Ezekiel 36:19
in Ezekiel 36I dispersed them among the nations, and they were scattered throughout the lands. I judged them according to their ways and deeds.
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ASV
and I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.
KJV
And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.
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This verse in Ezekiel 36
Commentary
5 notes on this verseTheir neighbours considered them rather as a holy people than as a sinful people, and therefore took occasion from the calamities they were in, instead of glorifying God, as they might justly have done, to reproach him and put contempt upon him; and God's name was continually every day blasphemed by their oppressors, Isa. lii.
This site's exposition
the word of the LORD came to me
on Ezekiel 36:16-21
The word comes again, turning from land to people and tracing the cause of exile: Israel's defilement, the blood shed, and the idols. Their saying, “These are the people of the LORD, yet they had to leave His land”, profaned the name the judgment was meant to vindicate.
This site's exposition
according to their ways and deeds
The verse applies to the whole nation the principle that chapter 18 applied to each person, judgment matched to ways and deeds. The same pairing closes verse 17. Israel was scattered among the nations for its sin.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 16 and following) And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Son of man, the house of Israel have dwelt (or dwells) in their own land, and they have defiled it with their ways and their idols: according to the uncleanness of a woman in her menstrual impurity, their way has become before me.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And I scattered them among the Heathen,....
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וָאָפִ֤יץ | vaafitz | and I scattered | H6327 → | 67 times |
| אֹתָם֙ | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם | bagoyim | among the nations | H1471 → | 561 times |
| וַיִּזָּר֖וּ | vaiyizaru | and they were dispersed | H2219 → | 39 times |
| בָּאֲרָצ֑וֹת | baaratzot | among the lands | H776 → | 2504 times |
| כְּדַרְכָּ֥ם | kedarkam | according to conduct their | H1870 → | 707 times |
| וְכַעֲלִילוֹתָ֖ם | vekhaalilotam | and according to practices their | H5949 → | 24 times |
| שְׁפַטְתִּֽים׃ | shefatim | I judged them | H8199 → | 202 times |
וָאָפִ֤יץand I scattered
vaafitzH6327 →67 times
אֹתָם֙<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
בַּגּוֹיִ֔םamong the nations
bagoyimH1471 →561 times
וַיִּזָּר֖וּand they were dispersed
vaiyizaruH2219 →39 times
בָּאֲרָצ֑וֹתamong the lands
baaratzotH776 →2504 times
כְּדַרְכָּ֥םaccording to conduct their
kedarkamH1870 →707 times
וְכַעֲלִילוֹתָ֖םand according to practices their
vekhaalilotamH5949 →24 times
שְׁפַטְתִּֽים׃I judged them
shefatimH8199 →202 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Deuteronomy 28:64Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you…
it leads to
- Leviticus 26:33
But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Nehemiah 1:8
Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses when You said, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations,
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 4:27–28
Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
- Leviticus 26:33
Through
Ezekiel 18:30Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall.
it leads to
- Matthew 16:27
For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.
- Ezekiel 18:21
But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.
- Matthew 3:2
and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
- Ezekiel 14:6
Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Repent and turn away from your idols; turn your faces away from all your abominations.
- Matthew 16:27
Through
Ezekiel 5:12A third of your people will die by plague or be consumed by famine within you, a third will fall by the sword outside your walls, and a third I will scatter to every…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 5:2
When the days of the siege have ended, you are to burn up a third of the hair inside the city; you are also to take a third and slash it with the sword…
- Ezekiel 5:2
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.