New King James Version
Ezekiel 36:7
7Therefore thus says the Lord God: “I have raised My hand in an oath that surely the nations that are around you shall bear their own shame.
Ezekiel 36:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Therefore thus saith the Lord God; I have lifted up mine hand, Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame.
- New International Version (NIV)Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I swear with uplifted hand that the nations around you will also suffer scorn.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore thus says the Lord God: I swear that the nations that are all around you shall themselves suffer reproach.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I have taken a solemn oath that those nations will soon have their own shame to endure.
Context of Ezekiel 36:7
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.” ’ 6“Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains, the hills, the rivers, and the valleys, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I have spoken in My jealousy and My fury, because you have borne the shame of the nations.” Therefore thus says the Lord God: “I have raised My hand in an oath that surely the nations that are around you shall bear their own shame. 8But you, O mountains of Israel, you shall shoot forth your branches and yield your fruit to My people Israel, for they are about to come. 9For indeed I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be tilled and sown.
Read all of Ezekiel 36Ezekiel 36:7 word by word
לָכֵ֗ן כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה אֲנִ֖י נָשָׂ֣אתִי אֶת־יָדִ֑י אִם־לֹ֤א הַגּוֹיִם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לָכֶ֣ם מִסָּבִ֔יב הֵ֖מָּה כְּלִמָּתָ֥ם יִשָּֽׂאוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Therefore thus saithאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
- Godיְהֹוִהyehôvih · YHWH/GodH3069
- I have lifted upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: vowH5375
- mine handיָדyâd · hand: vowH3027
- Surely the heathenגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
- aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
- their shameכְּלִמָּהkelimmâh · shameH3639
Cross-references for Ezekiel 36:7
- Ezekiel 20:5“Say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “On the day when I chose Israel and raised My hand in an oath to the descendants of the house of Jacob, and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt, I raised My hand in an oath to them, saying, ‘I am the Lord your God.’
- Deuteronomy 32:40For I raise My hand to heaven, And say, “As I live forever,
- Revelation 10:5The angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised up his hand to heaven
- Ezekiel 25:1The word of the Lord came to me, saying,
- Jeremiah 25:9behold, I will send and take all the families of the north,’ says the Lord, ‘and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this land, against its inhabitants, and against these nations all around, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, a hissing, and perpetual desolations.
- Jeremiah 47:1The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before Pharaoh attacked Gaza.
- Amos 1:1The words of Amos, who was among the sheepbreeders of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
- Zephaniah 2:1Gather yourselves together, yes, gather together, O undesirable nation,
Commentaries on Ezekiel 36:7
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7I have lifted up mine hand - i. e., I have sworn. Compare marginal reference. Their shame - They shall find their taunts come home to themselves.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-7The period of enduring the shame of mockery and plundering would now be over for Israel, and Israel’s enemies would soon endure their own shame by being mocked and plundered.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. lifted ... mine hand--in token of an oath (Eze 20:5; Ge 14:22). they shall bear their shame--a perpetual shame; whereas the "shame" which Israel bore from these heathen was only for a time.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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