tongue. Edom slandered Israel because of the connection of the latter with Jehovah, as though He were unable to save them. De 28:37, and Jr 24:9 had foretold Israel's reproach…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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