Ezekiel 36:13

Ezekiel 36:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thus saith the Lord God; Because they say unto you, Thou land devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations;
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because some say to you, “You devour people and deprive your nation of its children,”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Thus says the Lord God: Because they say to you, 'You devour people, and you bereave your nation of children,'
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘Thus says the Lord God: “Because they say to you, ‘You devour men and bereave your nation of children,’

Context of Ezekiel 36:13

11I will increase not only the people, but also your animals. O mountains of Israel, I will bring people to live on you once again. I will make you even more prosperous than you were before. Then you will know that I am the Lord. 12I will cause my people to walk on you once again, and you will be their territory. You will never again rob them of their children. “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: The other nations taunt you, saying, ‘Israel is a land that devours its own people and robs them of their children!’ 14But you will never again devour your people or rob them of their children, says the Sovereign Lord. 15I will not let you hear those other nations insult you, and you will no longer be mocked by them. You will not be a land that causes its nation to fall, says the Sovereign Lord.”

Ezekiel 36:13 word by word

כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה יַ֚עַן אֹמְרִ֣ים לָכֶ֔ם אֹכֶ֥לֶת אָדָ֖ם אָ֑תְּ וּמְשַׁכֶּ֥לֶת גּוֹיַ֖יִךְ הָיִֽית׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thus saithאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• Godיְהֹוִהyehôvih · YHWH/GodH3069
• devourest upאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• menאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• and hast bereavedשָׁכֹלshâkôl · be bereavedH7921
• thy nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471

Commentaries on Ezekiel 36:13

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13The judgments which God sent upon the land, had so destroyed the inhabitants that men deemed it a fatal land, which brought destruction to all that should occupy it (compare 2 Kings 17:25).Read the comment
• 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. 1313. Thou land devourest up men--alluding to the words of the spies (Nu 13:32). The land personified is represented as doing that which was done in it. Like an unnatural mother it devoured, that is, it was the grave of its people; of the Canaanites, its former possessors, through mutual wars, and finally by the sword of Israel; and now, of the Jews, through internal and external ills; for example, wars, famine (to which Eze 36:30, "reproach of famine among…Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 36:13

• 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