Revised Version 1895
Ezekiel 36:7
7therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: I have lifted up mine hand, saying, Surely the heathen that are round about you, they shall bear their 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 King James Version (NKJV)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.
Context of Ezekiel 36:7
5therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the nations, and against all Edom, which have appointed my land unto themselves for a possession with the joy of all their heart, with despite of soul, to cast it out for a prey: 6Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen: therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: I have lifted up mine hand, saying, Surely the heathen that are round about you, they shall bear their shame. 8But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people Israel; for they are at hand to come. 9For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye 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
- thusכֹּהkôh · thusH3541
- Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
- liftedנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: vowH5375
- upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: vowH5375
- handיָדyâd · hand: vowH3027
- sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- Surelyאִם'im · if: surely yesH518
- roundסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
- aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
- youאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
- shameכְּלִמָּהkelimmâh · shameH3639
Cross-references for Ezekiel 36:7
- Ezekiel 20:5and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD: In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, Saying, I am the LORD your God;
- Deuteronomy 32:40For I lift up my hand to heaven, And say, As I live for ever,
- Revelation 10:5And the angel which I saw standing upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his right hand to heaven,
- Ezekiel 25:1And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
- Jeremiah 25:9behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and I will send unto Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about; and I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.
- Jeremiah 47:1The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.
- Amos 1:1The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen 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, yea, gather together, O nation that hath no shame;
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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